Okay- well not REALLY my Homeland. I haven't ever lived in Hattiesburg, MS with my parents but Mississippi is where my Mom is originally from, so the state has always been a part of my life. I flew out last Wednesday evening and stayed through Sunday morning for the holiday weekend. Jason wasn't able to get as much time off work, so he made plans with some old friends in Uvalde and Pipe Creek.
Overall, I don't consider my job fairly stressful. However, at the end of each quarter I do have a crunch time of closing out things, figuring commissions, checking figures and tying up lose ends so that the new quarter can begin. Well, when I booked my flights for this trip, I didn't consider that I would be leaving on the day that I needed to close the 2nd Quarter!! So, somehow I manage to get that done, leave early, go home and meet Kasi for my ride to the airport for a 6:30 flight. Needless to say, by the time I got into Jackson at 10:30, I was beat. Then we made the 1.5 hour drive to my parent's home in Hattiesburg. My mom had to teach the next morning, so I slept in until 10AM. For those of you that don't know me... I am an early riser. It is very, very rare that I sleep past 8AM, so I really needed the sleep!!!
I always enjoy time at my parents home because it is relaxing. We all enjoy reading, so I get time to do that as well as just lounge with the folks. It might bore some folks to tears, but I love it. This trip was no different.
After I got out of bed that first morning and my Dad greeted me by jokingly saying, "Good Afternoon", I had some breakfast. Their breakfast area has a nice bay window that their cats often enjoy. For their viewing pleasure, my parents provide the neighborhood squirrels with sunflowers seeds!
The cats and the squirrels have quite a relationship that includes taunting each other and seeing who is tougher!! Here is Hattie staking her claim to the squirrel on the ledge.Hattie stalking the squirrel...
"BOO!! That's right squirrel... run, run far away!!!"
Hattie- don't be so sure you won this round. Look behind you!!!
Later that day, Mom came home from school so we headed out and enjoyed a nice lunch. It gave us some Girl Time so we could catch up. And what Girl Time would be complete without a pedicure!? So, we did just that.
The rest of the evening was relaxing and lazy. The next day was similar. We did venture out for lunch though. We went to this local hole-in-the-wall place with YUMMY Po' Boys. I enjoyed a wonderful Shrimp Po' Boy with a side of my favorite dessert... sweet tea!
That evening we took it easy. Mom grilled some steaks and we called it an early night... the next day we were heading on a mini-trip to celebrate July 4th. And we went to a very ironic place... check out the next blog to find out WHY it was ironic!!!
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