Yesterday me and my family took a three-hour trip to Norfolk, Virginia to see Daddy Joe’s parents. Daddy Joe is my amazing step-dad. We hadn’t seen them in a few months. I had a lot of fun. My grandpa had a stroke a couple years ago, and every time we went to visit, he was laying down. But this time he was walking and actually saying sentences! I was happy to see him feeling better.

We played Scrabble for hours. First, I just played against Daddy Joe (I almost won! Just saying!) And then my aunt and uncle came over, and we played with them. On Daddy Joe’s side, everyone lives very close, and I think that’s pretty cool. Anyway, I put down the word “doge,” and they all said that wasn’t a word (even though I knew it was.) We looked it up and I was right! Everyone was dumbfounded (and very impressed if I do say so myself). Especially because I, the only kid there, knew it and they didn’t. Overall, we had a lot of fun, not to mention I got to eat some of my grandma’s sweet potato pie. Yum!

For those of you gem lovers out there, the mineral for tomorrow is HEMATITE. I’ll have a piece to share in homeroom so be on time, all of you who go to my school! 🙂