I can't believe it is already Summer, didn't we just celebrate CHRISTMAS?!!!!! Well since there are no jobs for Substitute Teachers during the summer, I am working almost full time at my part time job during the school year. Thankfully they were able to give me many more hours or I would have been stressing out for the next couple of months. It is nice only having 1 job for the time being instead of 3 like I do during the school year, alot less money though. I get MORE time with my boyfriend though so that's a MAJOR plus :)
I went back to my hometown in Memphis a couple weeks ago, and it was good seeing nearly everyone. I hate to fly with a passion, and my connector flight to Memphis was so small it resembled my skydiving plane I jumped out of. Needless to say I was one of the first one's off the plane once it landed. This was my 2nd trip back home in less than 9 months so I focused on seeing the loved ones I didn't get to see last trip, it is almost impossible to see everyone in one trip. I have found it better to "sneak" into town with some of my relatives to avoid the chaos of trying to fit everyone in, I did that with my Grandma this trip and surprised her by driving up in her driveway. The look on her face was priceless lol.
The main reason I went back this month was because of a family reunion my Father's side was having, and this was the first reunion that side has had since my Grandmommy died 18 years ago. When Grandmommy was alive she was the one that organized all the get together's and kept in touch with everyone, so when she died everything fell apart. It was good seeing everyone and meeting so many of the people I had studied about when I was doing my genealogy research over the past 11 years.
I took a few hours one day to go all over Memphis and see my favorite spots, and I really enjoyed that, I am making a scrapbook about my favorite things on Memphis and Mississippi, and I was able to collect alot of mementos for the album :)
Before I headed back to my hometown in California I made a stop by Grandmommy's old house, and I was amazed it hasn't changed in all these year's, I half expected to see her sitting on the porch, but of course there is a new family there now. I wish that family only knew the kind of memories that house holds for so many of us, I know my best childhood memories are from that house.
Even though it is always hard leaving everyone there, I am more than eager to get back to Orange County which has been my home for 23 years, and I got home just in time to see my LAKER'S WIN and was even able to attend their victory parade!
I went back to my hometown in Memphis a couple weeks ago, and it was good seeing nearly everyone. I hate to fly with a passion, and my connector flight to Memphis was so small it resembled my skydiving plane I jumped out of. Needless to say I was one of the first one's off the plane once it landed. This was my 2nd trip back home in less than 9 months so I focused on seeing the loved ones I didn't get to see last trip, it is almost impossible to see everyone in one trip. I have found it better to "sneak" into town with some of my relatives to avoid the chaos of trying to fit everyone in, I did that with my Grandma this trip and surprised her by driving up in her driveway. The look on her face was priceless lol.
The main reason I went back this month was because of a family reunion my Father's side was having, and this was the first reunion that side has had since my Grandmommy died 18 years ago. When Grandmommy was alive she was the one that organized all the get together's and kept in touch with everyone, so when she died everything fell apart. It was good seeing everyone and meeting so many of the people I had studied about when I was doing my genealogy research over the past 11 years.
I took a few hours one day to go all over Memphis and see my favorite spots, and I really enjoyed that, I am making a scrapbook about my favorite things on Memphis and Mississippi, and I was able to collect alot of mementos for the album :)
Before I headed back to my hometown in California I made a stop by Grandmommy's old house, and I was amazed it hasn't changed in all these year's, I half expected to see her sitting on the porch, but of course there is a new family there now. I wish that family only knew the kind of memories that house holds for so many of us, I know my best childhood memories are from that house.
Even though it is always hard leaving everyone there, I am more than eager to get back to Orange County which has been my home for 23 years, and I got home just in time to see my LAKER'S WIN and was even able to attend their victory parade!
