Then I went back and added quite a bit to it, but my computer flaked out and crashed when I went to publish.
A good thirty minutes down the drain. I will try to remember everything I wrote...
Last Thursday was my last day of work before my vacation started. And, of course, it was the most stressful. My district manager was visiting along with one of the Vice Presidents of Operations. It went pretty well. I always stress out before those visits, though. I want everything to be just "so".
After it was all said and done, I left work more relieved than when I got there (at six o'clock in the morning). Dan and I had some things to take care of in the Plano area and while we were there, met up with some pretty special folks!
Friday we dropped Rosie off at Dan's mom's house and headed toward West Texas to my parent's.
Saturday we went to watch Katie (my niece) march in district band contest. It was fun to watch all the bands...took me back to days gone by.
Sunday all of the family was together for church, with the exception of my brother-in-law. He was on call and couldn't leave Lubbock. My dad had asked if we would have the Sunday evening service. I sang and Dan spoke. He did a really good job...I was so proud of him. He still gets nervous about speaking, but when he relaxes and speaks what the Lord gives him, it makes a huge difference.
Monday I went to Kirkland's. Can't stay away even when I'm on vacation! :) My former district manager offices out of the new Lubbock store, and the Lubbock manager is a business friend, so I went by to say hello. That store is huge! They are doing amazing business there, too.
We met our friends Rich and Allison for lunch. Rich was the best man in our wedding, and he and Allison have been dear friends to us throughout our marriage. They have seen us in all the stages of our relationship and still call us friends...that's pretty amazing! We had a great visit with them, then went to run a few errands.
For dinner, we met my best friend Kristi, her husband Heethe, and their two kids Camden and Kenzee. Kristi and I have been friends since we were about 12, and our husbands say we are just alike. I take that as a compliment. She is an incredible lady.
Tuesday we got to sleep in. Dad suggested we take their camper up to Lubbock and go see the movie Fireproof. So Mom and I headed up to Lubbock so she could get her hair done, and Dad and Dan came up later with the trailer. Then it was off for dinner and a movie. If you have not seen Fireproof, you need to. It's from the makers of Facing the Giants. Just be sure you bring plenty of Kleenex. I would hate for you to have to use your greasy popcorn napkin to wipe your eyes...
Which brings us to today. It's mama's birthday! Dad got someone to fill in for him at church, so that we could have the family all together to take Mom to dinner. We had a really good time. We came back to the trailer for cake and topped the evening off with a good ol' game of Skip-Bo.
The girls won.
Twice.
This is significant because the guys beat us twice in Double Canasta earlier in the week. :)
Tomorrow we will head up to Plainview to take flowers where Dan's dad is buried, then go back to mom and dad's to spend one last night.
We will then head home by way of San Angelo...I hear someone there is having a birthday...I'm so excited to see familiar faces and get to see these babies that have been growing so much in the time we've been gone!
Here's a slide show of the week so far.
