Home Base

Thursday.
I babysat Kai Sprock (this is the 16 month boy I've been hanging out with every Tuesday Thursday). He sleeps forever and I read books. then we play and dance and drum and learn new words. He LOVES blueberries and anything in a ball shape. and mowing. It is very fun. I like babysitting.

Then I went back to my townhouse to pack. Didn't leave Marion until about 7:00pm. Ohio is the worst state to drive in. The speed limit on highway 70 fluctuates from 55-70 mph. Its super annoying for a girl who is working really hard not to get any more speeding tickets! I finally arrived in this girls loving embrace around 12:40am.

Why yes, she is a Registered Nurse, check the badge.

She fed me cobbler and icecream and gave me a warm bed and a shower. So lovely to be in the Horswell home. always laughs. always.
Friday.
I woke up early and left about the same time Brittany left for the hospital. Breakfast was delicious. The drive from Charleston, WV to Greensboro, NC is my favorite. The West Virginia turnpike, foggy (at least this time) HUGE mountains, 3 toll booths, the starbucks I usually stop at, 2 tunnels and my favorite look out where you can see into the state of North Carolina near the Blue Ridge park way. it's a sight. I truly do love my drive home. It's always fun to see the trees once I get into NC. The more I come back to my state, the more I fall in love with it. I drove through my neighborhood blaring Dog Days by Florence+the machines and as I drove up to my house, mom was out in her garden working and dancing to my music. It was a great welcome home. Her moves are boss. Then after running some errands around Greensboro, we met up with Hillary and Kyle and drove 4 hours to North Myrtle Beach, SC where my grandparents live. We got there around 10:00pm settled our things and snuggled in for bed. Mom and I slept in the same bed, apparently she can't fall asleep without playing on her iPod touch to settle down first, this cracked me up. I fell right to sleep, I was so tired.
Saturday.
We all woke up to the delivery man bringing a new refrigerator for my grandparents at 8:30am. Then we picked up Christa from her week with Blake's family at breakfast and headed to the beach. I am now very sun burnt because I somehow overlooked my chest area when applying sunscreen and fell asleep in a beach chair. After some beach and pool playtime, we all showered and headed to Olive Garden. Then we went shopping. I've had the same bathing suit since my Junior year of high school, so mom bought me 2 new ones (They were on sale!). Then we went to sleep. Christa slept on couch cushions.
Sunday.
We had church as a family, it was good to hear what God is doing in all of our lives. But it was also weird to process the future of what our family will look like this coming year. Hillary and Kyle are moving to Wilmington, NC- which is really exciting because they love their church and the community there and have been praying for this move for awhile. Christa will be starting her first year of college at Garder Webb in Boiling Springs, NC. Dad will continue working near Atlanta, GA as an army chaplain. And mom will continue working in the cafeteria of Wesleyan Academy in High Point, NC. Then of course I will be finishing my Senior year at IWU in Marion, IN. That was a lot of detail, but its just so weird to think of how we will literally be all over the map. God is at work. I can't wait to see what this year has in store for my family. After church we hit the beach more, i put on spf 50 for my burnt areas. Then we ate cake and icecream with my grandparents and headed back home.
Monday.
Today I woke up and took Christa to get her car at Blake's house, then picked up some boxes from the cafeteria for Hillary and Kyle, then got starbucks for mom and I. After eating some lunch, I got to skype Bethany while I cleaned my room. Then mom and I went to World Market because I wanted to shop for spices, but I needed her input. Mom liked world market. she's going to try the Daniel fast. I am excited for her. I bought spices, black lose leaf tea (for my China Town tea pot!), a mashed potato mix, Thai red curry, and 2 wooden spoons. I am continuing to learn adulthood. It was really fun to shop for homey stuff with mom and hear her wisdom on different kitchen stuff. Afterwards, I went to play ultimate frisbee with Hope Chapel. This is when I saw Jill and a surprise visit from Ashley! It was like 98 degrees today in Greensboro. My shins were sweating. Then we went to Stamey's BBQ for dinner. I got cobbler a la mode for dessert, it was wonderful. Now I am fully showered and ready for bed.
I don't know why I decided to document these days so formally and in such detail, but I did. I hope you enjoyed reading them. If you didn't then try to contact the people from X-Men and they can hopefully erase your memory. But I don't think you get your time back, so I am sorry for that.