Yeah Baby!

One more week until our vacation. WOOOOOO HOOOOOOO! I don't have time to write much but just wanted to drop a note about our weekend. Friday was uneventful but Saturday we had a date night because Karin (my mother in law) came over to spend the nite. She was letting Chad (Chance's cousin) have the house to himself as he had a houseguest. So she said to take advantage of her and go out. We did.

Saw the Omen - definitely makes you jump out of your skin a couple of times. And I have to say that this time, Chance jumped a bit more than me. That was funny. Then we decided for the first time ever to go to the casino. We didn't have to hurry home for the baby sitter so we thought what the heck. We've always been way too conservative to go (or just flat out too broke to go) but it seems like everyone we know goes and wins hundreds of dollars at a time. We have some money put back for our vacation so we got into it. We felt so dumb when we got there because we weren't sure where to start or how to get the little money card. We finally figured it out and tried to find just the right machine. I was being conservative and playing 10 cent bets but Chance liked to do the dollar ones. We found these two machines in the back corner and played a while. Chance decided to start betting 2 dollars at a time and then lo and behold! He won $800!!!!!!! We were pretty extatic. (Not sure if that's how you spell that word.) So we switched machines and he won another $150 and had almost $1000 on his card. Then I won around $70 or $80 and I had over $100 on my card. We were sitting on a thousand dollars. But then the gambling bug got us and we kept going like fools. Next time we will leave if we are that lucky again. But we left there with $660 in our pocket so we definitely came out ahead. So another big Woo Hoo! Today I began the shopping for our trip. Had to get some shoes and clothes of course!

Tristan had a great time being spoiled by his Mamaw. He was ready to go to her house today but we have to plan it another time. And Leia liked being spoiled by Mamaw too. She probably will be so spoiled by her after our vacation that she will be sad when we return. On Wednesday, Chance's dad's side of the family is having a birthday party for me and Dave (Chance's step brother). So that will be fun. We have another family function on Saturday with Chance's mom's side of the family. And of course I will be on vacation for the most part. I do have to work on the 3rd but then I will be off until July 17. Yeah baby!

On a sad note, Chance's partner James' father is in the hospital and it doesn't look good. He called us earlier and is on his way back to the hospital. Please keep them in your prayers. He is having trouble breathing and has been indicating to the family that he thinks his time has come. I hope not for James' (and his mother's) sake. We will have to have strong shoulders for James if it comes to that. And I'm really sweating it because I feel I need to be there if it does happen as he is like family but I'm on that interview committee at work and the interviews will be scheduled this week. I have to be at both places. I guess I don't have to worry about it yet but I don't know how much they will frown on me for needing to be with James since he is is not blood family. Sometimes I just hate that I have to work. I will be praying for him tonite. We told him to call no matter what time it is if something happens. I hope the phone stays quiet.

On a brighter note, Karin and Tristan found the tiniest frog (OK TOAD) I've ever seen. He's the size of my finger tip. Guess the tadpoles are all grown up. We haven't seen any more. He sure is cute.

Well gotta run and wind down for work. I am supposed to be actually working. Maybe I'll get a little bit done.

Catch ya on the flip side.