Yeah, We're Back (or something like that) Part 5

This is the final post of our vacation/return.  I hope that I remembered all the details. 

So, when I left off, we just started driving and I was all nice and calm on Xanax.  :)  I slept all night long (kids too for the most part).  Even when the sun came up, I kept on snoozing.  I was still sick as shit and taking medicine so I'm sure that helped.  Again, we decided we just wanted to get home as soon as possible (since we had to go home in the first place) so we just went through the Burger Kind drive through and grabbed something for breakfast.  After breakfast, I took a nap and when I woke up the next time, we were on our street, about 2 minutes from the house.  :)  The ride seemed short to me since I slept most of the way.  Supa did such a good job getting us home safely.  I never worry.  He's a beast behind the wheel. 

Maybe he activated beast mode before we left.  I'm not sure.  The only mode I knew about was ZZZZZZZZZZZZ mode.

Saturday, we unpacked the van and brought all the shit into the house, ate some lunch and then Supa passed out on the couch for a good while. He was tired and we knew he needed to rest.  The kids helped me unpack the everyday stuff (suitcases, dirty laundry that needed washing, the cooler, whatever).  We didn't unpack anything that we brought home from Grampa's house because I needed Supa's help and Jade was coming over on Sunday to help as well.

The dogs were SO happy to see us!!  We all got peed on because the excitement was just too much for those little pups to handle!  I didn't realize that I missed them THAT much until I saw their sweet, furry faces!  I hate leaving my family but on the other hand, it was good to be home in our own space. 

Jade came over just for a few minutes to hug and kiss us and promised she would see us on the next day.

We slept good in our own beds that night. 

Sunday, Supa and I got up and ran errands.  We needed supplies since we had been gone.  We ran to a few different places and got groceries for the week.  That afternoon, the unpacking of the new stuff began.  Jade, Supa and I also had the chore of moving other stuff so that we could find room to incorporate the new stuff.


There was one separate visit from the Easter bunny that resulted in a pretty whacked out hair piece.  Yes, this is weave.  My daughter got weave for Easter.  FML.



Let's just say the weave went for a trip in file #13.  Bye bye, nasty weave.

Mada took the kids to an all candy store called Sweet Street and told them to pick out anything they wanted. Dazzle, of course, was reasonable. (but reasonable is not something that Neon is equipped to handle as of yet) He came back with an entire bag of candy including:


Yep, that's a Sour Flush candy toilet.  Wow.  Only Neon.  WTF?!

Grampa used to make all kinds of things in our basement.  If Grama needed a shelf for something, he would go downstairs empty handed and he'd come back upstairs with a new shelf for her.  No problem.  Well, a long time ago (very fucking long ago, before I was born maybe) she told him that she needed a shelf that could hold all her coffee mugs that she collected.  Poof!  The shelf was created and hung in the living room where it housed coffee mugs for a very, very long time.  This year when I got home, the shelf (along with mugs) were missing from the usual spot.  I saw the shelf in the sewing room and I knew I just had to take it home with us. 


The shelf I'm talking about is the one on the left.  Some of the things on the shelf were mine to begin with and some of the items are from Grama Darling's dresser and glass cabinets. 

 Supa mounted the shelf for me and Jade and I found places to put things.  I'm so proud to have a shelf that my Grampa made so long ago.


These are my DVD cabinets.  Some of the babies on top came from Grama Darling's porcelain doll collection and some of them already belonged to me.  The decanter up there was from my Grampa's house and it's very old also.  I'm proud to have these items and I will cherish them always.



More of Grama's babies mixed in with my things.  I kept the porcelain dolls that I remembered her having for a long time.  Those hold the most meaning for me.



The picture to the right and the blue lighthouse picture in the background were both paintings that I happened to find in the sewing room.  Uncle Darling painted one of them in 1979 (Supa was 3 at that time) and the other one in 1981 (the year I was born).  I asked Uncle Darling if he wanted them and he said to throw them in the trash!  WHAT?!  No way!!  Look how colorful and beautiful they look on my walls!  :) 



Don't pay attention to all the shit sitting there.  Look at the wooden tray underneath all the stuff.  Grampa made that also.  He made it for Grama and she kept all her perfume and dresser stuff in it for many years.  I couldn't throw it away.  Now it can hold my kitchen counter stuff for me

 Sunday flew by and before I knew it, it was time for reality which means back to school and work.  YUCK!

I hope you enjoyed our vacation adventures as much as I enjoyed recalling them for you. 

Back to our regularly scheduled bloggy posts tomorrow,

Apple