I left Jax around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning to drive to Havelock, NC. The 8 hour drive went by pretty quickly. I got to Havelock around 11 a.m. and met up with my Grandma at a local restaurant. It was so nice getting to see her, I haven't seen her in at least 4 years, so we had a ton to catch up on. Grandma and I went to her house and talked until we went to wake up my cousin Ginny. It's been close to 10 years since I have seen any of my family on my Dad's side, so getting to see Ginny, and my Uncle Paul and Aunt Sissy was great. We went to my Aunt and Uncles for dinner, Paul made a pot roast (delicious, I didn't know he could cook). After dinner I fell asleep watching Pirates of the Caribbean.
Grandma and I went back to her place, and before we made it in the house, she fell and fractured her ankle in two places and we spent most of the night in the ER. (Yes, Diana I am trying to spend a little quality time in the ER in every city I visit. lol) Grandma and I spend most of Monday sleeping, we were both tired from the day before. But we did get to go to Uncle Paul & Aunt Sissy's for dinner. Yummy fried chicken (Uncle Paul's famous Fried Chicken).
Tuesday ended up being my last day in Havelock. Grandma and I hung out talking most of the day, and for dinner went back to Uncle Paul & Aunt Sissy's. Larry M. from SSCC is apparently living there, so he brought over his almost 1 year old twins who are just starting to walk. OMG so cute. Anne Marie & Rose Marie. I still can't believe they are so big. Beautiful girls though.
After Larry left, we had dinner. Ginny was there with her son Jacob (so cute and incredibly well mannered). Dinner of course was delicious, I have to say Uncle Paul is a very good cook. We took a bunch of pictures, although non with Uncle Paul in them, and Grandma and I headed home. I sat up talking with her until around 10 p.m. when I got back in the car to start my 10 hour drive back to Orlando.
Grandma - Thank you so much for everything. It was so great getting to see you. I hope all is well with your ankle, and I hope you are having a good time at Uncle Paul & Aunt Sissy's for the next little while. I love you.
Uncle Paul & Aunt Sissy - I can't thank you enough for your hospitality. Uncle Paul, thank you for my Liberty coin, that was beyond cool. Aunt Sissy, I'm sorry I didn't get to stay longer. I would have loved to hear all your stories about Dad when he was little. I love you both. Thank you.
Ginny - Thank you tons. I don't know if I would have come up to visit if it weren't for you. I'm sorry I got off myspace so abruptly before, but it was really nice getting to spend some time with you and finally getting to meet Jacob; you are very blessed to have him. I hope you get some time to relax soon. I would love for you to come visit me while I'm in Africa. And I think we are going to have to go to Europe together when I'm all done. I love and miss you.
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