Wally World

Jordan woke me up this morning at about 9:30, and she was already showered and dressed. I just couldn't get up yet because I was still exhausted from yesterday's drive, and I didn't actually wake up until 12:15. Jordan had texted me and said that she was going out for a while and to let her know when I woke up, so I texted her back. She had gone to Walgreen's to buy some pencils, of course, and then to McDonald's for breakfast. Marold and Gene got home from church before Jordan got back, and then Jordan and I decided that we wanted to go to Wal-Mart with Marold. We actually ended up at the Shoe Department first, where Jordan was able to fit into some children's shoes, and then we went to Wal-Mart and looked at about everything. After we were done shopping, we went to Applebee's and had lunch. I had a California turkey club, fries, and sweet tea. When we came back home, we just sat in the den and talked for a while. She left at about 6:00, but not before I gave her a present, her souvenirs from my summer activities, a Hey Clinic pen and mug. Gene, Marold, and I just watched some of season 2 of Arrested Development and are enjoying some frozen bananas right now. Mine is chocolate-covered and dipped in coconut. It's absolutely delicious. I've got to shower and pack soon, and we're leaving at 10:00 in the morning for the airport. I'm not taking my laptop with me, so I'll probably not be blogging until Friday at the earliest. My sincerest apologies to Mary. I'll see what I can do, but no guarantees. Yay for NYC!

Duke & Harry Potter

I woke up at 10:00 this morning, got ready, and drove to Duke to meet Jordan for lunch. The ride was extremely relaxing, and I listened to the radio and sang the whole way. When Jordan and I met in the Blue Zone, we walked together to the Bryan Center and around the plaza, quickly realizing that nobody was around except for the summer camp kids. She wasn't hungry, so we decided to sit on some benches on the main quad and watch the campers play games and do organized sports. After a while, I wanted a water bottle, so we went to Alpine Atrium, where Bryan ended up surprising me with his hand on my eyes when I was turned around. It was great to see him, of course, if even just for a few minutes. A bit later, we drove to Torero's right off East Campus, and we had a wonderful meal. I had the vegetarian quesadilla, rice, beans, and sweet tea. Jordan also gave me my long-overdue Christmas presents, The Office trivia game and some assorted colored pens, and some souvenirs from Australia, 5 silver demitasse spoons with Australian things on them. At this point, we didn't have any other business in Durham, so she followed me home. It was an awful day for roadkill. I saw two recently-killed deer and one recently-killed dog, and a beautiful butterfly hit my windshield and died. I know it's stupid, but I cry every time I see a dead animal in the road unless it's a snake or something completely gross.

When we got back into Albemarle, we were still pretty full from our late lunch, so we decided to go to the 6:30 showing of the new Harry Potter. I was less than impressed. It should've been called Harry Potter 6: Sexual Tension Among Teenagers. The stupid little relationships among everyone got extremely tiring after a while, and there were some innuendoes that were kind of inappropriate for younger fans. Jordan and I ended up laughing through most of it. Would I recommend it to others? Not at all. Don't waste your money. If you want a spoiler, here it is, so be advised. The only important part of the whole movie was when Dumbledore died, and even that was pretty pathetic. I felt like I was seeing the death of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings all over again, but this one was far more ridiculous. Although the movie was a bust, Jordan and I had a lot of fun, and we went to Sno-Biz afterwards. I had a candy apple and blueberry snow cone with cream, and it was quite tasty. We recently got home, and Jordan was so tired that she's now gone to bed. I don't know what we're up to tomorrow, but I plan to sleep in since the family has an early flight to NYC Monday!

Myrrh & Myrrh Hannah

I woke up at 11:00 and had the house to myself for about an hour. Marold was out with Goggy and Aunt Susan, and Goggy said a choice word out of nowhere, which I can't even visualize. Gene was at the doctor. I drank some coffee and watched The Price is Right and then my soaps. When Gene got home, he pulled the lounge chairs out of the garage, and we lay out on the patio for about 45 minutes. I then came in, took a shower, and got ready for dinner with Myrrh. We ended up going to Log Cabin, and it was delicious, of course. I had a club sandwich, fries, and sweet tea, and we shared some fabulous conversation as usual. I can't wait until that baby is born! I want so badly to take off a semester and be Myrrh's nannyish person, but that would make me a loser. People at Duke just don't do that. Anyways, Myrrh had to leave and head to the beach, so we parted ways after I showed her how to properly use predictive text on her phone, and then I found out that Katie was in town for a church thing. I met her, Crystal, and Crystal's little sister Courtney downtown and led them to Sonic, where we enjoyed some beverages. I had sweet tea, naturally. While at Sonic, I saw a certain person on whom I had a massive crush two summers ago right before college. Unfortunately, he has had a girlfriend at his college since our freshman year, so that's not a possibility. He did look quite handsome, though. What a shame. I also saw Marty, who I'm almost sure lives at Sonic during the summer. When Katie, Crystal, and Courtney had to leave, I came on home, and now I'm sitting here doing absolutely nothing. It was really a good day.

