Fifteen - Nineteen

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Thursday- I got tired of sitting around being sick! So in the middle of the afternoon I got my new workout DVD's out and did 3 different workouts. I sounded like Darth Vader breathing, because I was having a hard time breathing but it felt so good to move! Dad had his 3 month post angioplasty check-up and the doctor had good things to say. He also said that the first 3 months post putting in stints are the most crucial- glad we didn't know that we had to worry! Jimmy and Sarah came out Thursday night to celebrate mom's birthday and they brought a cookie cake. Jordan made sure that we played Wild Animalopoly and sardines. I always struggle with not wanting to play the games, but wanting to make the memories with the kids- so I usually cave. Trevor and I played a couple of rounds of Jenga too.

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Friday- I spent my morning watching Blue Bloods. Grandma came over in the early afternoon and she made me read her will, which names me but then makes age restrictions that I don't meet. I found 2 mistakes in her will. I ran to Target on my way to dinner with Bethany and of course spent more money than I needed to! Dinner with Bethany was as wonderful as it usually is... lots of stories laughter and talking about the tough things in life. We didn't have our wonderful waiter, but we had a fairly decent substitute. After dinner I spent time talking with mom while I packed my stuff to go back to Champaign.

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Saturday- First of all, multiple dogs woke me up in the middle of the night because they had to go out- apparently when I am home I am the designated person that the dogs decide to wake up in the middle of the night! Once I woke up for real I started packing my car and getting ready for my 4 hours drive back to school. I was very emotional- more emotional than I have been since I moved in August- but in August I had my parents and grandma and it was easier. The drive was full of Lee Brice music and getting lost in thought. Once I got back to Champaign I wholheartedly did not want to be here. So I reached out to my friends who are here and I did something to distract myself which made things a little better.

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Sunday- My first full day back in Champaign. Payton woke me up at 7... I was annoyed because I had enjoyed my time on break sleeping in. So I took her out to pee and then came back in and crawled back into bed for 2 hours at which point I took her for a walk, then did some of my new exercise videos and showered. Then I made plans with Cassie and Julia to go to lunch and see a movie: American Sniper. I can't explain why I wanted to see American Sniper so much, but I did. I thought it was really well done. It showed the evils that he faced abroad and at home. I thought that they captured that not all of the people that he came across while abroad were bad, were terrorists. Some of them tried to help and were punished for that. It was really weird though  when the credits were rolling and no one was talking, nor was there any closing music.

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Monday- I spent the day relaxing and getting ready for classes to start. It was my last day of freedom for 8 weeks! I went shopping out off Prospect- which is northern Champaign and has every store one might need! I have a Wal-Mart that is REALLY close to me and I have a Meijer that is maybe 5 miles from me, but Target, Lowe's, Rural King, and the Mall are all over off Prospect- sort of- the mall is actually off Neil, but its close to Prospect. Julia went with me and we had lunch at McAlisters! YUM! The rest of my evening was spent relaxing and soaking in as much TV as I could, since I am limited when school starts! ;)