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We made it back home for April 1st.  Michelle had thought she had jury duty April 3rd, turned out to be April 8th.  So we ended up back home a week early. Driving back into town was a really weird experience, it didn't feel right. We left Maryland about 10 P.M. and arrived at about 4:30 A.M.  Our first stop ended up being the Citgo station and seeing Bud.  After chatting with him for awhile we headed to Michelle's sisters to park the rig. After the kids went to school we went to see Michelle's mom. Then we took along nap.

A few days after being back we saw almost all of our old friends and family.  I took a trip with my good friend John to take his son to the airport. We found out my good friend Kevin is now dating my cousin, kind of weird but oh well. Being back home in some weird way just didn't feel right. It was like we didn't belong.  Finally after going to see our old church family things got a little more comfortable. 

While back home we stayed busy with family and friends. We did some work raking leaves at Mary's. (Michelle's sister) I changed the door handles at Michelle's moms house, rake some of the yard, and framed the sky light and put moldings around the doors in the attic. At my mom's we changed her door knobs and put it a closet organizer for her. Also while there I fixed her computer, she know uses XP. After those projects my mom asked if we could fix some things at my aunts house. After taking a ride out to the lake I decided there was a lot to do but I took on the job anyways.  We broke up her front stairs and poured some more concrete, painted the trim work around the house, garage, and deck. Replaced some rotted stairs and some decking, among with some other little things. I hope she feels I was fair with the price we had charged her. My mom says she was very thankful for everything we had done.  On the day we were supposed to head out my mom had asked me to install some shutters on my aunts house.

We were supposed to stay only three weeks, but it turned out to be more than six weeks. We celebrated JJ's birthday, my birthday , my Moms birthday, and Zakarys, along with Easter and Mothers day. Zaks birthday gathering made us stay a week later than expected. We went to go have some fun at the local roller skating rink, but got turned away because they were closed. After Mary and Michelle talked with the manager we ended up with free roller skating, laser tag, and 250 free tokens. The little party delayed us for a week, but ended up to be well worth it. We all had a great time.

So after six long weeks, it actually went by really quick we hit the road. We headed back to spend a week in Maryland at my Aunt Donnas house. We watched her dog Cosmo while she was away at the beach for the first 5 days. Then spent a few with her and went to Six Flags before heading back to Myrtle Beach.  While here in Maryland we went to Washington DC to see the sites also.

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