We spent Memorial Day weekend at Orange Beach which was a step out for my Panama City Beach loving mother. She prefers PCB because she knows exactly where Wal-Mart is . We are those people who have stayed in the same condo for the last 20 years, but it was time for a change this year. Word around the condo was that she spent half the first morning they were there driving around looking for a Wal-Mart.
Which brings me to my next point, one my sister will want me to leave out of this story, but it must be told for memory sake. MeeMaw, Heather, Jolie, Clay, and Auntie Kay all left a day earlier than we did, driving PeePaw's F250 because it was the only thing that would hold all the tents, chairs, bags, etc. As they pulled out of the driveway PeePaw reminded them the truck ran off of diesel to which Heather (the driver) said, "I know that" and drove off. You see where this is going right? They pull into the first gas station they saw and filled er' up with gasoline. Yep, gas. Not diesel. That one tiny mistake cost them a tow trip to the Ford dealership and required rounding up different vehicles to continue their journey. Oh yeah, and $900 to clean the tank out. Needless to say, the trip was off to an excellent start. When they called me that morning and told me what they had done I just dropped my head in prayer because I knew the tirade my daddy would be on. By the time I talked to him that afternoon he was calm, cool, and collected and was trying to make himself feel better by saying things like, "It could have been worse. Nobody is dead." Which is a sure sign that you have admitted to yourself you have overreacted, but then, after reevaluation, have come back to your reasonable self.
Thankfully, the remainder of the trip was much less eventful.
We got there about 6:00 Friday night and went straight out to the beach to meet up with Reese's favorite people.
Friday night when we got ready for bed Reese started with all the crying: "I want to go to my bed!!" It went on and on, so Adam told her to get in the car we were taking her home. We drove around for a little while and she went right to sleep. Then at 2 AM, when she woke up in the condo, it all started again. Adam told her when the sun came up he would take her home. The first thing she said when her eyes cracked open the next morning was, "da sun is up. We go home now." We have got ourselves a serious homebody.
She went in the living room and rested with Clay before deciding that she wanted to stay and play, but Saturday night it was more of the same. She wanted her bed.
We tried to fly a Dollar General kite that caused more than a few problems. I think they may have gotten it off the ground once. Personally, I had never flown a kite, and from what I saw on this particular day it isn't something I ever care to partake in. Way too much work for me.
Last week we had VBS at church, so this is my first official week of summer vacation. Other than Reese waking me up at 6:30 this morning it has been lovely.
She has spent a lot of time out in her pool. This is what happened the first time she experienced the burn of getting water up her nose.
And a few other randoms...
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