Had lunch with Katie at "The Grille on Congress". Had a chicken breast and broccoli. Worked til 7. Picked the boys up at their place. Went to dinner at "Juice and Java". Had a Mediterranean Wrap. Chicken, eggplant, brown rice and feta in a whole wheat wrap. Yum. Went to "Orange Leaf" after. It's this cute new yogurt place. They have about 10 self serve machines with yummy flavors. You can fill up your cup with as many flavors as you want. Then there's a "salad bar" of toppings. Nuts. coconut, fruits, candy bars etc. You pay by the ounce. It's new. It's clean and it's fun.

So a little background on why the neph's and I are having a sleepover...first the good news. Brandon, the oldest nephew (the one who just had the gut surgery...) was honored tonight at a CCFA (Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America) event. He was given the Rising Star Award, for being an amazing young man. He told me a bit about his acceptance speech today before the event, and the big part was that he was going to tell his parents, grandparents, and everyone else in the room, which college he had decided to attend in September. So as he was saying thank you and making a few jokes, he added something like..."I hope you don't mind the fact that I am wearing a sweater and slacks instead of a suit tonight, but I'm hoping in about 3 months when I go to college, I will have gained some weight and I can get a new suit then. That should give my parents and me enough time to find some good doctors in St Louis, cause I'm off to Wash U!" :) Everyone was cheering! I cried when I heard. Washington University in St Louis is a top ranked school and I am so proud of Brandon!!! We all are! I wish I was there tonight!!!

Anyway, My bro in law went up to Jersey for the day to be there, and I had the boys. Middle neph is 16, and they could have stayed alone, but there was a break in one of the neighbors home yesterday, (That's the not so good news) and the nephs had the creeps. (So did I!) So I took the boys and the crazy white dog over here to our place. All's well. Everyone's safe and sound. Uncle Mitchy is getting up early to take the dog home in the morning and bring the boys to school by 7:45am. Whadda guy. Thanks Mitchy.