Good evening, ladies!!! :) Made it home from SC about 5 hours ago and the first thing I did was highlight my niece's hair for her. What a sweet aunt I am, huh??? LOL Since then I've just been relaxing. I had a great weekend and the kids had a really good time. I was SO off-plan that I don't even want to think about it. I had planned on indulging in alcohol on Saturday night (initial plans were to go to the club, we ended up staying in and having people over instead). If any of you have ever played Circle of Death, you probably can guess where this is heading. 1st card drawn in the game and my bestfriend chooses me to take 5 shots of Sangria. Before the game was over I had to take 10 1/2 shots of Sangria and drink 4 beers. So yeah, a little over-indulgence in alcohol along w/ some pizza and chocolate chip cookies. BLEH!!!

I did, however, get in some exercise. Friday we walked around downtown Charleston for almost 2 hours, Saturday we walked for 2 1/2 hours at the fair, and then today we walked for another 45 minutes on the beach. The police officer doing traffic control for the fair was doing such a poor job (and listen, I'm the LAST one to critique an officer and the job they're doing) that we finally parked the car at a Piggly Wiggly and walked the 1/2 mile to the fair from there. I would bet my next paycheck we beat the people that were ahead of us in traffic. LOL

Anyway, I'll come back w/ more later.

Oh, and before I go I'd like to address Heidi...

Heidi, I am so sorry to hear about your nephew. *hugs* I will keep you and your family in my prayers. My older brother lost his bestfriend to suicide when he was 22 (to make matters worse, he committed suicide w/ a gun my brother had purchased for him for his birthday the year before). I know from experience it's not an easy thing to deal with and leaves a lot of unanswered questions. I found out too late that there was a walk for suicide prevention at the park behind my house...next year I will make sure to participate. I don't wish that on ANY family...it's a very painful thing to go through. I really feel for your family, Heidi...you are in my prayers, hon.

I will say this...it has been 15 years since Ken (my brother's bestfriend) committed suicide and I still think about him everyday and wonder why he did it. In time it DOES hurt less...but it never makes sense to you, no matter how hard you try. The only thing I can figure is that when someone gets to the point where they are considering suicide, they have to be at a point where they're SO desperate to end whatever they're going through that their state of mind isn't quite right and, to them, it seems like a logical solution. I've always said it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The truth is that suicide is an epidemic and, too often, it's one that's overlooked.

I'm so sorry you have to go through this, Heidi. If you need to talk to someone, my Inbox is open. *hugs*