I Like Waffles

Marold and I enjoyed a day without Gene yesterday. We drank our coffee, watched our soaps, and then lay out in the sun on the patio for a little while. I took a shower, she went to the grocery store, and then we went to Waffle House and rode around afterwards. A waffle really hit the spot last night, and the side of bacon and cup of coffee were excellent as well. When we got back to the house, we watched Toddlers & Tiaras for the first time. That show is awful, but it's so intriguing. It's about little girls whose mothers force them into entering beauty pageants. One woman last night had 5 girls, and all of them were competing. Two of them were twins, and the mom obviously liked one more than the other. She constantly put down the least favorite twin, saying that her nose was too big, she was too skinny, and that she would always be beaten by her sister. It was awful. And then there was a little girl who looked like a pig, but she won so many contests, including Most Beautiful. Her mom used hand puppets to calm her down when she was acting like a diva, so that was really special to watch. Believe it or not, there was also a little boy competing, as well as his little brother, who was only 2 weeks old. The infant had a little tuxedo for him and everything. It was utterly ridiculous. Everyone appearing on that show needs serious therapy. Well, Gene is coming back today, so Marold and I are going to enjoy our last few hours now without him pestering us. We're about to go get some sun, and then I bet the rest of the day will be pretty uneventful. Mary, I'll be online later to chat, and you have got to catch up on Y&R. Some major stuff is happening!

A Special Package

After getting home from the beach, not much has happened. Jordan is back home from Australia, which is excellent, and we're planning to get together soon. Soon enough, Andrew will be home, too. My Arrested Development eBay purchase came in Monday, and I've gotten the parental units hooked on it now. We've watched almost to the end of season one over the past 2 days. I lay on the patio for a little while yesterday afternoon until I saw 2 salamander things crawling near me, and I just realized that I've been wearing my bathing suit ever since then. I'll definitely be taking a shower soon. As for tomorrow, Gene will be in Raleigh on business even though he's retired, so Marold and I will have a wonderful day for sure. I guess that's about it for now. NYC in less than a week!

A Bit Of Sun

Had a pretty good day yesterday. Woke up at about 10:30, had some leftover hush puppies, bread, and a cinnamon roll from Chesapeake House, and headed out to the pool until about 4:00. Read some more of The Notebook out there, came inside to the room for a bit, then headed back out for a walk with Deefle. When we got back in, I got ready, and we took a ride and looked at all the hotels and houses until we ended up at Chesapeake House again. I had a seafood sampler platter and sweet tea, and everything was delicious. Plus, our waiter looked just like Rupert Everett. The resemblance was uncanny. Afterwards, we came back to the hotel, had some coffee, and I finished The Notebook. It was excellent, but I'm still confused by the ending, and I honestly like the movie better. I never say that, but in this case, it's very true. I also found out that I had won all three seasons of Arrested Development on eBay for Matt, so I'm sure he's happy! I can't wait until my set comes in! Now, Mumphy and I just finished watching 16 & Pregnant on MTV, and it was surprisingly good and pretty emotional when the kids gave their baby up for adoption. Anyways, we're headed home tomorrow morning, which is probably best because even though I was dosed up with sunscreen, I am still kind of red.

Not Much To Say

Not much to say for yesterday. Woke up at about 10:00, had some breakfast, and took a walk on the beach with the parental units. Came back upstairs later for lunch, and then headed to lie out by the pool, but it started raining, so we came inside until the rain stopped about 5 minutes later. Then went back out to get some sun by the pool and read The Notebook, which is excellent so far. Took a short nap outside and then showered and got ready for dinner at Chesapeake House. I had baked flounder topped with crab meat, and it was amazing, of course. Back to hotel for a cup of coffee, and we were planning on a beach walk, but a massive thunderstorm started and knocked over a chair on our balcony. Cool lightning and stuff though. Deefle and I watched The 40-Year-Old Virgin while Mumphy read New Moon, which I required as her beach reading. Now heading to bed and looking forward to another good day. Wore lots of sunscreen, so skin tone is pretty much the same as before. Very tired right now. Would type more and better, but got to sleep. Sun exhaustion is a beast.

