Monday I spent most of the day cleaning my apartment. Not that "hey, I need to do a once-over" clean, but that "it's time I had really scrubbed this place" clean. (I actually love those.) I only got about half-way through the place, but I still consider it a victory. Tuesday consisted of family dinner and some laundry, plus some packing, because Wednesday morning started a real vacation.
My wonderful boyfriend took me floating on the Meramac. We did a six mile float, which took about five hours. I only used the paddle once, some woman called me the Queen of the Meramac, and my breakfast was a s'mores Pop Tart and a beer. (And lunch wasn't bad either, consisting of giant Cheez-its and an italian sandwich.) After the float, we drove to Kansas City for the night, where we stayed with Ben's Aunt Bert.
Thursday we got to shoot hoops at The College Basketball experience and walked around a KC mall. Inbetween, we had a pretty yummy lunch, with a highlight of garlic fries. (There were real cloves of garlic on my fries, and it was outstanding!) We also went to a thrift store, where we found Ben a perfect outfit to wear to an upcoming party AND two really good VHS tapes: She's All That, and Crazy Fat Ethel II. The former of the two flicks looks amazing: The warning label reads "Never come between Ethel and a well-stocked refridgerator!!", while the back cover says "Thirteen years ago, Ethel was judged criminally insane. Now the menal ward is overcrowded and the budget has been cut, so Ethel is back on the street!!" Also, the video company responsible for this piece of work is Video Treasures. The tape inside looks to be about halfway watched.
Sidenote: You really have to hand it to my manfriend, who picked out Crazy Fat Ethel II all on his own. I assume this was to feed my love for really awful movies. At least, I hope that's why he picked it up.
After our day out in downtown KC, we got to have dinner and walk around the Plaza with Aunt Bert. We ate at a place called the 810 Zone, which allowed me to watch an Asian volleyball game, while Ben and Bert watched a rugby match. All around fun.
Friday morning, we got up at a reasonable hour and headed back home to Saint Louis. On the way, we stopped at a Cracker Barrel for breakfast, and hit up a gas staion/store called Love's. Love's is a really great gas station and store. The restrooms were really clean (and there was a cute baby having its diaper changed that everyone was cooing over). They sell do-rags, nascar t-shirts, glass figurines, and shirts with the guitar hero logo that say "Jesus Hero". The store is really outstanding.
On the trip back, I learned that Ben has LFO's "Summer Girls" on his iPod. He also at one point looked at me and said, "It's Britney, bitch", which made me feel like I was on vacation with Roxanne. Also I re-discovered Robyn's hit "Show Me Love". Forgot about Robyn or want to know more? Here's your link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robyn.
The real reason we came home so early Friday was because Ben's sister-in-law was having a c-section at 7:45AM to introduce Ben's new niece to the world. She's absolutely adorable, and is super-long and healthy. This is Maria Joy Muehleisen:
You can't tell me this baby isn't gorgeous!
There are a lot of times when I pray and praise God for the good he puts into my life. Tonight while eating a bowl of Kix by candle light for dinner, I said a prayer and cried one little happy tear. I feel that I have really been blessed this week.
She's beautiful!
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