My busy past few days continued.
Thursday Continued.
Since due to having the battery go dead while it was sitting since early October 2019 when the transmission went out and we towed it home behind my inlaws small two seater truck-never again every time DH hit the breaks in the truck my knees hit the dash. The clock on the dash was off so I checked the time on my phone seeing that it was 8:10 and there were no calls on my phone which I had to set to maximium battery saver during the Dept N meeting as I was down to less than 10% battery and needed to have my phone on so that 16 year old could get a hold of me when she got off work. I did not have a spare battery pack and the cord for my phone. In battery saving mode the only things that work are calls and text but that was all I needed. Anyways no calls indicated. Decided to head over to 16 year old's work and just wait out in the larger parking lot as there are several businesses in the area. As I pull into the lot I see her walking across the parking lot. She was heading to the sidewalk on the street to then head up to an outdoor ice cream stand on the corner to wait because the people at another business kept watching her suspiciously. Come to find out that she had called me just seconds after I had put the phone down on the tray but since the battery was down to under 5% even with the battery saver mode on I didn't hear it ring especially since my blue tooth had gone dead as well. It also didn't light up that it was ringing.
Wednesday
The girls and I went to church in person for the first time in over a year. Both girls went to youth group. Report on 16 year old from the son of a good friend and her future daughter in law is she did good. Report from 16 year old is she doesn't know how to hold the pool cues right and she lost a piece to the trouble game. While 16 year old was told it happens all the time to her it was a great crime because her sister did it. Hmm shall we talk about the book I asked to be returned to me back in March that she has down in the basement area she has turned into her cave, that I need for tomorrow night. She can't find the book when I asked and no one else is really in that space.
Tuesday
Around 2 pm 16 year old comes upstairs with the news that she had gotten a phone call asking if she was still looking for a job. She says she doesn't even remember applying at this place so she had told them no she was not. I know where the place is and mention did you apply there when you went for a walk when you and dad went into do laundry back in February 2020. Just as it dawns on her that she had her phone rings again and the person on the other end is asking if there is anyway that she can come in for an interview and to possibly start training at 4:30. She not only got the job but worked a 3.5 hour shift at a chinese resturant. She is working as a hostess which means she seats people and if it is busy gives them menus to start looking at otherwise the floor servers bring them when they come get the drink orders. She is also taking all the phone orders both those for delivery services, delivery by the resturant, and pick up orders managing 3 phone lines.
She does not want any of the family to know she has a job and especially does not want them to know where she is working. She is worried that they will come in and bug her at work. Or is it more that they will check up on her and tell her how she can improve at her job when they know nothing about what she is doing. I honestly don't know which.
When we left not too soon after DH had left my dad was out watering the part of the garden he had just planted which would be his onion sets mainly. There goes I am not going to plant anything but a few pumpkins and squash in that area and just plant a few things in the raised bed plans because we are going to be taking either the motor home or the truck and 5th wheel depending on where we are going and traveling about the country.
Because my dad was out and knowing that he might be out for a while-at least until about the time my parents eat their supper meal-they have dinner in the middle of the day and just a lighter meal in the evening. I ended up taking 13 year old to the park near my inlaws house after we went through McDonalds and got something to eat. She had fun playing and even played with another little girl who's mom said that 13 year old was very bright. Come to find out this mom worked with special needs students in the school system and could tell that in spite of her not being able to talk she was one smart little cookie. This mom even commented that 13 year old signed very well to communicate.
It did start getting crowded when all the t ball kids and parents showed up to play on the field near the playground so we decided to head home for a bit. I honestly was home about 45 minutes when 16 year old called that she was off work but I managed to sneak home and leave again without them noticing that she was not with me. Trust me they would have asked even if it was with a phone call and so far no calls from anyone. Since DH has declared that it is not going to take long for my parents at least to figure out that she has a job or at least something is going on with the girls and I leaving on a regular basis several times a week. 16 year old wants to see how long she can go without them finding out about her job.
