Got Jello?

So...It's been a week since my last post...let me fill in some blanks! :-) Here is the recap of my last week of leisure before I have to go back to work...or I should say I GET to go back to work...I'm truly blessed to have a job I really really love...teenagers are BIG fun! :-)

Saturday...We had game night at the Bollichs...FINALLY! We had BIG BIG fun! :-) We had some great snacks and our traditional meal of hot dogs {Kelly who is not a fan of meat brings "smart" dogs and wheat bread (what the heck?)...just let me give you some advice...NEVER grill a "smart" dog...they go up in flames! HA! } We had one small glitch but our favorite former Hornet...Yappy Yapperson...saved the night! :-) We had a great time and of course the team of Ramirez, Tubbs, Carmen & Casey BEAT Bollichx2, Kelly & Jeanette! Not that it is about winning of course...all for the fun of games! ;-)

Monday...I set off to work in the library and get it all cleaned up for the "new teacher" meeting next week and I met Carmen, my friend and library assistant for lunch. She informed me of this big storm brewing and that the school was going to be closing at 2 and would be closed the following day. What? Wow...I MUST get on the ball when it comes to current events...this summer I haven't kept up with much...but the new school year is about to begin and I'll be back on track! Then my mom calls and says that I should get over there and spend the night...that a storm is coming. This is a welcome call because I'm deathly afraid of thunder & lightning! :-) So we had a fun night of pizza and TIVOed shows waiting on Edouard!

Tuesday...Well Edouard wasn't all that...but it was a great day of being lazy! The great thing about staying the night at home...you wake up to the smell of breakfast cooking downstairs! I love, love, love breakfast! :-) The rain went away so I was off to Bacliff! :-)

Tuesday thru Friday...BACLIFF! I just can't explain Bacliff...it is such a fabulous place . :-) I had a super great time relaxing, lazing around, blog-stalking, reading, staying up all night, sleeping late and eating lunch each day with Ramirez and Goodwin. Of course the best part about Bacliff is spending so much time with Ramirez...he is amazingly funny! I wish I could record all of the things he says and does...I'm rolling on the floor laughing (ROTFL...Thanks Ash for teaching me the "cool teen" lingo..I passed it on to Laura) the whole entire time he is awake! :-) I guess the best story from the week has to be the "Jello incident". Sooo...Ramirez dictates a grocery list while I type it into my phone because I will make the trek to the local Wal-mart for groceries. He says to get "sugar-free" Jello....EVERY flavor they have. What is the difficulty in that? I mean I am not a "domestic queen" but I can certainly handle this simple task! Uhhhh...so fast forward to the next day...He walks in the door from work...I'm sitting in front of the ice box (refrigerator for all of you not from the country) feeling so proud because it looks like something off of Cribs! :-) All of the sodas are lined up perfectly and the top shelf is COMPLETELY full of "EVERY" flavor of sugar-free Jello...all perfectly aligned of course! He is like what the......? (We are working and praying about his use of words that I can't even type on here and get all nerved up when folks say them! :-)) I'm like what? (I'm still thinking he is soooo proud about all of the Jello so neatly aligned) Uhhhh....We may or may not have had a bit of a misunderstanding....he wanted every flavor of BOXED Jello...you know the kind that costs .89! :-) Heeeheeee...ROTFL!

Friday night I came back home to an empty house after a fun wedding with the Ramirez family...Kelly is in LA and took Brooklyn to her parents while she is gone...it is so lonely without Brooklyn here to greet me when I walk in the door and to look at me with those sad eyes while I'm eating....oh yeah...I really missed Kelly too! :-)

Today I'm Thankful for...

A friend as sweet as Laura who called to make sure I had a plan to "hunker down" for the storm...a small gesture that meant so very much, Edouard wasn't as awful as expected...very minimal damage, and my connections that allow me to know where the Channel 11 news crew is throughout the day so I can get a "sneak peak" at the breaking news! :-)

Happiest Moment...Lounging around Bacliff...laughing and resting my nerves!