This time next week....

We will be well on our way to the Outer Banks of NC where we will be meeting up with my family from NY!  We will be spending the week at the beach, yup, you heard me, the beach!  This means that I will be spending a week in my bathing suit!  I am not even getting hives as I wrote that.  I am very comfortable this summer in my bathing suit although my thighs will be on show in all their deflated, fat glory!  Whatever, it is what it is, right?

We have a lot of plans for the week (horse back riding on the beach, parasailing, etc.) but first and foremost, relaxing is #1 on the list. My family has been through hell during the course of the last year + and we really deserve a break. 

Here is the house we are renting in Duck, NC next week!

Actually, we had a break of sorts yesterday.  I was going about my business, waiting for Steve to get home and my daughter Mallory called me from work. 

M:  Mom, have you spoken to Jordan?

Me:  No, why?

M:  She is ok, but she was held up at work.

Both of my daughters work in a bank....I worked in a bank for 23 years.  Being "held up" is in the back of your mind all the time but until it happens to you or your child, you just don't know how you will react.

I froze for a second and asked if there was a gun but Mallory didn't know anything other than that her baby sister called her to let her know what happened to her, said she was ok, the branch was in "lock-down" and she was with the police but she would call us as soon as she could.  She called because she didn't want her sister to worry if she heard anything before she had a chance to call.

Thank God, there was no gun, just a note.  Plus, she was called back to the police station later in the day (her sister took her) because the police had him in custody and she picked him out of a line-up.  She does not have to worry about him for a while...hopefully, he will plead and she will not have to participate in a trial.  I am so proud of my baby girl.  She sounded so shaken up when I first spoke to her but by the time I spoke to her later, she really sounded ok.  She is back at work this morning and hopefully her day is going well!  I can't wait to give her a mama-bear hug when I see her next Saturday.

Once all the drama from that was over, Steve and I went ahead with our plans and saw the movie "The Help" and I have to say that this is the first movie that I have ever seen after reading the book that was as good as the book!  I laughed and cried.  Steve laughed and took a little nap.  He has been so busy everyday going off to his airplane hanger, with lunch I prepare for him thank you very much, to work on his little sports car that he is building.  Brutus and I stopped by to visit yesterday and now I understand why he comes home soaking wet every day....it is so hot in that building!  Not for me at all.  I will just wait for him to finish the car so I can go for a ride when its all done!  I'll post a pic of the car soon!

Tonight we are going to Daytona Beach where they have a free concert planned for the bandstand right on the beach and we will probably get dinner while we are there.  I'm working to 1 and have to do it again tomorrow until 1....

Have a great Saturday!