Relaxation and Preperation... Day 5

Pepa let me sleep in today...There is a God!
On the flip side of that coin he was no where to be found when i woke up. I threw my hair in a pony tail, slipped on my flip flops and went out the door. Shelley was still sleeping. After roaming the hotel and freaking out I went outside where i had parked the car last night hoping that he hadn't left to go somewhere alone. Sure enough he was gone. OMG! I thought i was gonna lose my mind. What else could i do but wait, pray and hope that he would get back safely.
Around 11am he strolled in like nothing. He had gotten a paper last night and circled a few rent houses in Lake view that he wanted to go look at and decided to try to find them. After he got into the car he decided to just drive around town and check some things out. He was going to wait for Uncle Billie to venture as far as Lake View. Thank God! I was not going to freak out on him. Afterall, he is a grown man and that is his car. So i kept it to myself, but asked him to please wake me up if he was gonna do that again 'cause he scared the Hell outta me. To put it lightly.

Uncle Billie had church today, and would not be available to take us around so we would have to wait until 1pm for him to get to the hotel. I by this point have been lost so many times Louisiana that i didn't care to venture out. I would if Pepa asked, but i wasn't going to volunteer to get us lost. Again.

We left the hotel around 2pm to go look at the houses, and while we were out we stopped by the house where my grandma grew up. Much to our surprise it had been torn down, and recently too. All that was left was the slab. I could see the sadness well up in Pepas eyes. We visit this house every time that we come to New Orleans, and he tells us everytime about how he courted Mema. For his own memorabilia he took a piece of the slab with him. He said that was to remember the good times. :(

While we were driving around Britton called me and asked me if i was still in New Orleans? He is with Sissy and doesn't really care where i am but he wanted to ask one little question. "Mommy please will you get me a New Orleans Saints Jersey?? i have been wanting one since the Super bowl. Please????". Of course, i said yes even though i had no idea where in the heck i was gonna find a store open on a Sunday at 3pm to get one. Uncle Bill knew of a place and took me there. I had only 20 minutes until they closed. boy was i lucky! I picked Kyzer up one too! I know they will wear them. :) They are good kids! They deserve it!

I needed to do some much needed laundry being as they had nothing else clean to wear in their "Sea bags." That is what Pepa calls the one suitcase, cram it all in, bare essentials bag. My "Sea bag" was two bags and a purse crammed with all kinds of clothes. Don't think for one minute that i got by without hearing about that one! We went back to Uncle Bills house where i washed all of the laundry and folded it up for them to start all over again. By this time it was already around 6pm and Pepa still wanted to go visit the house that he had first bought with Mema. The house that my Mom and Shelley had grown up in until they moved to Texas.  We drove by there. Thankfully it was still standing...I couldn't bare to see it demolished as well.

Back to the Hotel we went again to get some rest. Shelley was not feeling well and her tummy was upset so we rested for about an hour before we went to eat dinner. I swear eating 3 times a day can get exhausting. LOL. We ate and returned to the Raddison where we are staying. Shell went straight to bed. I think this is all starting to get really old for her. Off to Biloxi MS we go tomorrow. After i drop them off at the hotel in Biloxi and get them settled in... Alice Inez, who lives in Biloxi, is going to take it over from there. I am going home. I will be sad to leave them behind but I am so thankful for the time that i have gotten to spend with my family. I am so Blessed!