Where has this summer gone.  It’s almost August already.  I have to start getting stuff for school or it’s going to cost a small fortune all of a sudden.  I like to buy a little along the way and that way it just doesn’t seem to be so expensive.  Since I have a summer job, I’m trying to act responsibly and buy a lot of the things my parents normally bought like notebooks, pens and pencils……….you know, the usual.   The books for college are expensive and so is the tuition so any way I can ease the expense some on my parents I’m sure will be greatly appreciated.

My poor Daddy has had a bad back for as long as I can remember.  Mom found Takemi Jade Vista 5000 Massage Bed and has ordered one for her and Daddy.  He has to go to chiropractors all the time and Mom is hoping this will stop that.  With what they save on the doctor, it will pay for the bed.  I can’t wait till it comes so I can try it out too.

Well I call her Mamaw and have since I was a little girl.  She is by far the sweetest woman on the face of the earth.  It’s hard to believe she gave birth to my Daddy, just kidding.  My Daddy is pretty cool after all.  He grew up in those mountains and talks about it quite a bit.  Mamaw raised 5 kids in those mountains and didn’t drive until after Papaw was gone.

I didn’t know Papaw very well.  He was the total opposite of Mamaw.  He was very quiet and kept to himself most of the time.  The hardest thing is he committed suicide when I was real little.  He went to the doctor and they gave him some type of anti-depressant and within two weeks of taking them, he took his own life.  I’m not sure what type of anti-depressant it was but it back fired with Papaw.  He wasn’t the type of man to do that either.  He went to church every Sunday and……………I don’t really want to talk about that anymore.

It’s so darn hot here and for sure at the beach.  We decided to take a little trip to the mountains next week and stay all week.  I love it there.  My aunt has a house across the street from my grandmother and lets us use it anytime we want.  It’s beautiful there.  When you look down the driveway, you can see the river across the street that runs by my grandmothers house.  We go tubing down the river and have since I was little.  Daddy and my brother fish, and I do too sometimes.

It’s good clean fun and we don’t have to worry about anything but the animals that come out at night to go to the river.  We have seen bear, deer, fox and even heard bob cats holler.  That’s make you get your butt inside real quick!!!!  It’s like being in Heaven until you hear that.

I told you about my best friend moving, well I didn’t realize just how much was was involved in a move like that. Especially when you need to know about interstate moving companies.  My girlfriend was telling me that her Daddy contacted them about moving out of state, moving their other car, and they even helped them find another place to live.  They offer an apartment hunter, real estate help, even mortgage help.  Pretty cool.  I was impressed but I still wish she wasn’t moving.