July 18, 2002

Dear Diary,

Today we went to the Guadelupe & slid down rocks. Mom & Dad sat there & watched Suzy & I. The Lewis's went to Seaworld today. While we After sliding, Suzy & I had blisters all over our butts. IT HURTS ALOT! I also have a sunburn where my tankini stopped. That hurts too. But not as much as my rear. We (Suz & I) are in a room by ourselfs. Right now we're trying to sleep but the people above us won't settle down. They should because it's past quiet time! This place we're @ is called Mo Ranch. They have a rule that @ 10 pm everybody has to be quiet. The up stairs people obviously don't want to obey that rule. Tomorrow, we'll be going home! I'm so excited because it's home! I miss it and my bed. I also miss the way WE do things. And OUR food, even though the breakfast @ Way of the Wolf was SOO awesome! Well I'm getting tired so I'm gonna have to say BYE!

[in super tiny handwriting]
Just to remind you: I miss Ethan & Henre. Also I've been praying that I could get closer to them. Not because I like them it's just that it would be good in Ethan's case 'cause he could and most likely would help me w/ things @ Rayburn. Henre would just be somebody to talk to and he'd be another friend as well. Bye. 

Emily

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Oh. Em. Geeee. Mo Ranch and our burned booties are things that Suzy and I still talk about to this day. I remember rubbing aloe vera all over our behinds and then taking turns in front of the wall AC to help cool our burning butts off. We were miserable. I also remember that pretty much everything about Mo Ranch sucked. The place we were right before then - Way of the Wolf - was a place we went back to again. And I think Mom and Dad went back for an anniversary trip at some point. It was a bed and breakfast, and although the owners were super duper weird, I remember it being beautiful. The breakfast was also actually delicious - it was either pancakes or crepes with yummy fruit, if I remember correctly. I also suppose I could have pulled that out of nowhere.