I’ve been home since Friday evening, and it’s been GREAT so far! Saturday I got up early to go to the eye doctor. I have a birthmark on the edge of my eye that has been getting bigger, plus I was due for a checkup anyway. My prescription’s the same, but my doctor referred me to a vascular plastic surgeon or something like that to see about getting it removed. Initially, my parents were going to remove it when I was about three, but decided against it.
After ordering more contacts for the year, my mom and I went to the Cracker Barrel for brunch. I am pretty sure I have been to every Cracker Barrel from here to Memphis, but I always love it. While we were waiting for a table, we found some cute lamps to bring to my grandma next week, and a Coke cookbook for my dad, the ultimate Coke drinker. Then we went to World Market. I LOVE THAT PLACE! It was our first time there and we spent about an hour and a half ooh-ing and aah-ing over everything. For the rest of my dad’s father’s day present we filled up a basket we found there with dark chocolate from different countries, some of his favorite tea, some salmon pate, some Asian cooking sauce, and some other foreign foods.
We then went to Target to pick up a few necessities and I ran into my friend from school, Aimee, who lives in the area. The funny thing about this is that we always seem to run into each other when we’re on breaks. She lived in the dorm next to me at school and we have the same major so we had several classes together,but it’s just funny that I run into her more than people I went to high school with.
When we got home I read the Lucky that I picked up at Target. I wasn’t too impressed, to be honest. I stuck a “YES!” on a cute yellow blouse from Gap, but nothing else really struck my fancy. Maybe a second look through will reveal more…we’ll see.
Sunday my family ate croissants and muffins from a local coffee shop for breakfast. It was a warm and sunny day, and we ate out on the back porch. My dad loved his presents, especially these dark chocolate chili covered almonds…yeah, my mom’s idea. I ran some errands for my mom in the afternoon and then we all cooked dinner for my dad using some recipes from the Coke cookbook. It wasn’t the best, but my dad liked it…well, pretended to. The strawberry shortcake was a hit with everyone, though. Maybe because no Coke products were involved?
After walking the dog with my dad, I took my sister to the movie store to pick up some DVDs. Our movie store has a thing where for every “A” you get on your report card, you get a free DVD. My sister just happened to get a 4.0 this term (3.98 year average! YAY!), so we picked up Sydney White, Atonement, Because I Said So, and Alvin and the Chipmunks. We watched Alvin and the Chipmunks last night and it was actually really, really cute and funny!
Today I slept in, ate some breakfast, then took my sister to her best friend’s house. I then drove over to a country club about 30 minutes away where my friend Drew works. They have openings at the snack bar, so his manager asked me to come in for an interview. I filled out an application a few weeks ago and this was the first time I could come in. I have to get a drug test tomorrow, but I know I’ll pass that, and basically after they get those results they’ll put me on the schedule! I won’t start until after next week (BECAUSE I’M GOING TO MEMPHIS!) But this is my first (real) job and I’m so excited to be making some money of my own. AND AND AND…the uniform? Polos and khaki shorts! PERFECT!
Whew…this was a long post. But I had a lot to update 🙂
Hope everyone’s summers are going great!
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