Well, maybe I will start this up again. It just seems like I just stay really busy with work, work, work. Sometimes I just get tired of working all the time but that's what pays the bills.

I just got back from Oregon and I had a relaxing time. We didn't do much but that was okay because it was nice just hanging out with Julie.

I got back home last night after a very loooong day. I traveled for 19 hours and it was a long day.

I called my mom today and she has surgery scheduled for next Wednesday.It is going to be a major surgery. Keep her in your thoughts and prayers. I will let you know how things turn out.

This is just going to be short and sweet because I need to head to bed since I start my day with work again.

I have been slacking on this area but maybe I can get it back on track again.

I took the day off and spent it with the boys. We went to the beach and had a great time. We road a shuttle boat over to an island and we had a blast. The boys swam on the gulf side for awhile and then they swam on the bay side for awhile. The boys climbed on the big rocks and it was really fun. They saw several manta rays and were able to get really close to them. When we got back to the area that we left on the boat they saw a dolphin playing in the water. What a beautiful sight. It was just a great day. There was a man there that also let them try out the surf board. They were hanging ten.

After leaving there we headed to get something to eat and we ended up at Taco Bell. The boys ate everything they ordered. It is funny how the sun, beach, water , and wind can build up an appetite.

I also took off tomorrow and I am going to go get my car serviced. Since I have to take it to the shop I decided to give it a good washing this afternoon.

Mom is doing okay. She has good days and bad days. She has had a time with diarrhea. She has lost forty pounds because of it and they can't figure out what is causing it. I sure hope they can figure it out. The heart doctor told her that things were going good there and that he did not need to see her again unless there was a problem. Just keep her in your prayers.

We had a good visit at the beginning of the month with my dad. It was his 75th birthday and all the siblings were together. We all meet at Cracker Barrel and had lunch and visited, done some catching up and took pictures. It was good to have us all together for a happy occasion.

I am going to call it a night. The time is catching up to me and it is time to call it a night. Have a great weekend............

Gosh has it been that long since I have updated. Most of that was due to the fact that my computor was not working right but I should not have that problem anymore since I have a new one now.

All is well here other than it is a little colder than I would like it, I am ready for some warmer weather. I don't like cold weather.

My mom had a bad week this past one. She has bad days and good days. I will be going back to see her in a couple of weeks. I am trying to go at least every six weeks.

I went ot the doctor today and all is well. My blood work came back good and my blood pressure was great.

I need to get some bills paid. Have a great day.

I said that I was going to try and post on a regular basis so here goes nothing. There isn't a lot going on around here other than working all the time. I will have Christmas Day off and the first of January, but other than that it is work, work, work.

On Saturday I will probably be going to spend the day with the boys. We are planning on spending the morning making cookies and candy. Sounds like fun. This is right up Christopher's alley because he loves to cook.

Mom seems to be doing better every day. She just found out the she has cataracts and she will be going to the the doctor the end of this month. She said that is the reason that she hasn't been able to see very well. She did tell me the they went out to a Mexican restaurant last week and that was good to hear. Slowly but surely she is getting better.

I have most of my Christmas shopping done. I have only a couple of gifts left to buy and then I get to shop for mom and Alan. It is just easier for me to do it because I know what the kids like. I will probably do some of it this weekend.

Well, I am going to call this an update and get started on something else. Have a great day and stay warm.

since I am getting scolded about updating I guess maybe I better try and get this thing done. It seems that I am never at home and I just can't find the time to be on the computer like I did before. So to all my readers I apologize. Maybe I will get better, no probably not.

Where do I start. Mom is at home and doing a little better. She still has a long way to go. The doctor told her it was going to be a slow come back and they were right. She is getting around better and she is talking more. She finally pulled out of some of the depression which has really helped her. She went to the doctor yesterday to discuss all the medicines she was on and they took her off some of them and changed some of them so we are hoping that will held with some of the things that she is going through. I as planning on going back up in a couple of weeks.

