Well folks,
I am back in San Antonio. My last day in Washington- Teddy and I woke up at 4 in the morning to take mom to the airport so she could catch her flight back. Teddy, Melanie and I spent the rest of the morning going through boxes of my old stuffed animals and childhood books to see what can be thrown away, donated, and what Melanie could take home to Yakima with her for anyone there.
I was surprised to see that my mom even saved my old homework, and workbooks. Perfect attendance awards, and things like that I get. But, I didn't get why she saved assignments I didn't even get an A on. Mothers really do save everything.
There still is a box of photos that I still need to go through, but at least Teddy does not have 5 boxes of stuff that she is wondering what to do with now. After we sorted through my stuff, we just walked around Albert Dock. It was a perfect day just to walk around, so we went further than we thought. We went to Shenanigan's, a seafood place you can eat right on the dock for some lunch. We saw a seagull trying to get some leftover food from a table not too far from us until a waitress shooed the bird away. After our meal, Melanie decided she wanted desert, so we ended up splitting a mud pie. It was a good thing Melanie and I split it because four people could have easily split that and still got plenty of chocolate in their bellies. :0) After lunch, we went to Point Defiance until a bee drove us back to the car. From there, the three of us went to the Almond Roca store , and got some candy there , and after getting our fill of chocolate, it was time to go back to Teddy's house.
Melanie headed back to Yakima not too long after that. Then I printed out some photos to send to grandpa, and a project I worked on for mom as part of her mothers day gift. The next morning it was time to head back to Texas. I just read on the flight back. I was able to read "The Martian" from start to finish. I liked what it said about human nature at the end- that we never leave anyone behind. Like when a hiker gets lost on the trails, we try to find them,ect. I like the fact we can rally together like that in times of need.
Today my mom and I went to Shoneys for brunch, and then we watched "The Boss." Now I am home, unpacked and relaxing before it's time to start working again. To everyone in Washington, thank you for your kindness and hospitality while I was there. It's definitely not goodbye, it's see you later. :0)
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