November 2019

The start of November was busy but good because I was still on a high from seeing Cathy and nothing was going to get me down.  Not even the craziness of 6th-grade dodge ball.  The first weekend, CJ had a conference for BBYO in Greensboro, North Carolina.  So Jay and I took a half-day off of work on Friday so that we could get her to the conference on time and avoid traffic.  Then we decided that Jay and I would have a date weekend just the two of us.

We dropped CJ off at her conference and there were not a whole lot of goodbyes.  I saw as we were pulling away, that she was hugging someone that she knew from NFTY.  Jay and I head to our hotel which was about an hour away.  We ended up getting stuck in traffic but made it to the hotel to start our fun weekend. We just had dinner at Wendy's across the street.

The next morning we got up and heading to our first BBQ stop.  It was at the famous Star Light Inn.  We pulled up and Jay was so impressed with the wood pill. We received a rock star tour of the smokehouse.  I thought that the history and the tour were very interesting. Jay took a picture with Mr. James who was featured in Sam Jones's video and book.  The food for me was OK but Jay loved it.

After lunch, we had a lot of time before dinner.  So we decided to drive to the beach. We drove to Emerald Island when we got there we went to the Pier.  There was a group of dolphins playing.  I have never seen so many dolphins.  It was the most beautiful thing that I have ever watched.  I know that it was a long drive to the beach but it was so worth it.

We then drove back and went to Sam Jones BBQ joint.  We again got a rock star tour of his smokehouse.  The funny thing was that the pitmaster was trying to convince me of all the people that I could cook the whole hog.  I just had to laugh.

After dinner, we drove back to the hotel and get some rest.  It was a very fun day with lots of laughs.  The next morning we got up and drove back to Greensboro to pick up CJ.  I was worried about her because all weekend she had been texting us.  She only does that then she is not comfortable in a place.  When we got her she was OK.  She said that she had a great weekend and a lot of fun.  That there were just times that she was not comfortable or bored and that was when she was texting us.  She also said that she missed us. After we picked her up she said that she wanted to go for BBQ.  The problem is that BBQ joints are never open on Sunday, so we just had to get chicken.

Monday and Tuesday we had off of school.  It was so nice just to be home and get things done around the house.  When we sent back to school, CJ found out that she received the award for the student of the quarter from her career center teacher.  I was so proud of her.

The next weekend my mom told me that she and her boyfriend were flying into Atlanta and if I want to meet them somewhere for lunch.  We decided to meet at Stone Mountain for lunch.  It was a very nice visit with my mom.  I could not believe how good she looked and how active she was.  Her new boyfriend seemed very nice.  He was very quiet and did not say much.  I love that he is taking my mom to all these places and getting her out of the house.  She seems so much happier and healthier.

For the last two weekends, I have been the assistant principal for our Saturday school program.  It was so busy but I just loved it.  I really enjoyed helping the teachers and the students.  I do wish that they would give me a chance as an administrator.  I should love the change.  On the second Saturday, I was doing Saturday school I got a text from Jay stating that CJ and he went over to Walker's house and asked for one of his kittens.  They brought a kitten home to keep. I was not pleased, but there was not much I could do about it.  They were both so happy about his kitten.

The kitten just sat on CJ every night but I notice that it seemed to not be feeling the best.  So I told CJ that Wednesday of the next week if the kitten was not feeling any better we would take it to the vet.  

Jay told us that he was not going to be employed full time at this temp job, so he started to look for a new job and found that where he was working had a QA position open and he applied for it.  He had an interview and got the job.  I thought that it was cute that he did not what to tell us that he applied for the job until he had an interview.  It was more money, not what he was making at Cross Country but a lot more then he was making at the temp job.  He started the job and seemed to love it.  He said that he is so much happier.  I am so glad.

On Sunday CJ did a presentation about BBYO.  CJ has been so excited about trying to get others at the temple to join BBYO with her.  She was worried that the others in her class would be mean and not want to join in the events. But she got up and did her presentation en spite of her fears.  

During Thanksgiving break, we stayed home and it was just the three of us.  Wednesday, I took the cat to the vet and it was one sick cat.  She had feline lice, fleas, ear mites, worms, and a respiratory infection. The kitten was not able to get her vaccines because she was to sick.  So they sent her home with medication and we hoped for the best.

Thanksgiving we spent the day ripping up the carpet in the dining room.  We found the ugly 70's linoleum.  I could not believe how much dirt there was and we found that the carpet and wall were wet in spots.  That is when we found that our upstairs bathroom was leaking and water was running down the wall and under the carpet.  Jay had to put plastic up in our Master bath so that it would not leak down the wall.  I was hoping to save money to put down new flooring in the dining room but it looks like we need to do the upstairs bathroom first.  I am hoping that taking this carpet out with help with the bad smell in the house.

Dinner was nice just the 3 of us.  Jay smoked a turkey and it was yummy.  We had lots of leftovers.

Over the weekend Jay wanted to get some things done around the house and to his truck so that we would be ready for our December trip to the beach.  CJ asked him if he could show her how to change a tire. He stated that he could do one better.  He had her help him rotate the tires on the dually

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