I think we are at the start of the hot, sticky days of summer that will probably last through this month and beyond. Truly, I wish these were my favorite days of the year. I wish that I looked forward to nothing more than jumping in the lake to cool off. I don't, though. All I want is to be able to walk out of the house without breaking into a sweat. Granted, I think the pregnancy has a little something to do with more easily sweating.

We have our van back, but absolutely nothing has been done on it. I called this morning and was told they were still waiting for a part. Hmm. Why would he have called more than a week ago to say the parts were in if they weren't? Why would our van sit at his shop for a week if he wasn't ready to work on it? So I told them I was coming down to pick up the van until they actually have the part in they need. I really didn't want to have to walk about a mile in this humid weather, but I also didn't want to go another day without any transportation. I ended up carrying Ella almost the entire way (the stroller was absolutely soaked from being left outside and it storming during the night), but I didn't feel too worn out from that.

So I probably wasn't in the greatest mood from that when the younger neighbor girl came over to play, and all of the kids were in our little kiddie pool and she was being incredibly bossy. Please, don't bring out toys to play with if you're just going to stand there and yell at my three kids not to touch because it's yours. So I finally just said we were going to the store (we had planned to do that), and so we left. We went to Wal-Mart because I knew they were starting to advertise college buys (bedding, cheap furniture, etc.), and I figured we could get good prices on new sheets for Accalia and Cole's bunk beds that we'll be picking up this weekend. We did, and we also saw that they have out all of their school supplies and so we stocked up on glue and markers and crayons and all of that fun stuff. It's truly one of the most exciting parts of the summer for us to load up on all of that stuff that is used constantly throughout the year. I'm sure the neighbor girl thought Cole was a bit nuts when he ran to the door and yelled to her, "We just got school supplies!!!"

Accalia was very excited to be back at gymnastics and ballet today. Now she and Cole are out with Cory doing a few things.

Our week will be even more exciting than today. Can you imagine? Tomorrow, after Cory comes home from work, we're heading up to Mitchell to go to the drive in to see the double feature of Kung Fu Panda and Hulk. Since Hulk won't be over until around 1:30 a.m. we're staying overnight at a motel. With a pool. We'll return some time on Wednesday before Accalia has tap.