Yesterday Was INSANE

Yesterday morning I woke up around 7:00, rolled over in bed, reminisced (good stuff ;D), and then went back asleep. Next thing I knew, I heard my mom saying, "Rachel...Rachel you gotta wake up..." Totally confused as to why I HAD to get up on a Saturday morning, I roll back over and she says, "Did you forget you're babysitting the L. kids today?" RIGHT. "We're leaving in about 2 hours" and then she walked out of the room. I stretched and looked at the clock, 10:46, then groggily got out of bed. Ate a quick bowl of Lucky Charms, got on the computer, did Facebook stuff, and then went upstairs to try to take a quick shower...HAH. Got out of the shower, brushed through my hair, and then we were out the door and into the car.

We got to the L. at around 1:00, Mrs. L. showed me what to feed them for dinner (I've already babysat them before so I know the general rules and all that), gave a few guidelines about things like playing with the hose or going for a walk down the road, and then the parents left for the wedding.

There were three kids: Sydney (youngest, 6), Marshall (9), and Brooke (11). I already know Brooke cause she's close to my age and I know most of the kids at my church, and I know Sydney from Camp Ichthus, she was my little buddy. So Brooke had just gotten back from Spruce Lake so she was telling me all her stories and Sydney and Marshall were really bored so we decided to go outside and play baseball. It's kinda hard to play baseball with only four people...so we just all kinda took turns pitching and batting (I actually hit the ball a couple times! I was so proud of myself... ;D) and running around the "bases"---a telephone pole, a tree, and their pool. They live WAY OUT THERE. They pretty much live on a farm, there's animals and a barn and all this hay and cows and tons of chickens everywhere, they rent the house next to the barn, so they don't take care of the animals, someone else does, but it's pretty cool cause I got a tour of all the animals there. There was a WHITE peacock! It was SOOO pretty.

Then we were all sweaty so we went inside and Sydney wanted to play School. So Brooke was the teacher, I was the assistant, and Marshall was the janitor. It was going pretty well but then Marshall got all rowdy and would not calm down...so we decided it was time for an ice cream break. ;D Yummy ice cream sandwiches...then they wanted to go on a walk outside and we ended up hiking a mile down the road and went to this park. We walked around for awhile, sat on the swings, and then jumped (literally) into the creek. They were DRENCHED. I waded in the water and my shorts got really wet but I didn't want to go all the way in (it was DEEP) cause I didn't have a change of clothes or anything. We were in the water for about...an hour? Maybe more? It was a long time.

Then we took a shortcut back to their house instead of walking ALL the way back through the park and the mile home---we cut across the creek, walked through the forest, and cut onto the road, saving about 20 minutes of walking time. ;D

We got back to the house and rinsed off our legs in the tub (poison ivy), then headed downstairs and turned on Beverly Hills Chihuahua. A little into the movie we paused it and got dinner (leftovers, I had this broccoli salad? It was bizarre and there were RAISINS, but I survived... :P). Then we finished the movie (it actually wasn't horrible...definitely not a Rachel favorite though), and it was around 6, which is when the parents said they'd be home. Well...then Brooke got a call from her mom and the reception was JUST finishing up so they'd be home at 7:30...oh boy. What to do with three hyper kids (they had dessert) for another hour and then some...so we headed outside, got out the hose, had a "shower" outside, chased each other around, went in, dried off, and then headed back out and went on another walk. On our way back to the house the parents drove by! Yay!!! So then Mr. L. got dressed (er...changed into more comfortable clothes ;D), and drove me home.

I walk into the house and Sanya's standing there in her swimsuit (with my dad next to her, he went to the beach with Josh for a day, he looked like a LOBSTER, SO BURNT), and I asked if she was going in. Mom said she wanted to but couldn't find anyone that would go in with her, so I volunteered, headed upstairs, changed into my suit, went outside, and plunged into the FREEZING cold water at 8:00 at night...OMWord it was COLD. But we played "chase Rachel" for awhile, and then it just got too cold, so we got out, headed inside, and then Sanya beat me to the shower. :P

So I'm sitting upstairs in my parent's room, on the floor, with a towel around me SHAKING and watching stupid TV. She finished up, I got in, took a nice LOOOOOOOONG hot shower (felt so good...), got out, came downstairs (mom was on the computer), and just COLLAPSED in front of the TV...I was WIPED OUT.

I was in a really weird mood last night...well, maybe not weird, just overwhelmed. I've been so busy ALL day, thinking about the kids and focusing on only them and going and going and going (why do little kids have so much energy???), and now that I've finally stopped...EVERYTHING has caught up with me...I'm dead tired, I have to do everyone's laundry tomorrow, I have to be COMPLETELY packed before the concert tomorrow night or else I can't go, and then...David Kile. I miss him...