Fall break.. what a break...

I was so excited about my fall break but not for the reasons of other people. I wanted to work full days and earn extra money. Well I find out the weekend before the break that I have to go down to Harlingen, TX, a ten hour drive, to visit my great aunt who is slowly letting herself die. She won't do anything to help herself. She doesn't want to go into a Texas state-run nursing home, but she wants someone there with her all day. Even when she is sleeping, she wants someone there. She is being ridiculous, but I have never remembered her to be anything but ridiculous. She keeps her house at 80 degrees year round. I am used to my house being about 70 degrees. 10 degrees is a big difference. She won't budge either. It drives me nuts. It's kind of funny though because she has a white line drawn on her thermostat that marks the 80 degree line. Mom and I just kind of laugh it off.



We are staying in a hotel that is like 5 minutes from where she lives. It's nice. I am enjoying getting to spend the time with my mom. We don't ever get to spend time together anymore because of our schedules. We are going to get to do some fun things while we're here. I am also enjoying the time off of work. I needed that little break, but I wouldn't have minded making the money. We rented a car to go on this trip because we didn't want to have to put the miles on either one of our cars. We were supposed to get a premium sized car because the SUVs are too expensive. Well we ended up getting to the car place and she gave us not only a nice SUV but a discount. It's a Pontiac Torrent. It has XM stereo, heated seats, moon roof, and so much room. It's huge. I can't drive it though because I'm not 25. I've driven it anyways because my mom gets vertigo. It makes her lightheaded and dizzy. She can't drive under those conditions so I have to drive.

I miss my friends and my animals though. I am ready to come back home. It doesn't take much for me to get homesick.

Also, what made this trip even better was the night before we left. I went to work that day like I always do and to school that night. Since i had a test, I was sitting in my car studying at school. I try to start my car and the battery is dead. I love my life (I really do though). I go and take my test. I call my mom, and she comes to get me. She is in the rental car so she has no jumper cables. So I call my sister and her fiance but get no answer. I call Bekki because I know she has jumper cables from all her car trouble. I didn't feel to bad calling her either because, when her alternator was out, I pushed her Ford Expedition off of Bert Kouns. That was loads of fun. We finally got in touch with my sister and her fiance. They came to jump me and got it working. Then Bekki showed up. Everything was fine. I drove my car home, and I'm going to replace the battery after I get home. That was definitely a fun way to start my break. My life would be boring without all of this though. I would rather have these wonderful moments of jumping cars in the rain than nothing.