Curing the Homesick and Cracker Barrel Date Night

So it has taken me 4 days to write this, I'm hoping I'll start to get more comfortable writing and it won't take me this long. I'm being kind of hard on myself about what I'm writing instead of just letting it flow. This might seem a bit choppy. Guess we'll find out after you read...

Two weekends ago, I was Skyping my mom and my baby brother and I said I wanted to see him so bad! So, my mom packed up all of his stuff and he came to stay the night with Mr. Bell and I. The thing about it is, when I dropped him off the next day, the second I pulled out of the parking lot I start bawling. It was then that I realized I am an "out of sight, out of mind" kind of person. If I don't see my brother or my family, then I don't think about them, which then I'm not homesick (no tears!). 

All that next week I was not doing so hot still. I talked to my brother on the phone, started talking to my mom more on the phone, texting my mom..nothing seemed to help. Every night I found I was crying myself to sleep. It was getting really exhausting. 

Mr. Bell thought it would be good if we went home for the weekend. Maybe help to pull myself back together again. So, Friday comes and the car is loaded! Yippee! I couldn't wait to see everybody.

Mr. Bell had the plan that he was going to go hunting all weekend and I planned to just stay back with my family and try to get some quality, relaxing time in. (Which I totally did!) Friday night Mr. Bell dropped me off at my Mamaw and Papa's (Grandma and Grandpa's) house where my mom, step-dad, and baby brother were. He unpacked my things and off he went to hunt. (Fun, fun!) So, I get in the car and we are all going to eat some Mexican. (Friday night and Mexican is a new ritual with my family. If you don't do it, it's a sin.) So we tried this new place and it was good amazing. We get home and Saturday morning comes...along with another ritual. Me, my mom, my baby brother, Mamaw, and Papa, all go to McDonald's for some yummy breakfast. We drive thru then pull in a parking spot, sit there, watch the cars drive by, and enjoy our breakfast. (Call us crazy..it won't bother me a bit). After McDonald's my mom and I went home and watched Pride and Prejudice four times that day. No joke. It started out as us watching it because I had to write a paper on it. Then, after watching it the first time, it quickly became my new favorite movie. If you love a love story and haven't seen this one, watch it! I got part of my paper wrote, too! (Thanks, mom!)
Sunday came around and Lee came to pick me up. 

Pretty much the second we pulled out of my parent's driveway the tears started streaming down my face. It kills me every time we have to leave. But we drove the long 2 hour drive back home. Once we got everything unpacked, I thought a Cracker Barrel date night sounded pretty good. So we got in the car and headed to eat. It was so very yummy. 

After we got home, Mr. Bell started cleaning the house. (I picked a good one, I know). Funny thing that he'll probably hate me for posting..the movie Tangled was on and I snapped a picture of him standing right in front of the TV watching it. Later, while he's cleaning the bathtub, I hear him singing "mother knows best" from the movie. Absolutely hilarious! I started cracking up! 

whew! I'll try not to make my posts this long all the time :)

much love,
mrs.bell


Something I want to remember just for myself:
Gas is $3.59 -this is something that amazes me everyday, the price of gas.