A Frightening Ride

I woke up pretty late today and started packing up my stuff for the beach. When we left at about 1:00, it was cloudy outside, but about 30 minutes into the trip, it started pouring. We got caught in the middle of a massive thunderstorm, and the torrential rain made it impossible to see even 2 feet in front of us. We actually had to pull over at a rest stop and just sit in the car for about 15 minutes until it slowed down enough. A lot of cars were doing that, and Deefle said that it was only the second time in his whole life that a storm was bad enough to cause him to pull off the road. However, about 2 minutes after it slowed down and we got back on the road, the downpour started again. We were hitting gusher after gusher and barely moving. At one point, a huge lightning bolt struck right beside the car, immediately followed by the loudest thunder I had ever heard. It was so scary, and my heart stopped completely in that instant. Mumphy says hers did, too. A bit later, a truck that was heading in the opposite direction was about to pass by us when it hit a huge gusher that sent a wall of water toward our car. I don't know why I did this, but I ducked and covered my face as if the water was going to somehow reach me inside the car. I felt so stupid afterwards, but it was hilarious. For most of the trip, the storm followed us. It was just buckets of rain and terrifying lightning and thunder too close to the car. Eventually, though, it stopped and we made it to our hotel. We had planned on going out to eat, but the storm somehow found us here and made it impossible to go outside, so we ate in the hotel restaurant. I had crabcakes, and they were pretty good. I just can't wait to go to Chesapeake House! We have always gone there since I was really young, and it's still the best food we've found here at Myrtle Beach. I just finished a cup of coffee in the room, and I'm planning to go to bed soon, hoping that tomorrow will be bright, sunny, and warm!

The Precious One

Today was quite lovely. When I woke up, Mumphy went to get us some biscuits and coffee from Bojangle's since Gene was out of town. We watched our soaps, and then Emily called me and told me that she wasn't feeling up to going out to lunch but that I could come by at about 2:00 when she and Edmund woke up from a nap. At about 2:30, I headed over there, and Emily and I just had a great afternoon of just talking and playing with The Precious One. He is honestly the cutest child that has ever lived. Everything about him is perfect, especially his dimpletastic smile. Mary, your child has a lot to live up to, and you know it. Even though I couldn't pick Edmund up, I was able to play with him and have a blast. Poo came over at about 4:30, and Aunt Helen got home soon after. At that point, Emily decided that we cousins should go to Harmanco's for dinner while Aunt Helen kept The Precious One. I had a delicious club sandwich, chips, and sweet tea, and Poo shared some of her fried pickles with me. The meal was great, and we went back to the Nance household for a little while until Emily had a sudden craving for Sno-Biz. It sounded so good, so we all got back in my car and went there. I got candy apple and blueberry flavoring on my shaved ice, and the three of us ate in the car. Emily also got a milkshake for Aunt Helen, since she had been taking care of Edmund. After we finished eating, we made a quick trip to the bank for Emily, and then I dropped both of them off at their houses. It was really a good day. I'm headed to the beach tomorrow, so I don't know if I'll be updating the blog over the weekend, but Mary, I'm sure you'll survive!

