I think Sarah is the female version of Trent! But, Sarah feels guys are too jealous and girls are petty and immature for getting jealous! We may never get these two married off and get us grandbabies! Sarah is also a very hard worker and very independant! Stubborn and opinionated have been used to describe her also. But, so has caring, thoughtful and kind. Wouldn't they be a match?
Loved all the updates and can't wait to see you at Pop or wherever you might run into us. I hope to run into you at Pop. I'll text you Saturday where they put us. Gotta go Ty is sick and his Mom has class tonight so I'm on Ty duty. I already miss him and I haven't left yet. (I think I feel a little guilty for leaving Ty at home while I go to Disney.)
Seems like they are too busy and too far apart to meet. Maybe Jill will give me another grandbaby, and 'it' will be triplets.
One of the reasons we don't make room requests is that we have fun guessing where we are going to be. Everybody picks a different building, and we assign Bella whatever is left over. Last time, she was the winner!
Now that she's old enough to talk, we'll let her make her guess first, and then we'll all guess after her. We'll do that for the December trip.
I'm not feeling great about leaving Bella behind, but this time with Brooklynn will be special, and I'll take Bella when she's five, maybe, if Brooklynn is okay with it. It might be one of those 'first grandchild only' things, though, if it is too painful to leave the others behind. I really want to take Jill someday for a long weekend big girl trip.
You leave in a couple of days!!!!!
I know, and I will be grateful when I have time to
a) get ready for it
and
b) be excited about it.
The packing has to be done Thursday, or I'll be buying all my supplies in Disney World
and the excitement will probabl happen late Friday afternoon.
I am so sorry to hear about your friend. My thoughts & prayers to you & the family. I wish I could offer more than this to you but please know that I am thinking of you all.
It's our friend who has the pretty house on the river and the dog, Jack, that Brooklynn likes to play with. Her husband does my taxes for me. They have always been so special to us. Their daughter and son were in the same classes at school as Jill and Trent. Trent wore many of Philip's hand-me-downs through the years. Our friend looks just exactly like her mother, so when I see her mom, I see Karen when she she is older. Her mom is always so full of life. She tells me every time I see her how much they enjoyed watching Trent play basketball in high school. Karen's kids just lost their other grandfather a few weeks ago, too. Their dad's dad had been sick a long time, though, and had Alzheimer's, so they were more prepared. This granddad had cancer, and he was still 'normal' until pretty close to the end.
Thanks for your good thoughts.
So sorry to hear about your friend MeMom! My thoughts will definitely be with all of you.
If I don't make it back over here before you go...
Have a GREAT trip!!! My thoughts will be with you there too!
I think we will have much fun, and I will be happy when I can finally just get away from all the school stuff for a while.
I'm terrified of spiders. Just that picture is giving me the creeps...
So sorry to hear about your friend
Meg and I are planning a DIS meet on the 23rd! We're going to the aquarium in Boston again Kailyn is probably coming too I'm so excited! Apparently they just opened a shark and ray touch tank. I want to touch them but I have a feeling I'll chicken out
It took me forever to work up the courage to touch the crabs in the tank last time
You touch those animals and have Meg take a picture to prove it!!!
You don't get those opportunities often, so go for it. Do it for your DIStown friends!
The 23rd is Drew's birthday, so eat a cupcake or have some ice cream to celebrate.
So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend's father. I hope she and her family are able to find some peace at this difficult time.
Also sorry to hear about the last minute tutoring situation. Must be going around-today at a meeting they said that we weren't supposed to give our math tests cumulatively, they had to be on-going...well, we are scheduled to give ours tomorrow! Anyways, they decided we could give it but have to change the way we do everything from this point on. Just wish they would make up their minds!!
Good luck getting everything done this week. I bet you could pack with your eyes closed!
He was a good man, faithful to God and a well-known contributor in the community. They know he rests safe in the arms of Jesus, but it will be a rough few days going through the funeral, of course. It's always good to see old friends at a time like this, but it's too bad that it has to be laced with the sadness.
My packing is not all that hard, really. I roll up some t-shirts and capris -being the fashion goddess that I am - and toss in a bag of unmentionables. All of the hair and make-up stuff has to go in at the last minute. There's not much to it. I am glad that I got started Sunday, though.
Oh No I hate when that happens. Is it really that hard to notify the people actually doing the tutoring of when they are going to start?
I am also so sorry to hear about your friend's dad. I hope you find the time to either go to the visitation or the funeral and not feel rushed at either.
I took a big breath as I walked in with you and actually smelled some caramel. I didn't realize you incorporated smell-o-vision too.
I got a carmel krispy treat and one of those Carmel pecan bars. I still have some of the pecan bar. I can only nibble a bit at a time since it is so rich but it was a nice treat to start onthe plane ride home.
I was thinking the pecan bar might be a good choice for this trip. I love pecans!
Smell-o-vision? Yep, we need that. I was telling Jill I want to get an I-whatever (pod,pad?) so I could just video live from Disney World as we go along, but I bet that would cost a lot.
The visitation and the funeral will be packed, so we won't have time to 'visit', so to speak. It'll be more of sharing a hug and tears and moving on, but I do want to get there. We have meetings at school Friday, though, so I don't need to miss those. I'll have to talk to the principal today and see what is on the agenda.
Can you get a decent start to your packing tomorrow? I really need to do the same. I have a few things stacked in a laundry basket and a Disney bag. I don't even have luggage brought up from the basement though.
This is the time that I'm so thankful for our purple lockers. I don't have to worry about much of anything besides clothes!
I know you will find the exact right way to comfort your friends in their time of need. If this had to happen I'm glad that you were there for them as much as you could be.
As far as the tutoring goes, why are we always the last to know?
I will have to get a move on it tonight. We have a faculty meeting - about the evaluations. Can you believe it???
Two of the tutoring teachers had already made other plans, so they aren't coming.
I think the purple locker idea sounds pretty good, because I would like to have a box fan that stays down there. We bought one just before we got there in the summer, when we were driving, but this time we are flying. I have a small one, so I hope it does the trick. I suffocate without stirring air.
So sorry to hear about your friend's dad. My you are going through a lot of stressful situations this week! Hang in there!
The plate has stayed pretty full since school started. I got there at 6:30 yesterday and left at about ten 'til 6. The days are long. I will hang in, because that's all one can do, but I will sure appreciate these breaks more than ever!
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I'm finally caught up! Only took over a week....things were tough coming back to reality this time. Next time I go, I'm not coming back! Although it was nice to see all of your pictures today and see what I'm now missing like crazy!
Kailyn is probably coming too 
Even if a passing is expected or not a complete surprise, it's still very very hard. I'll be praying for them.
