48

Hot Chocolate... check
Loud Glee Music... check
Freezing Cold Water to spray myself with... check

**Yawn** **Spray**

I have had probably the most hectic last 48 hours of MY ENTIRE LIFE!!!!!!!!

Friday~ Last day of CACTUS... this needs no explanation
     What I learned~

• Never EVER let little kids run around unattended...

Saturday~ Balloon Festival... In Indianola, Iowa, during the first week of August, there is the Midwest Regional Balloon Festival... dozens of Balloons (Hot Air, for all of you idiots) are blown up at the same time, and they race to complete tasks... it's awesome... I spent the day with my cousins, uncle, aunt and 'grandmother.' I tried to teach my brother the delicacies of Glee Music... Um... yeah...
     What I learned~

• Jimmy Johns is 'Freaky Fast' but not 'Freaky Reliable' (They gave me a sandwhich without tomato, lettuce, or mayo, but charged me for it)
• Ask the A & W kiosk if they'll give you just plain ice cream before you wait in line for it (in 100+ Heat) for 15 minutes only to find that they only do floats
• Never let your brother beat you in Phase Ten
• Only tease your parent unless you have the other parent's or their parent's (your grandparent's) permission

Sunday (Today)~ CACTUS performance... everything that the kids learned throughout the week... now performed in a real church service...
      What I learned~

• make sure kids know what they're doing before you have them perform it in front of 500+ people...

That's all I have to say... and I didn't even mention the ice incident...