Two Meals Out

Today was pretty much just awesome. I woke up at 10:00 and got ready to go to lunch with Katie at 11:30 at the Fresh House. The drive there was very relaxing, and Katie and I had a great lunch. We stayed there for about an hour just talking and acting stupid, and it was just really nice to see her. After all, she was my freshman roommate. Whenever we hang out, it makes me realize that I really miss her now that she's not at Duke anymore. Basically, she needs to transfer back. She had to leave to go play golf with her dad, and she's getting her wisdom teeth out tomorrow, so I feel for her. I told her not to complain, though, because I had 3 IVs during my surgery, including one in my neck, so her little arm IV tomorrow will be child's play. It was so funny because she and I used to be the same height, and now I've easily got 2 inches on her. She said when we walked in together that she felt like she was walking next to a model. I had on 2-inch heels, so that helped some, but I still felt really tall when I took them off. She's not used to girls who are taller than she is. When I left the restaurant and said goodbye to Katie, I had a text from Poo asking if I wanted to exchange books. She would give me her copy of The Notebook if I gave her my copy of A Walk to Remember, so when I got home, I got the book and made the exchange up at her house. After that, I decided to go get two iced coffees for Marold and me. Gene was out of town for the day. When Marold got home from the grocery store, she had a nice surprise waiting in the refrigerator for her. Soon, Catherine called, and we planned to have dinner at Sonic together. At 6:30, I met her out there and had a grilled cheese, fries, ocean water, and then an ice cream cone. We had a really great conversation about what's been going on in our lives at college and all, and then we decided to go to Chuck Morehead to swing. I've always been addicted to swinging, and I hadn't done it in a long time, so it was perfect. We had a great time for a while out there just acting like little kids all over again, and then we parted ways. Now, I'm not doing much, but I'll hopefully be going to lunch with Emily and The Precious One (Edmund) tomorrow afternoon! Oh, I also got a postcard from Jordan in Australia today! It was very exciting. I'm just so sad that I can't read some of it because there are stamps on the words.

Lazy Sunday

I've been doing so well updating the blog on the day I'm writing about, but I missed the deadline for yesterday. Anyways, I couldn't bring myself to get up for church this morning, even though the new minister was preaching. I didn't get to sleep in, though, because Moses had jumped into Mumphy and Deefle's laundry bin and couldn't get out. He started yelling, so I had to get out of bed and retrieve him. He then ran to my room and jumped on my bed, looking back at me to try and lure me to go back to sleep. I decided that I'd just go ahead and get up. I didn't do much until 2:00, when Poo texted me and asked me if I wanted to go to Big Lots with her and just mess around. We went out there at 2:30 and had a really good time looking for nothing, and then she brought me home. At about 4:30, Deefle had just finished running and wanted to walk around the block to cool down, so I went with him. It wasn't unbearably hot, just humid. When we got back in, I ended up taking a 30-minute nap until supper. Now I'm finishing Arrested Development for the third time around. I also won my bidding war on eBay earlier for all three seasons of the show. I'm looking forward to making the rest of the family watch it. Today, I'll be having lunch with Katie, my freshman year roommate, at the Fresh House at 11:30, so it'll be good to see her and catch up.

Mary's Baby Shower

Mary's baby shower was today! I woke up at 8:00 to get ready, and then Mumphy and I went to Gog's at 9:15, where Uncle Jim picked up the three of us. The ride was painfully boring because Gog decided to talk about cotton picking the entire time. The party was at Catherine's house, and we got there at about 10:30 exactly. There was a great turnout and tons of presents. Mary, I think you're pretty much set with all those gifts! The food was excellent, especially the famous sausage and egg casserole. Kudos to Aunt Helen and Catherine for the delicious cuisine, and kudos to Emily for the yummy monkey mix party favors. When it was time to open the presents, I was put on trash duty, putting all the wrapping paper in a bag. There were so many cute things, especially the clothes. The coolest thing by far, though, was Mary's new baby monitor system with a TV screen and everything. That was pretty awesome. It was great getting to see the cousins and all, but I really want to spend some time with all of them alone soon. I'm hoping that we can all go on a beach trip at some point or something fun like that. We rode back home with Aunt Helen, and Gog decided to ask her all about inner and outer belts and the highway system. This time, I just decided to go to sleep. I didn't nap too well, but I took a better nap later after we got home and I had some lunch. Just now, I've finished helping Mumphy make frozen bananas. We dipped some in chocolate and some in a chocolate-peanut butter mixture, and then we rolled some in nuts and some in sprinkles. Needless to say, I'm looking forward to eating those. Oh, and Catherine told us at the shower about a dream she had last night. Gene lived on the international space station, and Catherine called him to ask him a question. The connection was bad, so Gene sat down at his piano on the space station and started playing a song about how trees and frogs are green. I can't really describe it, but it was hilarious. Oh, and another thing. Sarah saw a woman poop on the sidewalk today in NYC, and then she went to an improv show where that story got used for the performers to make a Broadway musical out of it.

And now for a special shout-out to Mary. Mary, you looked gorgeous today! You were glowing, and I loved the outfit. Also, I've decided that the baby is a girl. This has nothing to do with Gog's guess, either. Your child spoke to me today and told me she was a girl. Okay, I'm kidding, but I just got that vibe. Anyways, it was great to see you today, of course, and the ultrasound pictures were precious. Glad to see that the baby bears the Nance seal of approval. I look forward to chatting with you on Monday!