I had surgery on my thumb yesterday and things went well. I was back at work today. It was a little hard but I managed to make it through the day. The hardest thing is changing diapers and picking them up. You don't realize how much you use your thumb until you can't.

All the kids are doing good. Just staying busy with the holidays coming up. I spent Thanksgiving with Christy, Chad and the boys. The boys and I cooked while Chad and Christy worked. We are a late dinner.

The day after Thanksgiving Christy and I hit the stores and shopped. I had to go to work at 12 and she had to be home by 11 but we had a good time. She managed to get most of the boys Christmas finished and I did to. I also bought for myself. I bought me a new camera and a new television. It was nice just spending the morning together without children.

I am planning on trying to get the rest of my shopping done this weekend. It makes it hard because I am buying for Mom and Alan also. So I ma having to keep it all separate. They decided to let me do it since I like to shop. It is more fun spending their money.

Well, I am going to go for now and I will try to update more often. Have a great weekend....

I talked to Johnny last night and he said that mom had gone to the doctor and that only forty percent of her heart was working and that it was going to take a long time for her to come back. She is still in the extended care and they are doing physical therapy on her. It is just a slow process. Sometimes when I talk to her I can understand her and then other times I don't have any idea what she is talking about. Johnny thought that maybe she had a stroke but the doctor doesn't think so. They did some blood workup to check her medicine and to make sure that they are all working together like they are suppose to.

She said that she was coming home on Monday but that want happen. She is still not ready physically. I am going up on Thursday and spend the day with her and my sister. Maybe we will have more news then.

Christy and Chad are on there way to see Michael for the night because Christopher has to be in Birmingham at eight in the morning for an appointment for his hernia. The baby is with me right now but I will be taking him to Chad's dad in a little while for him to spend the night because I have to work tomorrow.

Chad has another flare up of his MRSA and he needs to go to the doctor but he hasn't. If he isn't careful he will be back in the hospital.

I go to the doctor tomorrow to have my thumb looked at. I am sure that they are going to want to do surgery. We will wait and see what they say.

Well, I better go and get some things done before the little one wakes up. Have a great week.

I have a few minutes to update so I decided to get it done before heading to work. I seem to say tired a lot but what do you expect with working to jobs and trying to spend time with my mom.

I went to see her on Sunday and she still has a long way to go. She is very depressed and we can't seem to get her out of that stage. I was there about five hours and I bet we didn't talk about forty five minutes the whole time I was there. We can't get her put of bed or get her to eat very much.

Johnny had the doctor come check on her yesterday and of course when he came in she sat up and was eating good and she was cutting jokes with him and as soon as he left she went right back into her shell. The doctor asked her if she has been up walking any and she told them that she couldn't walk and the doctor told her that she would be up today and she would be trying to walk with a walker. He told her that he sure wanted to get her home before the Alabama/Auburn game, which is in about three weeks. He told her that if she didn't get up and get on it that it wasn't going to happen. Johnny did say that they were going to regulate her medicine and see if that will help her out. We have a long ways to go. Just keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Christy took Christopher back to the doctor last week because he was having problems with the hernia that he had and they are now going to send him to the Children Hospital in Birmingham to make sure that there isn't any more problems. He goes on Monday.

We have had some rain due to the hurricane that came through. We needed some rain but the peanut farmers wished that it would hold off a few more days. Oh well, that's the way it goes.

Well. I better get off her and head to work. Have a great day.....

What a busy couple of days. I have done a lot of driving and had a great visit with Michael. I got to Michael's around six and they were in the process of making chicken pot pie for supper. We sat down around seven and had dinner and then we looked at pictures that they had taken when they went to South Carolina with the boys (their dogs) and I showed them the pictures of my trip to Oregon. I was surprised with Michael because he knew a lot about Crater Lake. It was really good to see him and I think Christy, Chad, me and the boys are going to make another trip up there in about four weeks. I was surprised to see that he wasn't so stuck up with buying his house that he could not enjoy it but he wasn't like that at all. He has two dogs named Oakley and Dozer. They are labs. Overall it was a great trip just a little short but I will stay longer the next time.

