My Family: Untethered

Where to begin... Well lets see we have been busy. At least Mason and I have been busy. Mason maybe more so than me if my house is any indication.

Last weekend I was untethered from the mother leash for a whole night.

Last Saturday I went to my little cousin Jessie's 21st birthday. I left Saturday morning and came back Sunday in time for work. It was so nice to get to ride in a car without playing the 'what now?' game. Blissful silence, then I realized the radio wasn't on and that I could listen to whatever I wanted. In celebration of this event I stopped at WalMart and got the new Sugarland CD.

I know crazy times.

A person can only handle so much Trace Adkins before wanting to throw the CD out the window. Trust me on this...

I got to Grandma's around lunch time. I even passed by McDonalds knowing that Grandma would have something good to eat. Thankfully she didn't disappoint. I hadn't planned on seeing my mom and dad while I was down so it was good to see them at Grandmas.

After lunch Jessie came over and we went shopping. She decided she didn't want to do laundry and needed a new shirt so we went to Rue 21 where my cousin, ~~Little~~ Massive Don's wife, Sunshine, works. After Jessie had tried on every shirt in the store she finally settled on one and then it was off to look at shoes. Shoes are my favorite thing but these were ugly shoes. Thankfully she decided to wear some she already had at home.

As we were leaving my little sister Cammie showed up and we went actual shoe shopping. I got the cutest little shoes. I was a little surprised by how comfy they are. My feet didn't hurt at the end of the night and I've worn them several times since and haven't had a single problem. Wonderful and they were half off!! Score...

Next we went back to Grandma's to get ready to go out to dinner. I was ready by the time agreed upon. I know a huge shocker how fast I can ready when I don't have a two year old hanging on me... Jessie and Cammie though were not. So we had to go to Cracker Barrel for supper. I was not disappointed in the least. They have the best tea. Just add two packets of Sweet-n-low and it is great.

After we dropped Grandma off at home again we went over to the Candlelight bar and met up with everyone else. I'm not a beer drinker and their mixed drinks were not good so I stuck to pop. Probably a good idea since I was driving anyways.

The night went good until around midnight when the MTV crew showed up. You know the show 16 and Pregnant. Well the little skank has a new show. I don't know if it part of the Real World or what but they were following her around.

Now a little back ground on this...

The father of this girls baby is Derek Underwood who was killed in a car crash with Jessie's cousin. No where in the show is this mentioned. You can just imagine the tension in the room when they realized who it was being filmed. Never mind that the girl is just 19. Not even old enough to be in the bar after 9. Especially considering our DD who is 20 wasn't allowed in. But publicity will get you into a lot of places.

So anyways that is the background.

As this girl was leaving we were too. Jessie and Massive Don were drunk and might have been yelling obscenities while they were filming. Whatever. I personally think the girl needs to decide to be a mother and raise her child instead of letting her mother raise it. What do I know though. I think I'll stick to CMT though because you know I don't need all the drama.

After the bar we went to the Horseshoe Casino. I'm not a huge fan of casinos but that is okay because it was fun watching Lena try to walk in her heels while drunk. I played the nickel machines and won 50 bucks so I called it a night and watched everyone else play roulette.

After the casino we went to Village Inn for breakfast. It was horrible. We had the sweetest waitress though and she didn't charge us for everything so it was okay. After all it wasn't her fault.

Cameron and I poured ourselves into bed somewhere around 4. The next thing I remember it was 10:30 and my alarm was going off. So after some brunch and conversation I headed home. I got home with enough time to change for work. Work thankfully went fast. Maybe that was because I just didn't care. Yep that was probably why.

Now for the pictures to go along with the night...

(point and shoot camera in dark bar, and I didn't take these, I'm not real sure who did.)

Sunshine after her 3rd shot.