Sandal Success

Literally nothing has happened over the past few days when I didn't blog, but today, I cleaned the drawers in the den. When Father got home, he suggested that we go to Log Cabin for supper, so I ended up getting a delicious club sandwich, fries, and sweet tea. I, of course, have leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Afterwards, Mother and I went shoe shopping and found me a pair of casual sandals to wear with my summer dresses and such. I had been looking for some forever since I've had the ones I'm currently wearing for about 5 years, and they're totally worn out. I'm so glad I can put the old ones to rest. I haven't found any shoes to go with my dress for Justin's wedding yet, but Mary is going to show me some of hers that might work when I go to her shower tomorrow. When we got home from shopping, I took a shower and got a manicure/pedicure from our resident nail specialist, Gene. That's right. My father does nails quite well. He did Mother's and mine. I mean filing, painting several coats, the works. I've got pink fingernails and red toenails, so I feel special. I finally got Mumphy to watch Glee with me, too, and she really enjoyed it!

I'm so excited for Mary's baby shower tomorrow! She had an ultrasound today, and the baby is totally healthy and has lots of hair, apparently. I can't wait to see the pictures! We're going over to Gog's at 9:15, and Uncle Jim is driving us to Charlotte. It should be really fun. Well, I've got to get to bed since I have to get up so early! That's not to say that I won't be reading more of A Bend in the Road by Nicholas Sparks before I fall asleep. I highly recommend it.

Silly Gene

Silly Gene didn't leave today until mid-afternoon, so our plans for brunch at Waffle House were shot. I slept in this morning and did nothing until Gene left. Then Marold and I decided that we were going to have an early supper, so we got ready and went to Pizza Hut. We got a large pizza, and now I've got a few slices of cheese left for tomorrow's lunch. The sweet tea was also quite excellent. After that, we drove around for a while until it was time for me to go to my weekly book club meeting. I headed out for that at about 6:50, and we had an awesome time, of course. We discussed giving and receiving criticism and how it affects our pride. We also got our books today. I would tell you the title, but the book is in the kitchen, and I'm too lazy to get it right now. I think it will be a really good read, though. When I got home from the book club, Mumphy and I just sat around and watched some TV until we spontaneously decided to go get some dessert at Applebee's. We got there around 10:00 and ordered coffee and a chocolate chip cookie sundae. It was delicious, but we totally stuffed ourselves. When Gene is gone, we are apparently gluttons. Plus, he won't be back until later tomorrow, so who knows what other shenanigans we'll get into?

Church & Lunch

I woke up today and got ready for church and First Sunday Lunch. The service was really good, and even though the pews still hurt my back a lot, they're not nearly as bad as they used to be. I wasn't really impressed by the meal after church. It was mainly to welcome our new preacher and his family, and they seem really nice by the way, but the food was kind of disappointing. Our covered dish meals are usually excellent, and I pile my plate up to the ceiling, but I had a really hard time finding even a few appetizing things. Maybe my appetite was just off, but I don't think so. I got to talk to a lot of people I hadn't talked to in a while, like Paula, Carmella, and the Overtons, which was great! It's awesome to know how much people care about me and have been thinking about me throughout this whole ordeal. Our associate pastor Leslee even wants to go to lunch with me this week. I'm really glad I went to church, even though I was really tired.

When we got home, we all took naps. I read some of the Nora Roberts book I'm working on. It's two books in one volume called Love by Design, and it's excellent. Eventually, I fell asleep and slept for about 3 hours or more, and when I got up, Mumphy and I made salmon steaks in my old Ronco Showtime Rotisserie & BBQ. They were amazing! I felt like I was eating at a seafood restaurant. Along with some baked apples, cooked carrots, and garlic cheese biscuits, the meal tonight was superb. After I finished eating, I decided to go on a little walk outside with Moses. I only took him around the yard, of course, but it was amazing how little my back hurt afterwards. Before the surgery, I'd be in serious pain after walking with him in my arms for as long as I did, but not now.

Tomorrow, Deefle will be out of town, so Mumphy and I are planning on having a fun day and maybe going to Waffle House for brunch or something. It'll be nice to have that crazy, pestering Gene out of the house. He got mad at me for the previous blog where I said that he pestered me, but he knows it's true. Anyways, for the rest of tonight, I'll be doing nothing, as usual. Talk about pathetic. I am looking forward to our trip to NYC at the end of the month though, which Deefle scheduled today!

