Summer Vacation So Far...

Well I have 2 weeks of summer vacation down so far. Over Memorial Weekend I went with Chris to his friend's wedding, and then to Goose Creek Lake where my aunt has a house. Good times had by all. My mom came down with us, which made it a lot of fun. Most people would think, "No big deal," but this was the first time she's been down to the lake since I was probably 7 years old, since my aunt is my dad's sister. They still get along really well though and at my stepmom's birthday party (which my mom also attended), Aunt Sherry decided she needed to make a trip down this summer.

After we got back from the lake, I stayed in St. Louis for a couple of extra days. On Tuesday I went to Mimi's hearing aid appointment with her and then out to St. Charles for a yummy dinner and catch-up time with Erin. We were going to get ice cream too but decided we were too full from dinner. So instead we decided to go to a park and take a walk and then went back to her place and chatted for a while. I didn't stay too incredibly late since she had to get up for work in the morning. On Wednesday Julie and I went to get pedicures. I love pedicures. I don't get them often enough. This could be a bad thing. I left Thursday morning to get back to Lee's Summit in time for an interview for a potential new HI Specialist. It's interesting being on the other side of the table for interviews now.

The past week has been pretty laid back. Chris and I got Super Mario Galaxy 2 and we've been playing that together a lot. Yesterday I finally went to the eye doctor and got new contacts. I've been wearing my glasses since November and it's been driving me crazy. I had to take them out today though cause my left eye has been really itchy like there's something in it. Probably allergies. The doctor recommended some eye drops for that but I haven't gone to the store for them yet. I would have gone to Target while I was out today but didn't think of it until later and I didn't have the paper with me anyway. There's probably not even anything in my eye, just probably bumpy under my eyelid from allergies so my eye is getting irritated. Oh well. I'll run out tomorrow if I need to. I'm meeting with a financial planner about my retirement account tomorrow at lunch so I'll just go then.

In other exciting news, I booked a trip to New Orleans to visit Kali in September! And our friend Emma is coming in from Scotland at the same time, so it's doubly exciting. We're trying to convince Beth that she needs to come too. With the exception of Germany and my excursion during that time to Italy, this will be my first trip without family. It's the first trip I've paid for entirely on my own. It's nice to be able to finally be able to do that and it feels like a big accomplishment. Yay!