So I stayed out with Trish and Kevin for way too long Friday night. I only had 3 drinks but I was there until 230ish. This definitely didn’t help when it came to getting up to be in Lockport (a half hour drive) for a meeting at 8:30. I had to get gas and breakfast and almost made the stupid decision of getting McDonalds for breakfast. I had even placed my order. Fortunately, I Was at one of the only McDonalds that doesn’t trap you in the drive thru with a concrete border and was able to scoot out before I ruined my whole day!
I was a little late for the meeting but it was ok because everyone was still eating breakfast!! YAY! I had a bagel and cherries and strawberries and finished my sugar free red bull. I wish more meetings featured giant bowls of cherries.
I’m volunteering for a bereavement camp for children at the end of August. I’m pretty excited/ anxious about it. It’s going to be very difficult for me to get through and be strong for the kids and everything. I fully expect to cry the whole time. I’d better bring some bottled water so I can stay hydrated! The camp is for kids ages 7 to 13 who lost a loved one. We found out that in the camp a couple of kids parents were murdered, a few comitted suicide, some overdosed and some just died from natural causes. It’s run by Hospice Niagara, but obviously they didn’t need to go through Hospice care to be there. I don’t know how I will be able to relate to these kids. At least I’ll get to cry. I haven’t had a good sobbing cry since before Mike left in January.
We broke around noon for some snacks
More cherries, some tortilla chips and buffalo cheese dip (I only ate about half of that serving) crackers and a few pieces of pepperoni. I drank a lot of diet pop yesterday too.
The meeting ended around 130 then it was off to Hamburg for my dad and aunts combined birthday party. Hamburg is a solid hour drive from Lockport… joy.
I always love hanging out with my family. There is always good food and good conversation. There was nothing green to eat though
I ate a few too many of those baby quiche, probably 4 or 5, half a “man chicken” sandwich and half a cheese burger. My uncle makes this crazy seafood rice thing that I like quite a bit (as far a seafood goes, its tasty). And I ate a lemon “cheesecake” and half of the coffee chocolate thing in the bowl. I don’t like coffee but didn’t know that was the flavor.
My cousin Liam is the only boy in the family and since he’s still young he still needs attention and to have everyone play with him. So Dad and Aunt Kelley and Liam and I played badminton for a while
It was all fun and games until Liam slipped in dog poop and had to be hosed down.
So the rest of the playing time was in the house, on the Wii. He beat me at Wii boxing but dad crushed him at Wii baseball. I was there until a little after 6. I got home and ate some popcorn and fell asleep watching The Long Hot Summer. I love Paul Newman with all of my heart. He makes me smile and then some. I kept getting distracted though and the movie that I started at 730 didn’t end until 1030. Lots of pausing and moving about. Although, once I got settled in, the monkeys decided they were going to make themselves comfortable.
And yes, we all fell asleep like that. We were pooped out!
