Had such a great trip to Mississippi this past weekend! Both my in/out flights were great and I had my luggage when I arrived! My flight from BWI to MEM arrived more than 20 minutes early and was practically empty. My "friend" Karen was working the Southwest counter in Memphis when I flew home Monday night and remembered me from this past summer. Too funny!
Lots of new faces at this year's Miss Miss orientation, some familiar friendly faces, too! It was nice seeing the girls and their parents again and we had a lot of fun at dinner Friday night. This year's production should be great and the costumes looked super cute.
When I landed in Memphis Thursday night T, Pony Boy and I met Mel, Lou and the kids out for dinner. What a hoot! We laughed so much and got the kids really wound up. That's what Aunt Valerie does best! After we got to Oxford, T and I met Tana and Laney out for daiquiri's at Funky's and I spent the night in her dorm. I was freezing cold but slept pretty good all things considered (meaning = considering I'm 45+ years old sleeping on a air mattress in a college dorm!). Friday morning we had BBB and T got her nails done while I ran to Rebel Rags for a t-shirt for KJ. We made it to Vicksburg in plenty of time for Friday night's meeting and Saturday she was at the YMCA for most of the day with her little ones learning their production numbers. Thankfully T loves little kids. There are almost 100 prince and princesses this year.
T's had a busy week and it's only Wednesday. She had classes Monday morning, worked for a couple of hours, drove me to Memphis Monday afternoon, had Chapter meeting Monday night and on Tuesday she volunteered at the local iHop for National Pancake Day which benefit's one of Miss America's charities, the Children's Miracle Network. The pic above is with a couple of other Ole Miss girls that will be competing with her in Vicksburg this summer. France (left) is the current Miss University and Kristen (right) is Miss Southern Heartland. Kendall, Carol and Ivey are Ole Miss girls who are local tittle holders as well. After iHop, T attended a broadcast seminar/luncheon on behalf of one of her professors and from there she campaigned on campus for one of her sorority sisters who is running for something or other. Next week is Spring Break and T did have plans to go to the beach but at the last minute the local Boys and Girls Club asked if she would speak to the kids each day so she decided that was more important.
KJ had lax try-outs this past weekend but we haven't heard if she's made JV or Varsity yet. The weather is killing the season before it can even get under-way -- the fields are covered and they've had to do a lot of their practices and conditioning in the gym. She was so excited to get her spirit wear the other day. I made her try everything on and she said came out of her room and said, "I look like a big green bean!" In a little nod to her daddy, she's wearing his old lax number, #17. I'm so freaking proud!
She's still got volleyball going on. This year's season seems to be going on a bit longer than last year's. Her coaches sent out info about a Memorial Day weekend tournament. Usually her season ends by April.
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