The sun's shining, the birds are singing, and we're living!

What an awesome day!

Yesterday was good too!

Slept until like 11:00 yesterday, and cleaned out my car before I went to work. I bought a spicy chicken strip meal from Popeyes for $3.00 and it was really delicious. The biscuits there are salty and buttery. It was really awesome. They also have fries like Rally's, which means they are pretty much the greatest fries on the planet. I made it to the bank and it was a good day. At work I had to figure out how and who I was going to get to practie at 6:30 for Seussical. After much chatter, I decided to just go to the bank and return my books. I paid a late fine for the cd I have had out for two weeks late, and then I checked it out again. Going to the car I thought that since I was near the Tompkins house, I would drive over and see if they would like a ride to rehearsal. I stopped by and they were going to get a ride from Mayzie. Ms. Tompkins invited me to stay for dinner. It was very nice. I had green beans, white cheddar macaroni noodles, homemade applesauce, and some smoked sausage.

The girls mom and I talked as they got ready to go. Mayzie pulled up and we were off on a whirl-wind adventure. Actually, it was not. We ended up driving over to Section Rd. to Rahman's house. She did the driving, we made it there safely and on time.

Rehearsal was a lot of fun. We sit in our vocal sections, so most people are surronded by others who sing their part. The exception to the rule are the principal characters. We sit in the front row and wait for our chance to sing our part. When we are not singing the character parts, we usually double up on the other parts of the song. It sounds pretty darn good. After the rehearsal, we ended up all going our seperate ways, and I went home to call Milks. She was playing Sim Coaster or something like that and I was playing Madden 05. We talked as we played, and then I went to bed. It was a wonderful day.

SO TODAY!
Um...yeah, about today. Uh, that was Friday. I don't remember what I did on Friday.

But I do remember what happened this weekend, and it was a lot of fun.
I worked until 11:00 at Kroger, and then Korinne came to Kroger as I was ready to leave. She bought some cheese and chips and we had like three plates of nachos between the two of us. It was really good! Saturday I selpt in until like 11:00, and Milks invited me to breakfast. I declined the invite to allow more sleep. She came over and Greg called me. He visited on Tuesday at the bank and I told him we could do something this weekend, so he called and we decided on golf. Milks was the caddie driving the cart. Greg rode shotgun most of the way, and I piggy backed. I actually ended up finding a ball at the end of our 9 hole outing, and Greg had lost two!

But he did best me in the match 56-59 on a par 36. That's +20 to +23. It was fun. Milks and I got Rally's and went to the Wonderful World of the Werners. We visited for about an hour. Then Becca and Daniel wanted to go mini golf while Scott, Ben, and Jake went to the range. We took B & D with us and played through 15 holes. B had to go to the bathroom, and all of the bathrooms at the shack were locked. So I rushed her to the car, drove to the cart barn, got a cart out, drove up to the clubhouse, and took her in so she could use the bathroom. It was quite the adventure!

We made it back down, finished the holes, returned the clubs and then went back to Wernerville. Having dropped the kids off, Milks and I scooted off to Texas Roadhouse for another two hour dinner with her parents. This time they brought a friend. It was funny. After that whole ordeal, we stayed up and played our games until 2:30. I ended up winning the Super Bowl with the Steelers, Milks was the MVP, and she was building a theme park. So that was Saturday in a nutshell.

Sunday she came over and we made it to church about 5 minutes late. We sat down and enjoyed the service. Once service concluded we went to the apartment so I could call a guy that wanted to buy my car. After he failed to answer we went to the gas staion and filled up, and then embarked on a counrty road adventure.

Our destionation... The Milks Homestead. Jeremy, who is Kori's cousin, who married recently and his wife Charla purchased 60 acres near Hillsdale. It is a rustic two story home. Their yard is filled with all sorts of treasures that were left behind by the previous occupants. Jeremy and Charla are gutting the whole house, in addition to planting some 4,000 trees on their property. They also have two sheds, two barns, a corn cellar, and a milking barn. There is also a huge dog that would easily dwarf anyone who approached it, but this dog is so gentle and nice.

This place has everything! We visited with the couple as the made their way to the house to refill the cooler they were using to water the new trees. They chatted with us, introduced us to Charla's father, and gave us directions on where to dine if we were staying in the area. Well, we both listened intently as if we were going to go, and then returned home. On the way home we saw a turtle crossing the road (I know, to get to the other side. Really...) so we stopped to encourage it along. He took our encouragement and scuttled, as only a turtle can do, making his way into the cool grass near the pond. We decided to continue after our encounter with nature, only to be greeted again by another turle in the road. This time we did not encourage him, roaring past at about 60 down the county road.