I left Michael's around eight thirty and headed to the doctors office for my checkup. I got there around nine forty and saw the doctor and I had a great checkup. He said unless I have any more problems that he wanted me to have a great life and enjoy it. I wasn't worried about the checkup because I already had a good report before I went up.

On my way to the doctor office Alan called me and told me that mom was out of the hospital. I called her about an hour later and she told me that she did not think that she was going to stay home long because she was a lot weaker than she thought she was. She had a hard time getting into the house and Johnny has hurt himself and it was hard for him to get mom inside. When I called her she asked me to call her back later that she was waiting for a call from the doctor and of course they put her back in. She is having problems controlling her bladder and that is a concern to her. She is not sure what they are going to do yet other than they are going to do some physical thearpy to help build her strength.

There has also been some mistreatment by a couple of people and they have had to deal with that also. One of the employees was rough on mom when she was told that she had to finish moms bath because they moved her to another room and she wasn't very happy with the idea. My point is it doesn't matter if she likes it or not because that is her job. She said she was afraid to say much because she doesn't know how she will be treated. Mom has had several of the upper hospital employees in her room this past week to get to the bottom of the problem. My thought is they need to fire the girl on the spot as soon as they prove that she has mistreated a patient. This not the first time this has happened with this girl.

I am planning on writing a letter to the head nurse at the hospital. It may not do me any good but it will make me feel better.

I may go up this Friday. It just depends on how she is doing. If not then I will probably go up again on Sunday. Just keep her in your prayers and thoughts because she is going to need them. I am afraid that she is going to give up if she can't get her strength up and especially since Johnny is also not doing well.

Have a great week and I will keep you updated on my mom and thanks for all your thoughts and prayers.

I wanted to get this written before it gets to late and I also need to get busy on my costume for Saturday. I haven't even started it yet and I need it by Saturday evening. I guess I better get busy. Enough on that.

Mom is doing rally good. They moved her to a room the first of the week and they are talking about her being able to go home in a few days. She is still having trouble with retaining fluid. Johnny told me that she was even losing fluid through on of her arms and they were having to keep a bandage on it. They don't seem to be to concerned about it. They also said that they will probably be able to control he heart problem with medicine. That is good to know. She is in no hurry to get out of the hospital, which is unlike her. She can't stand to be away from home and her dogs. Just continue to keep her in your prayers and thoughts.

Tomorrow is my long day. I have to work my regular job and then off to the bowling alley. I went by there on Wednesday and we had our lights put in for our cosmic bowling. It looked really cool. We can do different kinds of music. Maybe it will help getting people in the alley because everyone we have talked to in the past few weeks thought we were closed and we never have been.

Well, I better get off her and get some things done. Have a great weekend and I will keep you posted on my mom. I appreciate all your thoughts and prayer for her.

Well here goes another day. It has been a long day. We left this morning around eight-thirty and headed to moms. We had to go get Riley a movie and then some breakfast. Then we were off.

Alan said that he really had a hard time going this morning because he was afraid that she was just waiting to see him and she was just going to give up. This is going to be hard on all of us but we will take one day at the time and just pray that she will get better.

She was better this morning than she was at the beginning of the week but we still have a long way to go. She ate pretty good today and this is the best that she has eaten in several days. That was very encouraging. She is still retaining fluid which is not good. They had to up her medicine to get the fluids out. She is getting it every four hours. She is having a hard time remembering things and I think that upsets her more than being so sick. I think that part of that is from the medicine.

She was trying to tell me something this afternoon and she just got really frustrated when she could not remember what it was or how to explain it. I hope that will get better as she gets stronger. It is going to be a long haul.

