here we go...

Hello, Hello! Well, this is it! I have finally done it! I have created a blog. Shocking! I am not really sure what I am supposed to write on these things...is there a blogger code? Anyways, I decided to make one after my CRAZY weekend. If I don't write things down I normally forget about them. And I am not very good at writing in a diary or journal. So this was my next option! Hopefully I can keep it up on a regular basis. Well, on Friday, I went to work. It was a once in a lifetime thing. I am trying to earn money for my trip to Europe! More about that in a later post. So I went to work at my preachers wife's daycare. She needed a substitute for one day, so of course I volunteered! I mean, come on! How bad can 10 kids under the age of 5 be?? TERRIBLE!!! Little children can be so mean! By the end of the day I loved all of those kids, because sometimes they were as sweet as can be! But at other times, they were evil. So I went home ready to fall asleep and sleep for a week. But then I remembered! I had planned a sleepover with my little neighbor girl! She is 11 and had never been to a sleepover before! So I got home from the daycare, ate a quick supper, took a quick shower, and run up the street to go pick her up. She was all excited and jumping up and down and talking about how we were going to stay up ALL NIGHT LONG!... OH MY! What have I gotten myself into?! So down we came, back to my house. We made a pizza, watched Fat Albert the movie, and then settled down to paint our nails and watch the whole first season of Doctor Who.  We didn't get very far. After four episodes, I was about to pass out. She was still pretty hyper but finally at 1:40 I talked her into going to sleep. I was so ready to sleep and was planning on not waking up until around 12:00. But 11 years olds obviously don't need as much sleep as 17 year olds. So, up we were at 8:00. We got cleaned up and headed back to her house where her dad had made his specialty for us. Toast with strawberries and whipped topping! After eating we packed into her mothers van and went to the nearest big town to do some shopping. I had a blast! My little neighbor girl? Not so much. So was in dire need of a nap, but when you are shopping, the only thing to do is walk! She had promised her mother that she would NOT whine about being tired. And she kept that promise until about 4:00 that afternoon. We decided it was about time to go home. We made it home at about 5:50 and she was out of there. So I decided it was time for me to go to bed. But no. My family had decided that it was family movie night. AAHHH! So we sat around eating ice cream and watching Madea movies until 9:00 and then FINALLY I was able to go to bed!!! :) I woke up on Sunday morning, looked at the clock and flew out of bed. I only had 30 minutes to get ready for Church! I had overslept. I finished getting ready and grabbed some food on the way out the door and we made it to Church right on time. And that's where it all happened. One of the daycare kids was there and she is a loud one. So of course she wanted to sit beside me and color and talk. She had brought a big bag of barbies to play with, and when I reached down to pick them up, I saw it. The Church cat had "relieved himself" all over the church hymnals sitting on he floor. So off to the bathroom to grab paper towels and then my sister and I had to clean it all up. All while little miss daycare kid sat there coloring. Sigh. We missed the whole singing service because we were cleaning up cat pee. After that though, we had a lovely service! We left straight from Church and drove an hour and a half to my meeting for my People to People trip to Europe. We sat in a elementary school cafeteria a the tiny tables in the tiny chairs and learned the rules and etiquette and wardrobe rules of the trip. That lasted 2 and a half hours. It was very fun because I got to meet most of the other teens that I will be traveling with! We then drove the hour and a half BACK to Church and we made it with two minutes to spare! After church we returned home, ate supper and then I went straight to bed. What a Weekend!!!! I am hoping my week will be fun but not THAT fun! I hope you had as much fun reading about my crazy weekend as I did living it! :) Until later! ~Little Miss Ray