The end of 2007

I wish I could say that I enjoyed working for Sees Candies in 2007.  Alas that just was not so.  I had to leave Branson about 10 days before I had planned in order to take the job with Sees in Baton Rouge Louisiana.  Leaving all my friends in Branson was tough.  Bless their hearts they threw me a going away party!  I hated that I had to leave early. 
I took hwy 65 south into Arkansas and followed it all day. I spent the night at The Pine Grove RV Park in Lake Village. 

I really liked this RV park.  Not only was it in a pecan grove it was across the street from a lake. It also had nice long pull thrus!  Before I got there I had to stop and use some duct tape on my trailer.  I noticed in my drivers side mirror that one of the fenders was flapping.  I was afraid that the wind would rip it off.  Got to love that duct tape!  Other than that the day was pretty uneventful which is how I like my driving to be! 

The next day I followed 65 down to Natchez Mississippi.  From there I took 61 to Baton Rouge.  As I got to Baton Rouge I had to use one of those loopy turns to get on US 190/Airline Hwy.  Well my GPS did not like that turn and lost it's mind!  After that I was praying for stop lights!  It took me a few stops before I was able to get it back on track!  I managed to make it to the KOA in Denham Springs with no more problems.  It was more expensive than I usually had to pay at the KOA but I just did not have any other options.  I was also not real happy to be 13 miles from the mall I would be working in.  But sometimes you just have to take what you can get and pray for the best.  My campsite was ok but under the trees so my satellite did not work!

There was an elementary school right next door.  I did not have to worry about sleeping in as the school bell would wake me.  It was kind of fun watching the

little kids play!  Ellie wanted to play with them. 

Right after I got set up I went inside and turned on the microwave to fix a fast meal.  Well smoke started coming out of the breaker box under the refrigerator!  Uh Oh!  NOT GOOD!  I went up to the office and they recommended a mobile repair guy.  He came out and had to replace a section of burned wire behind the breaker box.  

I was really excited about another season with Sees, even though from experience I knew it would be hard work.  Unfortunately I was the assistant team leader and the team leader and I did not communicate very well.  I managed to hang in there and kept my commitment but it was hard.  I did the best job I could do but it never seemed to be good enough.  As it got close to Christmas it got really hard to find a parking place!  I usually had the late shift which was okay with me but that meant I had to take any parking place I could find.  Usually I was way out in the far reaches of the lot.  At closing it was a trip out to the truck! 

One good thing about being in Denham Springs was I was close to a friend from my time in Yellowstone.  Mary Core lived just one more exit down the interstate.  It was so good to see her and meet her family.  I even went over and had Christmas Dinner with Mary, her  husband and some of their friends. 

I worked late the day we closed the kiosk because we wanted everything ready to be shipped back the next day.  I was suppose to stay until after it was all picked up but my cousin Margaret Ann had died and I wanted to get home in time to go to the service. 

I decided not to take the interstate.  So I took US190 over to US171 to DeRidder.  This is really a neat way to go across Louisiana!  I enjoyed seeing the small towns.  I was so excited to finally get back to Texas!  I could have stopped and kissed the ground when I crossed the Sabine River!  I stopped at the Whispering Creek RV Park for the night.  It was nice and the lady who checked me in was helpful.  I asked her where I could get my truck inspected as the inspection sticker was way out of date.  She recommended a repair shop and off I went.  They were really nice there and in less than 30 minutes I was legal again!  I went on into Newton and stopped at the Dairy Queen and bought myself a meal.  After driving most of the day I don't want to cook!

The next day it was on to Mexia.  I took US 190 to Woodville then US 287 into Crockett!  I felt like I was almost home because this is where my Grandmother use to live.  I decided to take Hwy 7 to Centerville and then Interstate 45 up to Buffalo.  Then 164 to Personville and hwy 39 into Mexia!  I was "home" at last.  I got there in plenty of time to make my cousin's funeral.  It was great to see everyone but I wish we had been meeting for another reason.  I was glad I was able to be there.  With my lifestyle I seem to miss a lot of things I would like to attend.  Most times I just can't get there in time!

I spent the rest of the winter sitting in Johnny and Carol's driveway.  I was bored so I wrote my book!