The first REAL day of my vacation

Today is what I'm considering the first REAL day of my vacation.
It is the day that I only had 3 things planned.

1. Take Brian to school
2. Go to Brian's volleyball game
3. Go to my hair appointment

Sure there are about 1000 things I should do to get caught up with, but I decided that it was do whatever I wanted day.

So I.....

1. Took Brian to school
2. Went into the school to discuss something with the psychologist.
3. Went to the high school to change our address
4. Bought musical tickets while at the high school
5. Got the registration forms for summer school and summer sports camps
6. Went to the library to get new library cards for me and the boys.
7. Picked out some books on Southern California
8. Went to my mom's for breakfast
9. Took my mom shopping at TJ Maxx where I ended up buying 2 pair of capri pants, one shirt and a new pair of Born sandals.
10. Went to Michaels to look for a cute little vase (which is why I originally went to TJMaxx) and some happy, spring gerbera daisies for my dining room table.
11. Went out to lunch with my mom.
12. Came home and had to deal with the phone call issue that Brian's wallet was stolen at school and I had to deal with the police.
13. Went to Brian's volleyball game.
14. Took Brian home.
15. Went back out to have my hair colored, cut and my eyebrows waxed.
16. Went to the doctors' office to pick up a prescription.
17. Went to get stamps
18. Went to take the taxes to the post office
19. Went to Dairy Queen and finally home for the night!

Ok, someone told me today that I had done a lot and had accomplished a great deal. They said that if I made a list of all I did I'd be shocked.

OK...I'M SHOCKED!

Now tomorrow's the one day of my entire vacation that I've been totally looking forward to.

It is my pedicure with a good friend and then lunch at the Cheesecake Factory.

What could be better????? A nice relaxing pedicure with freshly polished pink(maybe) toenails and then followed up by mouth watering cheesecake??? Nothing I say, NOTHING! It is a teacher's dream vacation day. Well no...my Mirival spa trip from Oprah was my Ultimate Teacher's Dream Vacation day. But tomorrow should come in a close second.

I hope that tomorrow's list does only consist of:

1. Take Brian to school
2. Relaxing pedicure and friendly conversation
3. Cheesecake and more good conversation
4. Pick up Brian from school

and...

5. NOTHING ELSE!!!

Hey I'm a mom; there's bound to be more and I'm a woman...it's only natural to change my mind!

Ahhhhhhhhh Vacation

It took so long to get here, now I know it's going to fly by
but for now, I'm officially on vacation!!

I was supposed to get my hair done yesterday
but my girl had the stomach flu.

Vegged out today. Did do one digital scrapbook page
though.

Tuesday is my pamper myself day
Pedicure with a friend and lunch at Cheesecake Factory.
Thursday is the dentist. UGH


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A Sad Day

We received a phone call at 2:00 am from Don's mom saying that
her mom had passed on. I knew that Memaw (a very southern term
for grandmother) was special, but for the few times I saw her I didn't
realize how with it she really was. She was 96 and live a good, full life.
96 is amazing. My grandmother passed on about 6 months ago and
she was 85 I think. She was 11 years younger. Eleven never really seemed
like a lot until you think of it as a difference in age when you're 96.

I always thought calling your grandmother "memaw" was quite strange.
Not growing up in the south and all...it did sound a bit unusual.
My mother-in-law always said, I want to be grandma, not memaw.

Well when Doug was learning to talk, he was babbling mommy so fast it
got turned around into memom. That was it, my mom became Memaw
and by shear luck, my mother-in-law also became Memaw. Quite an
unusual term for us northerners, but unique. My kids have given their
grandmother a name filled with love and affection. Not something everyone
hears everyday.

So today as I was telling co-workers about our loss, it dawned on me
that I would never again hear her southern drawl. That enlongated vowel sound
when saying Laura. It was more like Laaaaaaaaaaaoorrrrrrra. She would
always tell Don "Now Doooooooonnnie, you make sure to tell Laaaaaaaaaoooraaa that I said hi."

Memaw Funderburke, I hope you have your vision back, that you've seen Big Daddy, and they have McDonald's apple pies in Heaven. Peace to you. You'll be missed.

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