3 days left in the land of ToDo: You are NOT the father!

My alarm went off at 3am.  The plan was to get to work, crank some stuff out, and be gone by 11am.
As I was getting dressed, Naysia comes barreling out of her room.  Donned in her pajama pants, hair neatly placed, and wide awake-she wanted to know what I was doing up.  She had come out to get a snack to eat while she finished watching Maury.  As we stood in the hallway and talked I could hear "You are NOT the father" in the background.

I stepped into my dark, quiet office at exactly 4:20am.  It stayed quiet until about 6:45am, when the day shift started to roll in.  A few items were checked off of the list.  My eyes were on the clock, counting down til it was time to come home.  I called Naysia about 1130 to let her know I was running late.  She answered the phone short of breath and difficult to understand.  I couldn't tell if she was laughing or crying.
We have a nice green yard, and the grasshoppers in the neighborhood seem to enjoy it.  As she was leaving Grandma's next door, there was a grasshopper chillin on the screen.  Based on her description it had to be at least 4ft tall.  I stayed on the phone long enough to hear the story, jam packed with fear, then attempted to finish up at work.

One of my sidekicks at work, Jackie, is just too sweet.  In the relatively short time we've known one another, she has become one of Naysia's biggest fans.  She supports her and cheers her on.  She was kind enough today to send home a card for Nays filled with sweet words and cold hard cash.  Naysia was completely surprised!!

I got home about 1pm then the running around began:
1)  Rainbow Store.  She didn't want to go but managed to find a t-shirt.  I picked up a sun dress.
2)  Shoe Carnival.  Today was the store's soft opening.  Cheerful staff, neatly stacked boxes--apparent that wild children haven't attacked the store yet.  She finally found the damn red Converse she's been looking for, and a pair of super cute sandals.  Good thing we wear the same size shoe!
3)  JCPenney, again.  She got some clothes, a watch and some hair accessories.  I got a few things, too.
4)  In & Out Burger.  Hungry, can you say animal fries????

Then the check cashing debacle began.
Naysia has an account at a credit union, wayyyyyy on the otherside, on purpose----so we can't get to it and take money out.  Naysia still had her $200 scholarship check that needed cashing to add to her spending money.  At this point it's about 3pm, it's 104 degrees out, and we are both ready to go home.  Wal-Mart is close by so we decided we'd cash the check there.  After standing in line for about 30 minutes the cashier tells us they won't cash the check because it's hand written.  Ugh!!!!!!  We jumped in the car to make the long trek to her credit union.  Behold!  There's an Ace Express Cash around the corner.  I've never been to one of these places so I have no clue how it works.  There was one teller working, Guadalupe, and there was nothing 'express' about her.  She had to enter check info, Naysia's info, my info, call KECLA for check verification, then call the bank for account verification.  Because we were there so long she waived part of the fee.

Next stop:  Compass Bank.  Set up an additional savings account for her, it's in the neighborhood, and they are great.  Guadalupe was very nice, but she will not cash Naysia's next scholarship check.