I talked to Johnny after we got home and he promised me that when he found out something from the doctor that he would let me know. Johnny said that if he was not able to talk to a doctor in the morning that he was going to go hunt the doctor down and get some answers and he will. Not knowing is very hard. Mom told us today that the heart doctor told her that if her heart rate stayed as good as it has for the last few days that they may consider putting her in a regular room. I just what them to do what is the best for her.

I sure hope that my tomorrow starts out better than last week. It has been a long week. I will be off next Monday to go to the doctor in Birmingham for my final checkup for the cancer. I am going up on Sunday night and spend the night with Michael. I am looking froward to that. It will be good to see them. We have also talked about doing Christmas at his house this year. We will talk about that later on.

Well, I better get off her and hit the sack. Tomorrow is a long day with work and bowling. GO BAMA!!! They are still undefeated.

I thought I would update on my mom so those who read and care will know what is going on. I talked to my sister this afternoon and her heart rate is still up and she is still in ICU. They said that they could possibility shock the heart but they don't really want to do that because of here breathing problems. It is going to be a long road this time but we will take it one day at a time. She has started eating a little. They gave her something for anxiety on Tuesday night because she was afraid to go to sleep because she was afraid that she would forget to breath. Johnny told me that Wednesday morning that she looked better because the dark circles were gone and that she looked rested.

Alan and I are planning on going up on Sunday. He was going to go up on Saturday but I talked him into waiting until Sunday and I would go with him.

I did my post bowling on Wednesday and the first two games were not so great. I bowled a 103, 107, and then on the third game I blew it away with a 180. I was shocked with myself.

Tonight was a busy night because we had our fall festival at school tonight and I ended up in the obstacle course helping children up the wall to slid down on the other side. I told my boss there was a reason that I signed up for the popcorn machine and that was because I was to old to be pushing and pulling all those kids and that I was going to be to sore to come to work tomorrow. Yea right> I will be there but I probably will be one sore girl. I had to show them that I wasn't to old to give it a try myself. The first time I didn't make it and down I went but then I gave it another try and I did it. Hurray for me and I will be paying for it tomorrow.

Well, I better get myself up from here and get myself ready for bed. Have a great weekend!!!!

What a busy couple of days. This is going to be short and to the point because I am tired and ready to hit the sack, but I wanted to let you know how thisngs went with Christopher. His surgery went well and he is doing grsat. He was not happy with them when they told him that he had to pull off his underwear. He told them that he wasn't going to take his underwear off and they let him wear them int surgery and they took them off after he went to sleep. When he got into the recovery room he tried to stand up in the bed. He was ready to get out of that place. They finally got out of there around eleven thirty.

I was at the hospital when I received a phone call from my step dad about my mom. He took my mom to the emergency room early Monday morning. When they got to the hospital the doctor told Johnny that he did not think she would make it through the day. She was retaining fluid and was swollen really bad. The did an EKG and it showed that she had a heart attack but they did not know how long it had been since she had it. They also said that she has congestive heart failure and pneumonia. She was one sick lady and she still is. I left yesterday around noon to go check on her. She got unto me for not being at work and I told her that my work was taken care of and I was right where I needed to be. She had a good night and when we came in this morning she looked a hundred percent better. They gave her a lunch tray and took her off of clear liquids so I sure hope she is on the mend. They had to give her medicine to get her heart rate down because it was staying around 155 and they want it under 100. Within a couple of hours it dropped to 145 so we were encouraged about that. Little by little she is getting better and we will take what we can get.

I know that the more times she has these issues the closer we come to losing her and that is why I cherish every moment I have with her because I don't know how much longer I will have her. She was so bad this week that Johnny even went to talk to someone at the funeral home to get some idea how things would work out. We know that sometime we are going to have to facew this issue but for now she still has some fight in her.

She has got to be one of the strongest woman that I have know in my lifetime and I hope that I could be half as strong as she is. She is special, shes my mom.

I better get off her before I end up in tears. Keep her in your prayers. Her name is Sandie.

Hey everyone. The weather here has gotten cooler and it is a nice change from the hot weather. The bad thing is that the wind is blowing and making it a lot cooler than we like. We can handle the cold but not the wind. These Bama people don't do wind well.

