We left at 10:30 on Sunday night and drove all night long! After a while of driving we had to stop and use the restroom. It was 3:00 in the morning and every exit we took to find a restroom didn't look inviting. We finally couldn't hold it any longer, we stopped in Alabama. We pull up at a convenience store and Angel put the car in park when all of a sudden two men in stockings on their heads with brown bags come running out of the store!! I yell "kick it"!!!!!!!!! The girls were dieing laughing but I think we witnessed an armed robbery at it's best! Well we finally found a Wally World that looked hopeful so we were relieved (no pun intended). On down the road we head, it's about 5:00 in the am and we need gas. We are now in Mississippi (which I can spell in my sleep now since the girls spelled it for hours!!!!) Angel is asleep in the back of the car and the girls are STILL AWAKE playing games-yeah up all night. We pull in a well lit gas station to get gas. I pull up to the pump and out of the dark beside the building a lady appears dressed in men clothing. I think " oh nice she is going to pump our gas!" Um... no... more like try and steal our car or prostitute or something of that sort!! I still don't know what she was doing. She walked to my side of the car (the drivers side) and starts trying to get me to roll the window down or get out, my mom yells "kick it" and off we go! I think I ran over "its" shoes! Oops!!! I should have put her/him in the back of the car with Angel for her to wake up to a nice surprise, lol. On down the road we go. We got to the hotel and well the room stunk to high Heaven and Angel swore she had body lice from it from our two minutes of being there. (Angel booked the room BTW) We decided to go eat breakfast and head to Graceland! It was fun! I really did enjoy it. I had a terrible headache from no sleep and low platelets so I think I would have enjoyed it more if I didn't have to diet on Tylenol all day. We went the next day to Memphis zoo, it was HUGE!!! We really enjoyed the Panda Pooping and the Buddha statue. Kaitlyn even videoed the Panda pooping in closeup. What can we say, we are touched! The China section was cool though! I look over and Angel is sitting with Buddha worshiping. We start to make fun of him and his diaper and we hear giggling behind us. A sweet little Chinese woman was watching Angel man handle Buddha's Boobies. Our poor kids! After we eat dinner we go for a little shopping. This one store had really nice things in the window front so we decided to check it out. When we enter everything is NEON, and well ethnic. I was able to find a dress to wear when I find my Babies daddy though!
Later we went on a beautiful carriage tour of downtown Memphis. The Mississippi River is breathtaking!!!! We must have looked rich in that Cinderella carriage BC people kept asking us for money??? They also were so nice and wanted to hold our purses and take pictures for us with our cameras!!! Jasy said we were in the Ghetto! Elvis must have had some soul in his blood after all.
We traveled into Arkansas too. Angel insisted that we travel over the big bridge just to say we went to Little Rock. She almost let out a little rock there BC she stunk our car all up!Then we had to roll the windows down and it was very windy that evening. My moms KIA almost ended up in the M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I! Crazy nut!
All in all, it was loads of fun! It was nice to let go and have a ton of laughs! A few lice, hijacking, prostitutes, armed robbery, farts, and hobos aren't going to ruin our trip! They helped make it a memorable one! So to them I say...Thank you , Thank you very much!
Easter was glorious! The weather coudn't have been better. What a beautiful day to celebrate My Christs ressurection! Without His rising, where would we be! I am so glad that He paid that debt for us and paved the way for eternal life! Our Savior is Alive and unlike Buddha He hears us when we call. All we have to do is dial Him up. I got this email the other day that I thought was neat, so I am going to share-
A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book about churches around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started working east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read "Calls: $10,000 a minute."
Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to GOD.
The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Seattle , Houston ( Mississippi of course), St. Louis , Chicago , Milwaukee , and many cities and towns all around the United States , he found more phones, with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrived in Lexington , upon entering a church in the beautiful state of South Carolina , behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: 35 cents".
Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to GOD, but in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?
"I love this part ...
The pastor, smiling broadly, replied, "Son, you're in South Carolina now - you're in God's Country. It's a local call."
American by Birth, South Carolinian by the Grace of God.
And why do South Carolinians go barefoot?
When you're in South Carolina , you're on Holy ground!
Oh! I wish I could have gone with y'all. I love Elvis too and always have since I was a little girl. I'm hoping to get to Memphis one day but now I'll know what to be on the lookout for! Glad y'all had fun!
ReplyDeleteKathy Gravely