This weekend is going by too fast. I really am wishing it was one of those four day weekends we get once in a while. After a week of catering to my sisters needs, no matter how exaggerated the seemed to me, I was ready for some family time. Some just the three of us family time. I will say one thing though. This past week has shown me that I will miss my sister and nephew when we move in September, but I will not miss her neediness and ungratefulness.
In other news with her, my parents have done a total turn around on her wedding. She finally told them to just tell her what they were willing to pay for the few things they were going to pay for so she would know. They said they'd get back to her in a few days. When they finally called her, she said it was like a totally different person was talking to her. My step-mom was all excited about the wedding. They had booked a place that day for my sister and were already reserving certain things they will need for the decorating and reception part. My step-mom then informed her that there would be no limit given on what they would spend. Now you have to understand that comes with an understanding that my sister is planning a small wedding so they know it's not going to break them financially. My middle sister had limits on her wedding because she is the type to go nuts. I had no limit on my wedding. My step-mom literally handed me her debit card with her pin number and said to go buy whatever I needed. Her doing something similar for my sister shows me she is serious about doing whatever my sister wants for her wedding. It's really making me happy.
We are getting excited about the trip to Louisiana for her wedding. We are taking two weeks and going to South Carolina first to visit my husband's family. I am very much looking forward to seeing them. I miss them more than anyone. We are spending about 5 days at their house then renting a car and heading to Louisiana for the remainder of our time on the mainland. I am refusing to make this trip about driving to see this person or that person. If they want to see me, they will come to me. Another plus is I will be staying with my cousin instead of my parents. This will make for a much more relaxed stay as I love my cousin and she is probably the only person in my family that doesn't completely stress me out. A big plus is that she has a son that is a month younger than my son (we were due on the same day!) and I know that he is really going to have fun with him. They haven't seen each other since they were 4 so it's going to be interesting.
So here are some of the things we are looking forward to:
1. Chick-fil-a! We are having serious withdrawals people. My husband worked for them for 9 years so we do miss them.
2. A honest to goodness road trip. You can drive around the entire island in a day but you are still in the same place. I want a road trip where you actually end up somewhere different and can't go back in the same day.
3. Sonic drinks. I am really wanting a strawberry slush something fierce.
4. Real cajun food. I can make a good bit of it but I want things like crawfish and boudin that i can't readily get here.
5. Seeing my friends in SC. We will go to church the Sunday we are in SC and I can't wait.
6. My mother-in-laws yard. She has a beautiful yard that she did all of the landscaping for. She has a gift.
7. My son seeing his grandparents. He has been missing them so badly lately that I think this will do them some good.
8. Last, but not least, my sister getting married. I'm going to cry. I'm also so happy for her that I can't wait. It's not everyone I would pay thousands of dollars to go see get married.
I'm sure there are a lot more things. Those are just the first ones that came to mind. This will be my first time back to Louisiana since Hurricane Rita tore apart the areas I grew up in. We will also drive by some places that were hit the hardest by Hurricane Katrina. I am a little worried about how I'm going to react to it all. We had just been here a few days when Rita hit and it killed me to be so far away. I'm just not knowing what to expect. One of the towns my dad lived in for several years was totally wiped out. They said the only thing left standing was the town hall. I'm hoping to have time to drive down and see it and hopefully see some progress there. I'll take my camera if I get to go. I also want to check out some renovations they made to the city I went to college in. It looks like they made a historic district.
Well I need to stop rambling and get to bed. I have chapel in the morning. Hopefully I can get some sleep. I'm not tired at all.
Last year I blogged about a "friend" that had really effected my past. You can go read about it HERE if you feel the need to refresh your memory.
Needless to say, this person got in touch with me through myspace and decided he wants things to be like the 'old days' meaning before he turned into a total ass. He even apologized for the way things ended between us. He doesn't know about the consequences of how he treated me...not the big one at least but his apology still meant a lot to me. It's one of those things you think will never come and when it does it feels nice. The bad part of it all is that it brought up all of those memories and feelings I've worked so hard at forgetting or moving on from. I feel so weak for not just being able to take it and move on. I pretty much told him that him trying to be like things never changed wasn't going to work. He isn't going to understand why and my husband doesn't think I should fill him in on what he doesn't know, though I really would love to just have at it and let him know just what a jerk he is..but it really isn't going to do any good. Now I'm just back to where I was and I feel so mad that I let an email bother me so much. Maybe this will give me closure and be done with. I want that more than anything.
Needless to say, this person got in touch with me through myspace and decided he wants things to be like the 'old days' meaning before he turned into a total ass. He even apologized for the way things ended between us. He doesn't know about the consequences of how he treated me...not the big one at least but his apology still meant a lot to me. It's one of those things you think will never come and when it does it feels nice. The bad part of it all is that it brought up all of those memories and feelings I've worked so hard at forgetting or moving on from. I feel so weak for not just being able to take it and move on. I pretty much told him that him trying to be like things never changed wasn't going to work. He isn't going to understand why and my husband doesn't think I should fill him in on what he doesn't know, though I really would love to just have at it and let him know just what a jerk he is..but it really isn't going to do any good. Now I'm just back to where I was and I feel so mad that I let an email bother me so much. Maybe this will give me closure and be done with. I want that more than anything.