Tomorrow is Christopher's big day. He will be having surgery around seven in the morning. He is not excited at all. They have to be at the clinic by 5:30. I will head by there in the morning before heading to work and check on him. I will probably be there by seven.

Dennis, I have not met the man from Mobile yet. It is in the planning stage. I first have to make a trip to Mobile and right now there is no time to go. I am a busy woman right now between bowling, work, work, and more work. I will probably go down around the middle of November if it works out. I will be sure to let you know if it works out.

My mom hasn't been doing real well. She is having a really hard time with breathing. She went to the doctor on Monday and she still doesn't sound any better. She promised that if she wasn't any better that she would go back to the doctor. She says that she doesn't like to go to the doctor's office because there is to many sick people and she doesn't want to get any worse. I told her that she needed to get better so that I could come over and take her out to eat at Chili's. So maybe by the end of the month. Even if we don't get to go eat I am still going to head that way with in the next couple of weeks. It has been awhile since I have been over there.

Jason and Michelle have gotten settled into their new place and Jason seems to like this store a lot better. I sure hope it works out for them this time. They are about the same distance as before but in the other direction. I will have to make a trip there before to long also. In two weeks I will be going to Michael's to spend the night. I have to go to the cancer doctor in Birmingham on Nov.1st so I am going to spend the night with Michael. I have a lot of traveling coming up with in the next few weeks.

Bama is doing well again this year so far. We still have some hard teams to play. GO BAMA!!!!
I was listening to the game on the radio and telling everyone at the bowling alley what the score was.

Well, I better go. I need to get ready for church. Have a great weekend and week.

Everyone else had a busy weekend except for me. I was going to go to a wedding but I found out on Friday that it had been postponed until November. I told them it was nice of them to let me know. So instead I decided to go look for me some work pants. I did find some at Burks and it was the cheapest that I found them so I bought three pair so I am now set for work. So other than that my weekend consisted of working and church.

Jason and Michelle got moved on Sunday and they are in the process of getting things squared away. I told them if they had told me when they were planning on moving in that I would have helped them out but no one told me so I just went to church. I talked to them on Sunday night and it sounded like they had everything under control.

Christopher will have his surgery on Monday morning and that little guy sure isn't looking forward to it.

We are suppose to be getting some cooler weather bu this weekend. They say that is going to be in the forties. Time will tell. You never know what it will be here. I think most of us are ready for some cooler weather considering it was in the nineties today and very humid.

It looks like I may be making a trip to Mobile in a few weeks. My first cousin and my aunt want me to meet a guy that is retired from the Coast Guard. They tried to get him to come the day we were all at the lake but it didn't work out. So I think I will make a trip down there to meet him. Who knows if it will lead anywhere or not.

Well, this southern gal is going to call it a night and yall have a great day and look for more updates coming.

I guess I better do some updating since I haven't done any in while. With working two jobs and other things that have been going on I just haven't had time to do any updating.

I guess I will start with me. I have joined an adult/child league at the bowling alley on Monday nights. We bowled Monday night and we had a good time. I didn't do to bad. My scores were 105,118, and 138. Not to bad for an old woman. I bowled against one of my co-workers, which was even more fun.

Jason and Michelle are moving again. This time they are going to Florida. They will be moving to Tallahassee this coming weekend. It has been an ordeal. It will be a little closer than Montgomery but not much. Maybe this one will work out. The company is going to pay for their expenses to move but they still have to come up with the man power to get the truck loaded. It looks like they will be loading on Saturday evening and driving here on Sunday.

Christy has to take Christopher to the doctor on Friday to see about having surgery on his hernia. His surgery will be on the 16th of this month. What a way to spend her birthday. I am going to take her out tomorrow for lunch for her birthday.

I talked to Michael on the computer this morning and he is doing well. I am planning on going up there on November 1st and spend the night. I have to go to the doctor on Monday the 2nd so I want have to get up as early. It will be good to see them. I haven't seen them since Christmas.