I think she is nuts especially since my parents love to get on her about how since she is homeschooled she will never be able to support herself. Hmm 18 year old niece does not have a job and has not even had a part time summer job because she has been going to school taking honors classes and doing upward bound classes in the summer to help her get a jump on college/university because neither my brother or sister in law have a bachelors degree so she qualifies as a first generation student. 15.5 year old nephew does not have a job either and they have been bugging my daughter about getting a job from the time she turned 14 years old with a constant McDonalds is hiring comments. Personally I would bragging about having a job to them if it were me.
Tuesday after I picked up 16 year old from work we came home for a few minutes so she could grab her jacket as we had a small thunderstorm and the tempature had dropped. She also wanted to get her power cord. I mentioned to her to grab mine as well but she didn't instead she got her extra one. Except it doesn't work with my phone so my batter went from 6% when we left the house and had plugged it into the car charger to 4% when we got to
walmart in the smaller town. My walmart because while I will shop at the one clear across the larger town if I am out that direction anyways I do try my best to avoid the one more on my part of the larger town including for curbside.
I should have had 16 year old take pictures of how giddy 13 year old was for her first trip to walmart since late February/early March of 2020 when we walked in the door at 9:15 pm. We walked out having spent over 250 dollars at 9:56 pm. Not bad for them closing at 10 pm. We got some clothes for 16 year old to wear for work as she needed black pants not jeans, and neutral colored tops. We also picked up a few other things including another one of the hair brushes that we like which I could never find on the curbside for the longest time. Some bags for using at the Y for hauling stuff back and forth in that have decent handles that will hold up instead of the reusable shopping bags we got from Ross. Some hair scruncies, 3 tops for 13 year old one with Mickey on it, one with Mickey and Friends and one solid pink one. 4 broomstick skirts for 13 year old and 2 for 16 year old which were on clearance for $3 each. The spring line so it was being clearanced out. Great deal for me because I expect my girls to dress modestly at all times and will not allow them to wear shorts that are not at least 2.5 inches above the knee with most of time now that they are both teenagers the rule being capris or mid calf length loose skirts in the summer. Even when they were infants and toddlers I did not dress them in things that showed their belly or short shorts unless under a dress and tops had to come at least to the edge of the shoulder otherwise they wore a top under it. They had jumper dresses as preschoolers that they wore with a short sleeved top for the spring summer, and fall months, and long sleeved often mock turtle neck tops for the winter months along with appropriate weight tights.
Drove my parents nuts and they made comments that they are little girls you don't need to be so strict about what they were. Well little girls grow up and now I don't have to deal with arguements over but it was fine when I was 11 or 12 to wear x type of outfit why can't I wear this now. My inlaws especially my mother in law were much more supportive. My mother in law has often thanked me for making sure my girls are dressed so modest often after she spends time with their older cousins or even more so sees what some of the grandsons' girlfriends are wearing. I am a little bit more relaxed around the house and they can wear items that still fit but are shorter in the house and yard provided we are not going anywhere as long as we are not having company over.
to you AuntieMe3. Thank you for stopping by. You've been extra in my prayers this morning, my friend.
Kept it easy and grilled burgers and dogs today after hanging out by the fire pit this afternoon. Made a potato salad the way Mom always did (still not quite as good as hers - missed her and MIL today) and a garden salad with blueberries. Nice day. Also visited my elderly friend this morning with coffee and donuts. We had a lot of laughs.
But it was beautiful and very tasty! None of us could finish the slices they were HUGE! And DH said next time he’ll use his own frosting recipe because the frosting was a little runny. But it was sweet of him to do that, and I knew you’d all want to see it, so I got some pics.
@flyingdumbo127 I hope the new guy at the church works out, thanks for your always kind words and for helping to keep the thread going. Look forward to seeing @lynxstch’s cute morning post every day, thanks for that effort. I really should keep a notepad next to me when I catch up on this thread, it’s so hard to remember everything! But I am reading so thanks for posting, everyone.
It's me being truly too lazy to go back...it's not just here; I'm the same on Facebook or Instagram or Fark or Reddit or...........well, any other place I make comments. 
