Here it is Monday, Feb. 5 and we are finally in Ocala. We had fair weather on the way down on Thursday. Snowed for a while but it didn't get icy, just had a hard time seeing for a while. then rain the rest of the way. spent the night in NC and ate Lucas' pizza from domino's--ham and about 10 pounds of pineapple...so we went to bed a bit hungry.
We made it to jacksonville friday evening and went straight to the horse show to see Gavin. it had been about 2 weeks since he left so the kids were really excited to see him. Then we were invited for steak dinner at my uncle's house so we and my cousin's family went there. and what a blessing it was that we went because my aunt's mother passed away the very next day. I have known "DD" my whole life and i'm so glad that i was able to see her on Friday. If only i had known that it was the last time. she had been having dialysis for a long time and her body finally gave up on her. she celebrated her 90th birthday this past summer but to me she was always the same age! i remember having a snow day in elementary school and going to work with my dad at Churchill Apartments. she lived there and i spent the whole day playing cards with her. in fact, she gave me a book on how to play bridge a few months ago-she loved that.
So we got to Ocala today and i'm heading back up to JAX for the funeral tomorrow. Gavin is going to stay in Ocala with the boys. I hope he is alive when i get back. They have been a MAJOR handful the past few days. always on this trip it is a struggle to keep them in line--routine is so key and we just don't have one at all. plus lots of TV and lots of junky and fastfood equal MONSTERS. i lost my temper today and made everyone take a nap so i could calm down. but it didn't really help as they were crazy at dinner and then we had to go to the mall of all places so that i could buy an outfit to wear to the funeral (tropical pants and sandles-probably not appropriate!).
on another note, i was able to run on the treadmill on saturday night-6 miles in 68 minutes. then i rode the bike for 30 minutes on sunday night during the superbowl. gavin was in the room with the kids (they were watching veggie tales on the computer).
and so far i have eaten at mcdonald's EVERY DAY. but i promise i will NOT eat any donuts from Publix--even though at this point i could probably put away two dozen in no time!
well, that is all for now. oh, and by the way, it is cold here. not as bad as home, but in the 50s with dark skies most of the time. we plan on leaving for my parents' house on thursday so i hope it will be much warmer there!
bye now! Terri and the crazy people that are with me.
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Hey, sorry to hear about your grandma type person (I know she's not your grandma, but wasn't sure what else to call her). What interesting timing...I am glad you got to see her one last time and that you will get to go to the funeral. Sounds like life is a little crazy down there. Good job staying away from those donuts! ha!
Guess what I got in the mail today? The neatest goodie package from you! What amazing timing, only 11 days, that has to be a record. The boys waited with baited breath for the opening and were thrilled. I loved your card, you had me rolling! And the answer to the big question is . . . (said loudly and in unison by all six of us) YES, we can eat that many tacos!
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