edit: I technically wrote this journal last night, I just am now posting it.

THIS IS SPARTA!
sorry, have to whenever we drive through or consider driving through.
I brought a psp and ds incase I got bored and I never used them. That usually happens, you prepare for the worst and it never reaches its worstness.
Me and mum left the house this morning at 9:30ish like we said we were and we stopped by Hardees for breakfast (cause everybody was having hardees! my sisters who were with gramma stopped there for breakfast and my dad, brother and uncle stopped there too when they went golfing so pssht, I was getting me food too!) and at a gas station for gas before hitting the road on our 3 hour drive.
The only thing I kinda dislike about mums car is that her satellite radio comes with the car and its XM, so the stations are out of wack and you cant rewind and you cant see what song it is. That sux. But whatever.
Before getting to Debbies house, as we were approaching Sparta, Rachel sent me a text message because Gramma wanted us to stop at a walmart and pick up dill pickles. It felt like we received a bajillion texts "did you get the pickles?" "where are you?" "when're you getting here?" jeeeez, gramma really wanted those pickles.
I went swimming quite a bit, then we ate lunch at 12 (I didnt get pictures of any of the food, but I tell you what, I was so craving that banana pudding), then swam sommore, then I got conned into playing volleyball.
While I enjoy volleyball theres a reason I dont usually play because my thumb is all birth defecty and it hurts just to hit the ball with my palm. I ended up popping a couple blood vessels in my thumb loool. My uncle was like "omg, what'd you do to your hand?" and I was like "you've known me for 22 years, how could you not know my thumb was blue?!" he was still like "no really, what'd you do to it?"
but our team won both games 8( I was told I did good but that could have been pity! its hard to play when bugs are attacking you too..sweat bees were all over my legs.
I also received several questioning looks and overheard a couple "she doesnt look pregnant". The asking if me and my sister were twins when growing up was actually kinda funny, but now I think I need a name tag so people can differentiate.
I have to say also how supremely cool it is that I have a...third? cousin who's name is Trip. OhmygodIhopehebecomesanAstronaut.
Have another little distant cousin who's name is Dawson..everytime I heard his name being called I did a double take. Cause it sounds like Daus. I would have totally responded to that name.
All in all I came out reasonably unscathed. I took motrin and downed 2 coffees on the way home..so tomorrow Ill probably be incredibly sore. I saw my reflection at the gas station coming back and Im alot more sunburnt then I realized. On my nose and shoulders mostly. /fail
then we came home and Loren was taking Daisy out to the potty again. Means none of us had to do it when we got back and we could just collapse on the nearest piece of furniture. /win
we werent about to stay for fireworks because then we'd get home at like 1am and we've done that all the previous years and it absolutely sucks. People shot fireworks outside when we got home though.
I also didnt watch Independence day like we usually do.
<3 President Bill Pullman
( 4th of July photos )Being that we're in Tennessee. The death of Steve Mcnaire shook the entire house and all the older folk were glued to the TV going "omg, glad we traded him at the last minute but nooooooo not a Tennesse person!"