my travelin' child is back.....

..for a few days anyways. Good Monday morning to ya!

My daughter returned home from Canada yesterday evening and I have never been so glad to see anyone in my entire life! She called around 5:45PM to let me know that they were in Knoxville and would be here in about half an hour so I went to the mall parking lot to wait for the bus to pull in. When I got there the bus had just pulled up and the people were unloading. I walked up looking for my daughter and finally she came down the bus steps. I don't think her feet had even hit the ground when I wrapped my arms around her and told her she could never go that far away from home without me again..heehee!

She had a great time in Canada so last night we got to hear all about her trip and everything she done and saw. Their itinerary was bulging with exciting things to see and do and my daughter didn't miss any of them, she done everything she could. We call my daughter spongy sometimes because she is a very curious person and she, like a sponge soaks up water, soaks up everything coming and going then she can relate it back to you and never miss a thing. She is one of the most curious people I have ever met in my life. When she was just a small child she would kill ya with questions however, unlike most kids, she would only ask you a question one time, she never repeated the same question.

I will be getting her film developed this week and when I do I will post some pics on here. She will be leaving on Saturday to go on a five day camping trip in the Great Smoky Mountains with her troop then after that we will take a break until August then we will start her Cadette year.

Tonight we are taking our youth group from church to see a Smokies baseball game. We are all excited about this because we are all baseball lovers, especially the occupants of my house. Actually every July 4th we have made it a tradition to go watch the Smokies play then stay for their huge fireworks show afterwards but this year they will be out of town on the 4th so I have no clue what we will do, probably fire up the grill and invite friends and family over.

Vacation time is slowly making it's way here. We are only taking a week at the beach this year because I didn't want to be away from the new house for two weeks. We are going to use the other week some other time.

I finally got some good sleep last night and boy did it feel good. I was able to go to bed when I got sleepy and actually go to sleep where as here lately I have been tired and sleepy but sleep has eluded me. I have been taking small power naps during the day when I have the chance though so that has helped.

Well, my dryer is buzzing so I guess it is time for me to go. Y'all have a great day, be safe, and take care!