A Delicious 4OJ

The past two days were worthless, which has become a favorite word of mine to describe my uneventful days, but I did finish all three seasons of Arrested Development a second time around. As for today, nothing happened until 6:30, but Marold, Gene, and I went over to Goggy's house for hot dogs, baked beans, potato salad, pickles, sweet tea, and apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream. If you're wondering why I refer to my mother as Marold now, it's because Harry is a nickname for Harold, so I figure that Mary has to be a nickname for Marold. Don't try to figure me out. I have extremely odd logic. Anyway, the meal tonight was delicious, and I really enjoyed talking to Gog in the kitchen after supper when everyone else was in the den. She was telling me about how she and Granddaddy met and how all the doctors and surgeons used to chase after her when she was Head Nurse of her department at Duke Hospital back in the day. It's so neat to hear old love stories like that because they remind me of The Notebook and stuff. I wish I lived during that time because guys these days are just worthless. There's that word again. I just wanna date or something. Is that too much to ask? Even though I want to be a psychologist, all that I really want to do with my life is become a devoted wife and mother. In this day and age, that unfortunately makes me a weirdo. I think I was meant to be a 1950s housewife. I dunno how I ended up here. Well, since I'm rambling, I might as well end this entry. Hope my two or three readers are still enjoying a fabulous Fourth of July. Watch some fireworks for me, or at least do something more productive than what I'm doing!

Post-Op Appointment

I woke up today at 9:00 and got ready to go to Raleigh for my 6-week post-op appointment, although it's really been almost 7 weeks since the surgery. Since Dr. Hey takes pictures with all his post-op patients and posts them on his blog, I got pretty dressed up and made up. Wouldn't you know that Dr. Hey is on vacation in Venice, so I met with his PA and didn't get my picture taken at all. The ride to Hey Clinic was interesting. We stopped at McDonald's to get some breakfast, but they were all out of biscuits. I ended up with a Happy Meal at 10:30 in the morning, and a huge blob of ketchup dripped out of my cheeseburger and onto my boob. It stained my dress, so we stopped at a gas station to sponge it out. They had no paper towels in the bathroom, of course, so toilet paper had to do. By the time we got to Raleigh, the stain was really not noticeable, so I guess we caught it in time.

I had some x-rays taken, as well as my vitals. According to their measurements, I'm just now 5'8", but before the surgery, they had measured me at 5'6", so their system is obviously flawed. Even the woman who measured me said that a lot of Dr. Hey's patients have complained that they're taller than what that system measures. Nevertheless, I've gained about 2 inches, and since I had been measured as 5'8" elsewhere many times before the surgery, I'm now 5'10". Everything else looked good, and the PA checked out my incision. She said it's healing really well, and by next year, it'll be a faint white line. We got to see the x-rays, and the PA also said that the hardware in my back looks perfect. The best news, though, was that I'm now allowed to lift things weighing up to 20 pounds! That means I officially have permission to pick up Moses. I can do anything else I feel up to doing as well. There are no more restrictions, and I'll meet with Dr. Hey himself in September for my 3-month post-op. I have my x-rays on paper, so I'll scan those and post them pretty soon.

Gene, Marold, and I have witnessed some odd things over the past 2 days, and we saw another one as we were leaving the Hey Clinic. Gene was on the phone, but his face turned to total shock when we saw a midget walk in. I suppose I should call him a little person, but I'm far too intolerant. I know I'm totally insensitive, but I just can't cope with freak shows like that. We headed over to Bahama Breeze and had an excellent lunch. Two other weird things happened there. There was a group of 5 priests in their black attire and white collars dining near us, and our waiter had a Band-Aid over part of his eye. I couldn't tell if he was a pirate or not. Anyway, I had coconut shrimp and a lot of sweet tea, and then we drove to Dillard's in Asheboro to find a dress for me for Justin's wedding. We found several things for me to try on, but the first dress I tried was the one we ended up buying. It's a brown halter dress with a ruched empire waist. The wedding isn't formal, so the dress is too long, but we're gonna have Mr. De make it tea-length. It's perfect and covers my back entirely.

After we bought the dress, we headed home. I had a piece of Mrs. Green's cake for supper, and I've been idle ever since. I'm exhausted, and so are my legs and back. The best thing is that I have no plans for tomorrow, and I'm really looking forward to just waking up, having a relaxing cup of coffee, and watching The Price is Right and my soaps.