My dad told me a few days ago that he had a store that was due by the 14th in Springfield, IL. He wanted to stop by where I live now and see us for a few minutes and drop off some school supply stuff that my mom bought for the kids. I've been getting a lot of hours at work lately, so I told him to let me know what day is good for him to do the store in Springfield. He emailed me that he planned to come up on Sunday. I had to work at 3 on Sunday, but I didn't think it would be too much of a problem.

I think the plan was originally to come up here and do the store, drop some things off here and visit for a few and then head to wherever his next store was. I called him Sunday morning around 10:00'ish. He said he was finishing up some things and he'd be on the road as soon as he could. He called me back a little later to say that he had too much to do and if he stayed to take care of it all, he wouldn't make it in time to see us, so he was going to take Monday off and just come up here. Since plans had changed, my mom was able to come up with him...and they brought Tigger so I could see him... I was thrilled! :) Sounds like a great day so far, right?

I called around 12:30 to see where they were...and I figured it would be about another hour and they would be here. We had the kids this past weekend, and neither of them have ever met Jasmine, so they were looking forward to meeting her. When we brought the kids to MO, she didn't come down that weekend; just the boys. Well, my mom and dad ended up getting lost. So, instead of a visit that should have been about an hour and 15 or so minutes...it was only 20 minutes. Can you believe that? They came all the way up here for 20 minutes and then all the way back home. Jason said they must have really missed me. lol My dad traded in his truck for a new one recently...and Tigger apparently used my dad's truck as a bathroom facility...oops.

The good part...I did get to see my parents and Tigger for a few minutes...I did get my things delivered. I just wish the visit could have lasted a bit longer. I wish I would have been off.

Another thing that bummed me out was that I was at work when Jason picked the kids up on Friday and I was at work when he took them home on Sunday. So I got a very limited amount of time with them this weekend. Now it'll be another 2 weeks until we see them. Definitely something to look forward to, though. :)

Speaking of the kids...I have some cute pics I wanted to post. Shawn loves to sing and dance. He always asks Jason to turn music on or tells him to play his guitar so he can sing and dance with me. He's so adorable. He likes to slow dance with me and he always wants me to pick him up. While we were waiting for my mom and dad to arrive, Shawn and I were dancing. Jasmine was taking some of the pictures...and in that one picture where Shawn is kissing me...he wasn't posed like that, he just did it right as Jasmine snapped. I thought it was a really cute picture. Don't you? Luke isn't in the pics because he was too busy playing on the computer. That little dress Jasmine is in, we bought outside of Walmart on the clearance racks for $3. She loved it. We bought it Friday night, she wore it Saturday and then wanted to wear it Sunday too. I washed it for her on Saturday night so she could wear it again. lol

Sunday night was a really crappy night at work. Not only were we really busy, we had a bunch of scheduling issues. Then it was 10:00, but I decided to take one more customer before I left...BIG MISTAKE. Just to inform any of you who may do this to your pharmacy...don't. So this woman walks up with her son. I ring her son out with his script and I assume I'm done. The woman tells me she'd like to get a refill. I asked her what her date of birth was, verified the necessary info and asked her, "Okay, what would you like refilled?" Her response was, "Everything." Please, please, please don't do this...ever. If you have more than just one or two meds you need refilled, you need to have the bottle with you with the refill numbers or have a list of the meds with you when you go into the pharmacy. It just makes life so much easier for everyone. Seriously. This lady had 15 meds to refill. And of course, she doesn't know what she needs refilled exactly...so I searched by last fill date and I'm naming off all of these meds and she says, "I don't know if I need that one...what's it for?" I wanted to scream.

I am not feeling well today. It started last night when I got home from work. I've been taking some stuff today, but it's not helping all that much. I hope I feel well enough to work tomorrow. I work tomorrow and then I'm off on Thursday. There's a new episode of Eureka on tonight that Jason and I will watch. Since I had the day off, Jason and I decided to go up to Canton, IL because I had never been up there before. We had lunch up there and went to a few game stores and just browsed around to see what kinds of stores were up there. Jason showed me the fishing holes him and and his grandpa used to fish at before he passed away. I got to see the hospital that Shawn was born at. Jason showed me the trees he planed when he was in 6th or 7th grade. It was an eventful day...even though I felt like crap. One minute I feel fine and the next I feel horrible. My throat hurts, I feel feverish, my body aches everywhere, I've got a cough...yuck.

Anyway, I will leave you all to enjoy the pics...take care!

Love,
Cole