What I did on my summer vacation

Summer was far too short. I haven't even read a single book since I graduated in May. (Did I even blog about that? I could easily click back and see, but I don't really care.) I've been too busy furthering my Spanish abilities and also I was in a play, so I have an excuse. It was an old Doris Day musical called "The Pajama Game." It's about a union dispute in a pajama factory, and the head of the grievance committee for the union falls in love with the supervisor of the factory. So you've got tension, drama, love, and then it all works out and they live happily ever after like every good love story should end. I was just in the chorus.

(Okay, side note. I went and checked to see if I blogged about graduation. And I did. So I don't have to worry about posting a picture of that.)

So yeah, anyway, I was in the chorus, which meant of course that I got to be in all the dances and didn't have to memorize anything. Here is a picture of the cast:

And I also got another job. I don't work in Asset Protection anymore at Walmart, so I can't tell you all sorts of crazy stories about people stealing meat by putting in a fan box or stuffing 77 items in their baby stroller or switching price tags on items. Actually, I never told you any of that anyway, because it's not exactly public information and I wasn't supposed to post it all on the internet. But I do have a lot of really fun stories to tell if you ever want to hear them.

My new job is another job I can't really talk about. I work for the Illinois State Police now in the Firearm Services Bureau, so again, I'm not going to be blogging about that, either.

However, I can tell you about some other fun stuff we did over the summer. We visited my Grandpa Danny over 4th of July, and he's really awesome and has two zip lines and a tree house. I look just like him.

We also had a couple of family reunions and got to see a new batch of nieces and nephews. I figure I have enough now it's okay if I pick favorites, but I'm not telling you who they are, either. (This is a really secretive blog.)

And while we were at my parent's house for Labor Day, we reenacted some old family photos. They were really fun to take. I'll just post the four that turned out the best, since this computer is being a pain and I don't have the patience to wait for them all to load. (It's going to be a stretch for four, but that's my plan.)

This one is my dad with my little sister Vivian (in the red on his lap), my brother David (in the white shirt on the right), my son Jay (overalls) and my daughter Sarah (on the floor.)

Ugh, just restarted my computer because it's running so slowly, and it's still being a pain. It just seems like yesterday this computer was brand new, and that silvery swooshy desktop background felt like something from the future.

So here's the second one picture.

Maybe.

Okay, I gave up and switched to the laptop. Glad that this blog autosaves.

This is my dad with my little sister Robyn.

This is my favorite. In this picture, I am sitting on Erick's lap, and Jay is sitting on my lap. Dad is doing the sideways cheek-to-cheek hug with my little sister Valerie, and my littlest sister, Vivian, is lying on the couch with her legs up in the air.

This is my mom and my little brother Chris, sitting (or perhaps sprawling) on her lap. On the floor is my little sister, Susie. Can you believe I used to change these kids' diapers? And both of them have kids of their own now. I really don't feel old enough for this.

Oh, and talking about being old, my oldest two kids have their driver's licenses now. In fact, Joy just drove off to a Mighty Strong Girls Connections meeting with Sarah and Abby in my car, which I should also post a picture of because it's the newest vehicle I've ever owned, thanks to my new job.

So that's all I'm going to say this time. I know most of this was really random, but I'm not apologizing for not blogging for so long like I usually do. Like I said in a previous post, I don't want to blog just because I feel obligated to. You all get the privilege today of reading a blog post that I actually felt like writing, even though it's a little disjointed and not exactly well-written.

You're welcome.