Still Alive :)
7/7
Yes, I'm aware it's been over a month since I've updated. I suck! I still read LJ as closely as ever, I don't know why I don't post more. I was doing alright there for a while, but I've backslid. Anywhooo...
Tonight is my last night home in Missouri. I've had a good time with my family - not as much lake time this go-round as usual for me. I got here on Friday night, and skipped the lake on Saturday because it was my great-nephew's 1st birthday (I feel like abbreviated that as g-nephew, as if that would somehow make me sound less old.) On July 4, most of my family went to the lake for fireworks as usual, but I drove up to my brother's to go to fireworks with him. He couldn't go to the lake because he had a bicycle accident week before last and collapsed his lung. He's doing pretty good, but he has to take it easy for a while. The fireworks were lovely, but put on by one of the large churches in the area and much more church-oriented than I was expecting. I had to bite my tongue a couple of times. And I can now say I've seen the Christian-rock version of the Black Eyed Peas.
I did get to go to the lake yesterday, so I'll have some photos up on Facebook of that soon. I have added to my lottery winnings list a lake house and a pontoon boat. OH, and my sister bought me a ticket today, but I forgot to check the numbers. Oops!
I'm also coming home with two more of my great-aunt's quilts - one with state flowers on it and one that has flour bags from my college, which has a working mill, sewn into the design. Very excited to have them!
It will take me most of tomorrow (Thursday) to drive home, and I likely won't post this til then. It's a twelve hour drive, pretty much exactly, if I don't stop much. I enjoyed the drive here; I came a different way since I was going to my parents' house instead of my brother's, and I like this new way better - it brings you into the Ozark Mountains from Arkansas, which is a really lovely drive. I am planning to leave my parents' by 8:30 central (ugh!) so hopefully I'll get home right around dark. I am excited to see my cat :)
7/8
And home. 800 mile drive is tiring, bed now. For scale for my European friends, I basically drove the equivalent of going from Paris to Rome today.
Yes, I'm aware it's been over a month since I've updated. I suck! I still read LJ as closely as ever, I don't know why I don't post more. I was doing alright there for a while, but I've backslid. Anywhooo...
Tonight is my last night home in Missouri. I've had a good time with my family - not as much lake time this go-round as usual for me. I got here on Friday night, and skipped the lake on Saturday because it was my great-nephew's 1st birthday (I feel like abbreviated that as g-nephew, as if that would somehow make me sound less old.) On July 4, most of my family went to the lake for fireworks as usual, but I drove up to my brother's to go to fireworks with him. He couldn't go to the lake because he had a bicycle accident week before last and collapsed his lung. He's doing pretty good, but he has to take it easy for a while. The fireworks were lovely, but put on by one of the large churches in the area and much more church-oriented than I was expecting. I had to bite my tongue a couple of times. And I can now say I've seen the Christian-rock version of the Black Eyed Peas.
I did get to go to the lake yesterday, so I'll have some photos up on Facebook of that soon. I have added to my lottery winnings list a lake house and a pontoon boat. OH, and my sister bought me a ticket today, but I forgot to check the numbers. Oops!
I'm also coming home with two more of my great-aunt's quilts - one with state flowers on it and one that has flour bags from my college, which has a working mill, sewn into the design. Very excited to have them!
It will take me most of tomorrow (Thursday) to drive home, and I likely won't post this til then. It's a twelve hour drive, pretty much exactly, if I don't stop much. I enjoyed the drive here; I came a different way since I was going to my parents' house instead of my brother's, and I like this new way better - it brings you into the Ozark Mountains from Arkansas, which is a really lovely drive. I am planning to leave my parents' by 8:30 central (ugh!) so hopefully I'll get home right around dark. I am excited to see my cat :)
7/8
And home. 800 mile drive is tiring, bed now. For scale for my European friends, I basically drove the equivalent of going from Paris to Rome today.