Mindy’s Place

Well, on Sunday my Mom ended up getting sick. She went to church but laid around on the couch during Sunday School. She spent the rest of the day laying around. Sonya came Sunday afternoon and we got to see her mom for a little while. After the kids were in bed we had a good time walking around the neighborhood (exercising). The van was pretty much loaded and we went to bed. About 4:45 I awoke to thunder and lightning and remembered that I’d left the van windows down about 4 inches. Soooo, I got up and began looking for my keys! They were nowhere….I began praying and finally found them under some diapers on a side table in the office…just barely peeking out. So, I went out and rolled them up, but the seats were really wet!

So, the next morning we got ready to go. We put trashbags and towels down on our seats and headed out. We had an uneventful day driving. My plan was to either stop in Cookeville, or Knoxville, TN. We got stuck in traffic outside of Nashville due to a really bad 18-wheeler accident blocking the roadway, so we pulled off in Cookeville to eat dinner and then head onto Knoxville. While going to Taco Bell to use the restroom I stepped into the restaurant and the floor was like an ice skating rink…I slipped repeatedly and my hands went to the floor, but I never stopped and finally slipped my way to the restroom.

Now, I want to say thank you to the Lord for the rain getting our seats wet because the towels we brought along were much needed. While we were at Sonic getting dinner I was sitting in the back feeding Caleb and he threw up! So, we decided to go ahead and find a hotel and stay there for the night. I cleaned him up WITH ONE OF THE TOWELS and then cleaned the carseat and gave him a bath and we all went to bed.

Tuesday morning Nate woke up with an upset stomach. He spent the whole morning throwing up…thankfully it began in the hotel room so when we got in the car I put the OTHER TOWEL in his lap so the van was spared. We pulled off and got rid of the towel! He threw up a few more times before lunch and nothing ever got on the van. He spent a lot of time sleeping and drinking sips of gatorade…no more food for him til Wednesday.

We pulled into our neighborhood at 7:55pm and boy were we glad to be home!! The Mastromarino’s had decorated our door with balloons and flowers and Jer had the house completely straight…it was so refreshing to come home! It was wonderful to have Sonya here with me, too, as I was getting all the trip stuff put away. She is so good with the kids and truly loves playing with them and pouring out her life into them. THANK YOU, AUNT SONYA!

There’s no place like home…There’s no place like home…There’s no place like home…