High Society

The past couple of days I have been on a little adventure. My husband had a training for work in the suburbs of Chicago, and I decided to tag along. We left the kids with my mom – it was the first time both of us had been away from them at the same time! Bobby works for a Lexus dealership, so they gave us a 2008 Lexus IS300 to drive on our trip.

So, while my husband was in class, I was let loose to roam the suburbs of Chicago in a fancy car. Which, thank goodness, also has a fancy navigation system, because I have no sense of direction whatsoever (unlike Emily, who I like to call the Human GPS). Said car was so fancy, that you don’t even have to use the key to start it or unlock it. All you have to do is have the key (called a Smart Key) on your person, and get near the car, and it unlocks. Then you get in the car and you press a button to start it and turn it off. When you get out of the car, you just press a button on the door handle to lock it. Woo-wee! I love it! It’s always a pain to mess with my keys when I am trying to carry my kids and groceries and whatever else. So needless to say, I am very sad to give this car back and give up my precious, precious Smart Key. *Le Sigh*.

But anyhoo, in my fancy car, I tooled around the fancy suburbs and went shopping at the fancy outlet malls. It was super-fun. And after Bobby’s day of training was over, we tooled around together, eating out at fancy places and getting coffee at the fancy Starbucks and just generally being awesome. We had a great time together.

Of course, we really missed the kids. Our second night away, I was just longing for my babies.

But I’m so glad Bobby and I got the chance to have a bunch of fun just being together (and being very fancy.)

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Grandma Said WHAT?

On Thursday, my paternal Grandma, who will be 90 on the 28th of this month (and is EXTREMELY excited about her birthday party, for real. Not kidding.) fell in her driveway and broke her arm. My Grandma is very spunky and feisty, and always has been. One of my favorite quotes of hers is, (in response to a whiny child I am sure), “You can want in one hand and poop in the other, and see which ones gets full first.” Ahh, I love that one! But anyways, back to her arm. Like all good stubborn old ladies do, she waited until the next day “to see if it would get better” before going to the emergency room. So Friday, she was at the hospital getting poked, prodded, and x-rayed, as well as having the broken arm set. They kept her for one night and on Saturday she got to go home.

I went to visit her and my Grandpa that afternoon at their home. Grandpa had gone across the street to check on a neighbor (whose wife had fallen earlier in the week and was still in the hospital – rough week for octogenarians on their street!) so just Grandma and I sat and chatted. I asked her how her pain was and she said her arm didn’t hurt any more but that she was very sore in her lower half from her fall.

“And they hurt me when they did the x-ray,” she complained. “They pulled my knees up in the air and the took a picture of everything. I hope they don’t put it on the computer for a p*rno.

My mouth dropped open. WHAT? Did she really say that? My 90-year-old pastor’s-wife grandmother? And did she really think some pervy x-ray tech was going to put pictures of her old lady parts on the interwebz?

She looked me straight in the eye. She wasn’t kidding.

“Uh, well, um, I’m sure they won’t.” I sputtered reassuringly.

Needless to say, I don’t remember the rest of our conversation. But that bit is seared into my memory.

Oh, and if you’re reading this, Pervy X-ray Tech, do the world a favor and please keep those photos under wraps, mmkay?

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Happy Easter!

“For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.” Romans 6:9

Hope you all have a beautiful day with your families!

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