I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. My niece is getting married at a park in Ozark. I sure hope it doesn't rain. The wedding is at ten in the morning. The dress code is come comfortable and that is what I plan on doing. Maybe I will even try for a little sexy look.

Well, I better get off here and hit the sack. Have a wonderful evening.

WELCOME HOME DENNIS!!!

I had a busy weekend. It started off not so good. They put Benjamin in the hospital because he had croup. He only had to spend the night but that was enough. He seems to be doing better. After getting him out of the hospital we headed to the lake. We cooked out and played in the lake. The boys had a great time tubing behind the boat. Christopher was the first one to go and he loved it and then they asked Jonathan if he wanted to go and he was a little scared and of course Christopher called him a chicken. After that Jonathan decided to try it and he said it was fun but a little scary. Both of the boys road a couple of times.

We ended up staying the night and then we got up the next morning and headed to Montgomery to go to Savannah's birthday party. She turned two and she had a Dora party. We spent about two hours there and then we had to head back to Dothan because I had to work Sunday night. It was a busy weekend but a fun one.

I worked a long day yesterday and I have another one today. After I get off work I have to head to the bowling alley.

Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor and I am sure she is going to get on me about my test results that I had done last week.

I just need to get my self motivated again and it is so hard to do. I know that I can do it, it is just doing it.

Well I better go I been to get ready for work. Have a great day.

Today was a short day at work since I had to go to the doctor. My checkup was good. The doctor was pleased to find out everything I had done in the past year. He told me that I was up an all the things that needed to be done. The only thing that he suggested was that I might check into a bone density test. I called and my insurance will not cover it so I am going to talk to the doctor next week when I see her and see what she says obout it and there may be a way that the insurance will cover it. I will have to do some checking into it.

After leaving the doctors office I headed to the boys school and picked them up. They were not expecting me. We went out and had ice cream and then we went to the store and they got them a toy. They were surprise to see me. I don't get to do that much because of my work schedule.

I have a couple of busy weeks coming up. Next Saturday we are going to the lake to spend the day at the lake with Aunt Mary and several other family members. I am trying to get my brother that lives in Montgomery to come and then all of us will be together and that hasn't happened in a long time.

The following week we will be having anniversary Sunday at our church. E will be busy with helping children with the activities that we will have going. We will have clowns, train rides, pizza, snow cones, obstacle course and moon walks. It will be a fun day for them, but a busy one for me.

Then to end up the busy weeks, I will have a wedding to go to for my niece. She is getting married at a park and it is in the morning so I will be able to go. I will have to go to work after the wedding.

I have been looking at some houses on the internet. I had a lady call me today about checking into it more and I told her to give me a month to think about it and I will let her know. I would love to be able to get into one later on next year. I will have to leave it in God's hand. He knows what is best for me and I just need to wait on Him. I think that I am ready to take on being on my own. It will be a big step for me but I think I am ready.

Christopher is going to have surgery. He has a hernia in his groan area. He is not happy about it. The doctor told them to bring Benjamin in and he would check him at Christopher's pre-op.

Well. I better get off here and get my water ready for the night and hit the bed. I have to leave early tomorrow to have some blood work done.

What a weekend...Christy and I went to a big yard sale that sold children clothes on Saturday without any children. We were able to get a few things for the boys but not a lot. We then went ot a Mexican restaurant to have lunch and then back to the sale for the half price items. We headed back to the house and Chad picked her up there. After she let then it was off to work for me.

Work was very boring this weekend. We were not busy Friday or Saturday. Business was really slow. I have picked up another day for awhile. I am working on Tuesday nights because they have a league going on.

I went to see the boys on Sunday after church. They did not make it to church because Jonathan has been sick. He has run a fever all weekend. He was doing better afternoon. Christopher goes to the doctor on Thursday to see about getting his hernia repaired. He is not looking forward to that.

