I don't think my parents really like surprises, but they got a big one last weekend. A month ago my friend from Crusade at Clemson told me that he's had this dream to have a party for my parents and invite all the students they have worked with through the years. So we had a "32 years on staff" surprise party on Friday night. The party turned out great all except for my plan to get them there. It failed terribly. I had my aunt invite my family over for dinner at her house in Spartanburg, while the party was actually at her church. My plan was to be in Simpsonville already visiting a friend and ask my parents to meet me at the church to ride over to Aunt Debbie's with them. When I called them, though, they refused to meet me at the church. They thought I was being a big baby not wanting to figure out how to get to my aunt's house. So my mom was trying to talk me through how to get there. Fortunately, I had thought ahead and told Kevin to make sure he was driving. So with my parents all mad at me (and saying mean things according to Kevin), he eventually had to just tell them they were going to the church. Oh well, I'm just glad we were able to keep it a surprise until then! And I know they were surprised to see Mark and Katie and the Chutes. Of course, my family didn't take any pictures. I'll have to get some from someone else.
The rest of the weekend was great too. I was so excited to be back in Death Valley for a game after 2 whole years, and I got to see Dara and Olivia at their first Clemson game! After having next to nothing to do since being back from Slovakia, I was exhausted on Sunday! Thursday I leave for Orlando for Crusade staff training, and my months of nothing to do comes to an end!
