Day Seven.

Today. Aunt Wanda and I were going to meet Uncle Ronny at the Olive Garden, then head over to where my grandma and grandpa (plus other family members) were buried. (Very morbid, one might think. Not I, however…:p) Aunt Wanda and I headed out after I had finished packing. We talked along the way. I was very excited to be able to see my Uncle again.

We arrived at The Olive Garden before he did. Aunt Wanda wanted to park so that she could just drive out, and not have to back up and turn around, so we went for a bit of a wild drive as Aunt Wanda attempted to back into the parking space. After about seven minutes, we were parked. There were only a few cars in the parking lot, most of which were the waiters/waitresses. Soon Uncle Ronny showed up. Aunt Wand and I got out of the car and Uncle Ronny came over and gave me a hug. Then Aunt Wanda took some pictures of us. (I don’t look very good on one…but the other one is nice. lol) Uncle Ronny handed me a present, and we all walked in.

The waitress showed us our table, and we ordered. Then, Aunt Wanda wanted to take more pictures, and the waitress was walking by when she asked if we wanted her to take a picture of all three of us. Aunt Wanda said yes, thank you, and walked over to the other side of the table where Uncle Ronny and I were sitting.

While we waited for our lunch to come, Uncle Ronny asked me if I was a bit afraid when I came. I thought he meant coming on the airplane, so I said, a little bit, but it was easy. Then, while we were all confused, he said that he meant coming to see the family. I mentally slapped my head and said that I wasn’t really nervous because I still remembered them pretty well, and I felt more excited. Then Aunt Wanda got me to open the present. It was a lovely smelling lotion. I was soooooo happy, as I had just finished my last bottle. (My hands dry out very quickly.) There was also a card that contained $25 and a “happy birthday” note from him and Aunt Lisa.

When we were done eating and the bill had been paid, we took separate cars ‘till we reached a small little store, where I slipped into the back seat, Aunt Wanda into “shotgun” and Uncle Ronny into the drivers seat. Then we made our way to the cemetery. Once there, we went to my grandma’s and Grandpa’s grave and took a few pictures. Then we looked for the grave stone of “George Washington Heaton”. (I think it was Heaton, but Aunt Wanda couldn’t remember if that was his last name) (Long story of why I would want to see his grave.)

When we were done, we had decided to go visit my Aunt Lisa. She was at the hospital that she worked at, so we drove over there, (not before stopping to get a drink). It was good to see her soon. We shared a cute story about me when I was younger. Then we had to go. We drove back, dropped Uncle Ronny back at his car, then Aunt Wanda and I drove home.

Later, we went to where Emma had her cheerleading practice. We waited while watching Chloe play basketball. When she was done. We took Emma to Wal*Mart and picked up more pictures. Then Emma and I fought over which CD to listen at the CD sample box. (You know, you can press a button with the CD’s cover on it, then a song plays for about half a minute or so…I don’t remember what it’s called.) We laughed at ourselves as we went back to the car. We stopped by McDonalds, where Emma got dinner. I got one of the snack wraps. (It was the ranch, and I hate to say, it wasn’t very good.) We drove to the little store where we would drop Emma off to her dad. Emma gave me a quick hug, and before she got into her truck, said,

“Okay, I’ll talk to you over facebook!” I smiled, laughed and waved. Then we drove home. And I don’t remember exactly what we did the rest of the day… probably watched Criminal Minds while finishing the scrapbook, then went to bed.

~Molly.