We have had a fun
couple of weeks. On Thursday before
spring break CJ had her induction ceremony for BETA club. I learned that it was not just a club that
teachers students the value of volunteering in a community but also
leadership. On Friday CJ and I got ready
to go to Florida. Both of us had never
been to Florida and I was just as excited as CJ to go and see Cathy. We packed food so that we would not have to
spend much money and set the alarm for very early.
We got up at 4 in
the morning pack the car and were on the road by 5. CJ was sleepy but she was very good about
getting up so early. The drive down was
not as bad as I thought it would be. I
was so glad that we got up so early. As
we started to get to close to the hotel, CJ started to make fun noises of
excitement in the back of the car. She
had her camera out and was taking all kinds of pictures of what she saw on the
road. As we got to the hotel it was very
busy they were having a cheerleading national computation, so there were children
everywhere. As we got settled in we
walked around the hotel and Disney Board walk.
The Hotel was amazing and because we got there around 3 there was
another time to still do something. CJ
of core wanted to go swimming right away in the pool with the water fall. I thought that it was still too cold but she
really wanted to go. So off to the pool
we want. Cathy and I sat and talked and
CJ swam. We all had a great time.
Darrell had an old
friend from the military that lived in Florida that wanted to meet him and
Cathy for dinner. So they were going to
go to dinner and CJ and I were going to stay back at the hotel, but Darrell’s
Friend asked us to go to dinner as well.
So we all went. It was late and
the dinner was at a grown-up pub. I was
share that CJ was going to get tired and start getting winey, but she did
not. She was so well behaved and did not
ask for anything extra. It was a very
nice dinner and CJ was so mature, but at the end she was ready to just fall
asleep in the booth.
The next day Julie
our old Girl Scout leader that moved to Florida came to meet us. Her brother works at Disney and wanted to get
us tickets. She told us that she was not
going to be able to get us tickets to magic kingdom but maybe to one of the
other parks. CJ wanted to go to
Universal, but never really said much.
She said that she would be happy with any of the parks if she even got
to go. We got to go to Epcot. Secretly that was the park that I wanted to
go to, because I have always seen the picture of it on TV. CJ was just so happy to get to go to Disney
and see Julie. The first thing that she
said that she wanted to do was ride rides.
So that is what we did. Julie was
like having our own personal tour guide to Epcot. She knew all the rides and how to get on some
of them quicker. We did spend a lot of
time in lines waiting to get on rides, but that was ok we all had so much
fun. Epcot was made for teachers. It was very much an educational and
technology park. The weather was great
not to hot not cold. It was nice
catching up with Julie and I so happy for her new life and excited for her
future. CJ was so spoiled she never
asked for anything and even said that we can get souvenirs not at Disney but at
Target were it would be cheaper. Because
she did not for anything and was so well behaved minding all of her manners,
Julie spoiled her, getting her ice cream, a parasol, and even a stuffed
Figment. CJ fell in love with the
character Figment for the Epcot ride Figment of Imagination. This character was a dragon. Words could not describe what a great day we
had and how grateful I was to everyone for helping to give CJ an experience of
a life time.
The next day was our
last and all CJ wanted to do was go swimming.
So we took her swimming all afternoon. She even got brave and went down
the water slide. After she the first
time it was over she found out how fun it was.
She went down the slide over and over again. For dinner that night we went to one of the
very nice restaurants. CJ said that her
stomach hurt and started to cry. She
would not stop crying and I was not sure what was really wrong with her. So I told her that if she stop crying and
started to feel better I would get her an ice cream at the ice cream parlor
that was in the hotel. She stopped
crying and started playing with her new toys.
The next day we got
up and packed to go. After Cathy and
Darrell got on in the taxi to go CJ and I walked to the car and left to. I wanted to cry when we were saying goodbye
and CJ keep telling her that I could not cry because Aunt Cathy said no crying
we will see each other soon. I have such
a great child. I so enjoy being with
her. As we left CJ wanted to go home the
way of Gray, GA so that we could stop and have a late lunch with her brother. So I set the GPS and we were off. The problem was that the GPS took us on a
toll ride and I had no cash. I was so
worried and CJ keep telling me that everything so going to be ok. It was the lady at the toll both just gave me
a slip and told me to mail it in within 10 days with my payment. I did that as soon as I got home.
We stopped in GA and
went to the Dairy Queen with Garrett. CJ
was so happy to see her brother and had to sit next to him at the table. The rest of the drive home I was not sure if
I was going to make it. I was just so
tired, but we pushed on. After we got
home we all went for our 2 mile walk with Jay.
It was nice to be out of the car and walking.
While I was in
Florida I did not watch what I eat and just had a good time forgetting about my
healthy eating diet. That was I think a
mistake, because that night I got my first migraine in 3 months. What made this so bad was that that morning
we had to get up and were going to Carowinds amusement park with my friend
Shane. I took a lot of meds to stop
throwing up because I did not want to take this away from CJ and I had already
paid for the tickets.
We made it to
Carowinds and CJ had so much fun. She
got to ride lots of rides. I was
surprised how much more expensive it was there than at Disney. The food there was also not as healthy. I fed CJ a greasy corndog but I did not eat
until we left at 9:00 at night. CJ loved
the roller coasters, specially the wood coaster that they had. She did not like the upside down loop coaster
as much. She said that was because with
her glasses on it felt like her nose and glasses were going to break. After we left Carowinds we went to eat at
Applebees and then to the hotel. The
hotel was very nice and had a pool so the next morning the kids all got to go
swimming. We then packed up and headed
to IKEA to shop. I really want to take
Jay there. IKEA is a home store and I
think that Jay would enjoy shopping there.
CJ thought it was fun to look at all the stuff and I got her some
drinking glasses for her American Girl doll.
She also liked having lunch there.
We came home and on
Friday we just rested. It was such a
busy week that we had to get the house clean and laundry done. On Saturday, it was the 2nd Sedar
for Passover. I am still not comfortable
having a Sedar at my house so we went to the one at
temple. This year it was very nice and
the food was really good. CJ like always
lately was very good around all the adults.
Spring break was
over and it was back to work. CJ’s dance
costume did not fit her so we had to take it to dance and they were going to
have to try to let it out some. I was
really not happy about it and CJ was a good sport. CJ did say that it was really pinching her
skin. On Tuesday it was time of Girl
Scouts, we went to the thinking day event and got to learn about different
countries. I was glad that we did not do
a board this year but CJ said that she would like to do one again.
On Sunday with had
our 7th annual Shalomfest, I had CJ volunteer for the first two
hours so that she could get her Beta club time.
She kept coming to me and asking if she could just go play and I kept
having to tell her just a little bit more.
One of the ladies was doing face painting and CJ was able to get her
face painted for free to help advertise the face painting. CJ loved it. Her whole face was painted. After the first two hours, I let CJ go and
play. She spent the rest of the time
playing in the bouncy houses.
When we got home
Uncle Tom come for the night. CJ did not
want to wash her face until Uncle Tom got to see it. We had dinner and all went off the bed after
such a busy day. Uncle Tom asked if
during the summer if he could come and take CJ for a week. We will have to wait and see on that
one. I am not sure if I want to be without
her for a week.
This week we are
getting back into our retain and I think that I am going to be glad when school
is out and we can relax a little.
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