Well, here's a day to day summary of this week.

Monday: We didn't do too much on Monday. Grandma Stella had to go to the doctor because she had been really sore and her legs and arms were swelling up. She had an appointment in Rushville. I had never been to Rushville before, but it kind of reminded me of Virginia. Cute little town. Well, she had talked to Kelly and she thought it may be good if I went with her to the doctor. Jessica had to work at 4:00 pm. She works at a Super 8 Hotel in Beardstown. So, we took Jessica to work, and then went to the doctor. We got out of the doc's office around 5:30 or so and went to Walmart to fill the scripts the doc gave her. The doc just thought it was her arthritis acting up. We met Torrey when he got off of work back at the hotel so we could leave the car for Jessica and then Torrey gave us a ride home.

Tuesday: Jessica needed to get a few of her nails fixed. She wanted to go to one of the beauty school's in Jacksonville. So she invited just the girls to go along. Lakin and Blayke were here for a few days because Crystal (Blayke's mom and Lakin's step mom) had an emergency surgery. So it was Jessica, Lakin, Skyler and myself. We went to the beauty school, but they had a lot of their students on vacation, so there wasn't anyone available that could fix her nails. On the way there I had told Jess that I've been wanting to get my hair cut, but we didn't really have the money...but since it was a beauty school, I might as well get it cut. So...I got it cut. The layd told me it was going to be $7.50 to get my hair cut. I was okay with that. Then the girl that was washing my hair asked me if I had ever been there before. I told her no, I'm originally from MO. She said, "Oh, well then you get $5.00 off for your first time coming here." So, I only paid $2.50 for my hair cut. Nice, huh? I got an inch off the back and I got my swoop bangs back again. I missed those. Some of you probably recall when Great Clips "attempted" to give me swoop bangs and they messed up. Well, this girl did them right. So after they all waited for me to get my hair cut, we went to the nail place Jess usually goes to and waited for her to get her nails redone. While we waited for her, I took the other two girls walking around some shops in the plaza. We went to Hallmark, Claire's, and Dollar Tree. I had an idea for all of us to get grandma something. I know she's been under stress lately with all of us here and she hadn't been feeling very well, so I thought she'd appreciate it. Lakin, Skylar and I picked out some artificial flowers, a bear (she collects them) and a card. Lakin and I took the card to everyone and had them sign it and write a little something in it. She really liked it...when we handed it to her, we all said (in unison), "We love you, grandma!" So, there is a pic of Ant signing the card and then what we got her. After we got back from our "Girls Day Out" several of us went up to the pool to swim. I actually got Jason to go! Can you believe it? Mr. "I don't like public pools" went with us. lol

Wednesday: Yesterday was rather uneventful. It's probably the laziest day we've had here! With all of these people, it's NEVER a dull moment...let me tell ya. We watched a few movies, but that was most of our day.

Thursday (Today): I hadn't been feeling well most of yesterday and the part of today either. Timothy and Anthony wanted to go fishing, so before Grandma left for her appointment in Jacksonville, she dropped the boys off. They asked for someone to come get them around 8:30 or 9:00. Kelly called me around 5:00'ish because the boys wanted to come home. Jason and I got in the car to go get them and he pulls out of the drive way and stops, backs back up and then puts it in park. I asked what was wrong and he says, "Hold on" and gets out of the car. Great...we have a flat! Well, when he stopped and backed into the driveway again, it was completely off the rim. So, we went looking for Troy, who we thought was sleeping (he works nights) but he happened to be awake. What is great about Troy is that he has everything to fix anything. lol While he fixed the one tire, he found a screw in another tire! But he fixed that too. By the time we were able to use the car again, we were on our way to get the boys and they were walking along the side of the road carrying all of their stuff. So here we are now. We've already eaten dinner and now we're all just relaxing. I thought I was going to get to work tomorrow...but the girl that asked me said she didn't need anyone to take the shift, she can work it after all.

That's pretty much what's been going on. My dad sent Jason and I an email about Rodney Carrington (a comedian) is coming to St. Louis (and Chicago) later this year. We'd love to go, but I don't think we can go. Christmas present anyone??? :) Haha.

Until next time...

Love always,
-Cole-