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Day 2 in Bloomington (with photos)

By Melissa Markham on May 22, 2008 8:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

Well, I didn't sleep as well as I would have liked last night, but you know how it is when you get to a strange place...getting used to it takes some time.

This morning, the sunny skies woke me up(well, the second time. The first time, Daniel woke me up, but the sun wasn't up then), then Jack. I can't get how Katrina can sleep in front of a window with the sun streaming in. I have to have a dark room to sleep through that.

I did some more straightening up and finished up my shopping list and my 'complaint list for the office'. They had only given us one set of extra sheets for the kids room, but we needed two. Also, the phone in the MBR didn't work and the cable wasn't plugged up to the kid's tv. We took our lists and hit the road.

First we stopped by the office, filled out a work order and got the 25 cent tour. We oohed and ahhed at the pool and hot tub. We admired the pool table and checked out the exercise room. Then we headed off to breakfast at Denny's before tackling Walmart. Not only did we need groceries, but there were several housekeeping items we needed as well. I didn't think we would ever get away from Walmart...ever! We came home, put stuff away, had lunch and watched Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. We are all looking forward to seeing the new Indiana Jones movie this weekend.

While we watched the movie, I played some Word Jong. I am now a diamond dragon, the highest level. I told you I was addicted. I also did some laundry. Daniel came home and we all went out to Outback and he took us for a bit of a tour.

We saw where he works and we stopped to take a couple of photos. Apparently, up until 12 years ago, a farmer and his farm was in the middle of the buildings for State Farm. When State Farm bought his property, they left his home and some garden area intact with the promise that he could live there for the rest of his life. Isn't that cool? Daniel says he has been told that the farmer would often have veggies for the workers and that he always would say hello.

They left the water pump from his house standing in the midst of some flowers and there is a plaque. We stopped to look.

After that we had dinner at Outback and then Daniel introduced us to Mejiers....OH MY! It's like two Super Walmarts put together! Katrina wants to go back....I am not sure I can afford it!

I have found directions to the library and a nearby zoo and some parks. We will be checking those out in the days ahead.