Day 2134. Yesterday I taught from 9 to 10:15 while Randy and the kids stayed at Randy's daughter's house and had fun there. The kids have enjoyed playing with their nieces, especially Tammy. Emmy is sometimes the third wheel, the boy who is not included by the girls. Tammy had been playing so hard all day yesterday that she was extremely tired at night and just screaming and screaming. She fell asleep immediately.
Today I didn't have any students. Randy and the kids had cereal at the house, then we all went over to Randy's mother's house where I had breakfast. We still had plenty of time until leaving at 9:45 am.
We then drove 45 minutes to Starkville where Randy's youngest adult daughter leads worship at a church. The kids were watching a Christian kids' program in the car - one we don't have access to outside the US. Once we had arrived, we got the wheelchair out of the car and went inside the church. We got some seats, then I took Tammy and Emmy to children's church. Sammy wanted to stay for worship and go there later. I returned to the sanctuary and worship started.
Sammy was enjoying it, then I took him to children's church. When we walked in, Tammy and her niece and Emmy all hugged Sammy, happy to see him. When I saw that they were all doing well, I decided to leave and return to the sanctuary for the service. After an hour it ended, and I went back to get the kids. I found them all hanging on one of the workers.
We returned to the sanctuary where we then took a family picture together. Then it was time to leave. The kids were already pretty hungy. It was raining hard so Randy got the car and drove it to the entrance, then we all got in. They watched another episode of the Christian show on the way back to Randy's mother's house where we arrived at 1:15 pm. She had made some wonderful food, and I put it all on the kids' plates, then we all ate.
After lunch, I soon got pretty tired and ended up lying down on the couch on the other room. Later Randy's daughter and grandkids also came over, and the kids were having lots of fun again. I took advantage of the time and did some work on the computer.
At 6 pm we got some food for dinner, then we returned to the house for a shower, a bed-time story, a prayer and bed time. This time it was Emmy who was extremely tired and very cranky. Soon they were all asleep, and I turned on my computer to get things done. Now it's going on 11 pm, and I need to go to bed soon. The kids still get up early, but it's getting later each day. Today it was 6:30 am.
