I Live for These Days

I had an absolutely stupendous day today. I started out the day, as usual, to the blare of my very annoying alarm clock at 10:00 a.m. Before I could even get out the bed, my mother was calling me to ask if I was on my way to Laurinburg. I sleepily told her that I would be leaving by 11:00.

So by 11:00 was all packed up and on my way out of the door. Of course, I had to stop by Brittanie’s apartment one more time to ask if she would please come, but she said she had too much work to do; so I started on my journey.

The drive from Greensboro to Laurinburg is one of the most monotonous two hours of my life; with no scenary and very little infastructure to look at, you only have two options for entertainment; the radio or CD player. I could have chosen sudden death by dosing off out of bordeom, but I decided against it (joking).It was one of those drives where you are constantly reminding yourself not to look at the clock because, undoubtedly, only three minutes would have passed; All of the Cds in my car are shamefully “played out,” so I constantly kept switching back and forth from radio advertisments to old Maroon 5. I hate driving two hours home; it just seems like it takes forever. Anyway, when I finally got there, I SHOULD have immediately gone and got my car inspected (which was one main reason why I decided to go home in the first place,) but of course I couldn’t resist stopping by my sister’s house first. When I got to her house, my niece Ramsey was sitting on the couch in her night clothes, and through the window I could hear her daddy saying “look who’s here lu” (lu is her nickname.)

I always love the expression my niece gets on her face when she sees me; from the expression, you would think that I was the Publisher's Clearing House guy and I'd just told her she was the million dollar winner. I love her so much; she never ceases to let me know how much she loves me and how glad she is that I came. The first things she said when she saw me holding my purple make-up bag was, “hey aunt BB, I see you brought that make-up bag to do my nails, right?” She is just too much. After speaking to Ramsey I went in to see my beautiful new born nice Bella Rose. She is sooooo sweet and the most perfect little angel you ever saw. We decided it was getting close to time to be at SaVannah (my future nieces) birthday party and we still needed a present. Needless to say, with all of the excitement, I happily forgot about getting my car inspected.

After going to Wal-mart and choosing a gift, we set off to Lasonya’s house (Justin’s older sister.) All of my favorite people in the whole wide world were there; Justin’s mom, sister, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins: I absolutely LOVE being around them. They always have the best food (SN: at the party we had hamburgers, hotdogs, fish, potato salad and sooo much more), and I love catching up with everybody and hearing about recent developments in their lives. Nate’s brother Willie brought his wife Shannon, and it was the first time I had ever talked with her; we laughed and had a good time throughout the day and I had a good time getting to know her. Jonathan also brought his new girlfriend, and although I was very sad (that he has decided to grow up on me and not be my little man anymore,) I have to admit that his little girlfriend was very sweet and perfectly adorable. SaVannah was so adorable eating her cake and she really had a successful first birthday! All in all, I left the party feeling quite nostalgic and looking forward to the holidays when I can spend much more time with them.

One of the best parts of my day is right now; I decided to take care of my niece Bella so that my sister and her husband Spank could go out on a date. I absolutely love my baby Bella. She is so sweet, she never fusses, and she just has the sweetest little spirit about her. My DIVA niece Ramsey should be coming home from a carnival pretty soon, and I will get to spend time with both of them. I love my family, the Williams family and being home in general; I can’t wait for the next time so Justin can be with us too and we can enjoy each other’s company. It was a fantastic day indeed!