Time With Grandma

I am on March Break this week and have no school or work.   I do have some homework, but I've been putting it off.  This past Sunday we (my aunt, uncle and my cousin Cristina) met my grandma a Pizza Ranch for supper (Bethany and Jesse are in Mexico on a missions trip).   I then went home with grandma and spent the night - I did not have small group Sunday night because everyone was on break.  The next day, Monday, I had a rheumatologist appointment in Peoria and my grandma came with me.  The doctor still wants me to get the MRI, which I will do in April, and also wants me to get some blood work done.   She mentioned that I should get some certain creams for my neck and a heat pad and an ice pack to try to help my pains.   My grandma offered me some extras she had.   I also went and got my allergy shot too.   Earlier that morning, I had taken my car into Princeville automotive to get my car worked on.  I am still at grandma's now, on Thursday.

Grandma and I have been working on a puzzle together and we found it strangely addictive.  At least in the sense that time flies super fast while doing it and we keep coming back to it.  Sunday night we played another great game of Rummy and in the final round she passed me by 10 points, we are pretty close generally.    Monday night we decided to play Rummy again.  It was 7pm and we decided that we would call it quits at 9pm (we easily can go 3-4 hours and not know it).  Grandma went and got the cards while I grabbed a piece of paper to record our scores on.  We both got caught up trying to find a couple pieces of the puzzle that fit.  Before we knew it, the clock met and passed 9pm and we were still working on the puzzle, the deck of cards and paper just sitting at the edge of the card table.   It was a lot of fun - we actually didn't stop at 9pm, but kept going till at least 9:30.   Tuesday night was similar, I grabbed the paper and grandma the cards and we got caught up at the card table over the puzzle again.  Though we cut the puzzle short and went and played our game of Rummy.   Wednesday night we finished up the puzzle (1,000 pieces and more shades of green than I knew existed).  We both had been working on it on and off throughout each of the days this week.  She had a good chuck started when I got there Sunday evening.