I may end up going to the doctor about my thumb. I am going to try to wait for awhile but I know it is not going to get any better.

Dennis, I am glad to here that yo are having a good time. You better watch out eating all that food. You are going to gain back all that you lost. How long is it going to take before she will be able to come to the states? I am glad that you have found someone that you think that you can be happy with.

Well, I better get off here and get myself in the shower before I end up being late for work. Have a great day.

What a great vacation that I had. It was nice weather until the day I flew back home. I enjoyed being with Julie and spending time with her. She had to work some while I was there but that was okay because we did get to spend some quality time together.

I took a trip to the coast with Dennis the first week that I was there and he told me about going to Korea to see Nora.I told him that I hope that he finds what he is looking for but to keep an open mind and to make sure that is what he really wants.

Then on the weekend Julie, Greg, and I headed to Crater Lake. What a beautiful place. It was just breath-taking. I took several pictures and I could have just sat there and looked at the water for hours. We had lunch there and again the weather was great. We then headed down to Diamond Lake to set up camp. The first place we were going to camp out was right on the water and it was cold, so we looked for another spot and we found one that was a little further down on the lake and it was in the trees more. We set up camp for the evening and it was fun. I was cold at night but I made it through. It was better than I thought it would be. We had fun watching the birds eat out of the frying pan the next morning. We fixed breakfast sandwiches an there was eggs left in the pan and the birds helped themselves. They also helped themselves to the glass of Pepsi that was on the table. They were not afraid of anything. We also had several chipmunks that visited and was looking for food to. It was fun just watching the wildlife while we were there. We left the camp sight after eating lunch and we headed down to check out some waterfalls. We were going to go see six of them and three of them were closed due to damage to the trails. But is was fun.

I spent a couple of days while I was there bowling. I am trying to improve my bowling skills. It is getting better and for a dollar a game who cares if it does or not. It was fun while it lasted.

My flight home was okay. The weather was rainy. My flight to Chicago was good ohter than being about fifteen minutes last and I had to hurry to get to my next flight and of course it was on the other side of the airport. That is the way it goes. I was going to get something to eat and I did not have time to do that. After getting to my spot the plane that we were getting on was waiting to pull in and again we were twenty minutes late boarding and I would have had time to grab a bite to eat, but you never know.

After loading I was sitting next to an older man who bought himself a mixed drink and his tray was broke and the drink slid right between us and soaked my leg. I ended up smelling like whiskey. What a joy.

We finally arrived in Birmingham and of course wouldn't you know it, they lost my luggage. Mine wasn't the only one, there was about five other passengers that did not have luggage either. I finally got my luggage Sunday afternoon.

Suday evening after church my two older grandsons spent the night with me. We rented a couple of movies that they wanted to see and headed home. Monday was our day. We went to Chick-Fil-A for a free sandwich and that place was packed but it was worth it. The three of us at for under six dollars. Then we headed to the bowling alley and they were closed until three so off to Wal-mart and of course they ended up with a couple of toys. We headed to the bowling alley and we bowled one game and they played some of the arcade games. Then back to the house. We had a really good time.

Tomorrow is back to reality. It is back to work and getting back into the routine. It was great to go on vacation and I am not ready to go back to work but all good things must come to an end especially if I want ot continue drawing a paycheck.

I hope that if you had the day off it was a good one. Have a great work week.

This is going to be short and sweet because I need to get myself in bed because I have an early day tomorrow. It probably want do me any good to go to bed since I haven't been sleeping very well. That's life....

I went to the doctor yesterday and they stuck it to me. I was having some trouble with coughing and my chest being tight and she gave me a shot, an antibiotic, an inhaler, and then something for my thumb. By the time I finished with the doctor and the medicine I spent over eighty dollars. But it was worth it if it meant that I wouldn't be sick on my vacation.

Well, I told you that this would be short and sweet. I am going to go brush my teeth and try to get some sleep. Probably not. See you guys in Oregon in a few hours.....