Florida Trip

Wow.  That’s all I have to say.  Wow.  Since April, Mike has been “bugging” me to come to FL; when I was going to visit him in FL.  Being a teacher, my budget isn’t allotted to have extra expenses for this, so I kinda blew it off…even though I really really wanted to go.  Finally, on a whim, a complete whim, I bought a plane ticket using my trusty credit card.  In the weeks following, I went through a mired of emotions.  Most of them were elated emotions, but I also had moments of “What in the world am I doing??  Does he really want me to come?  I mean, really???)  I finally confronted this emotion to him and he convinced me he was thrilled I was coming.  Still, the day before, I was a complete mess.  I was soooo very excited and nervous too.  I usually don’t do things like this.

My flight there was uneventful and I even got to Pensacola early.  Because of this, Mike was not at the airport and, when he came, my luggage was just upon me.  (Ha, he came just in time!)  He gave me his usual one-armed hug after wards.  We went to the mall for lunch and to walk around and talk, then I got to see his and Ben’s place.  I also got to meet his brother.  Later, we went to play disk golf and then the BEACH!!!  Ah, it was so relaxing and awesome!!    That night, I met some of Mike’s friends (like Wendy and Kristen) at a Thai place.  I did not have curry…I know better!

On Thursday, Mike had a basketball game, so I got to see him in action!  I was so proud!!  Every time his team got a basket, I clapped….and I was the only one clapping.  LOL!!  Afterwards, we went to Last Call and watched the Laker’s game.  Mike is a fan and since I am indifferent to basketball teams, I am a Laker’s fan too.

We went to the beach again on Friday!  We went to a quieter part of the beach, which was lovely.  It was so nice to be in the water and talk with Mike without worrying about getting cold!!  The water felt wonderful!

Later that night, we went to a birthday party/barn dance for Brandy.  The people in Mike’s circle of friends are just wonderful!!  So friendly!  I fit right in…and even did this one line dance, besides the electric slide thing.  I am SO ungraceful!

Speaking of dancing, we also went swing dancing!!  I HAD A BLAST!!! I totally have the swing bug.  Totally!  It took me a little bit to get the steps (one, two, rock step..LOL!), but Mike is incredibly patient and kept me going until I got it.  Finally I got it and we tried some incredible steps like the death drop and a flip!  That’s right, the flip!  Mike especially liked twirling me because my dress flared out.

Hm…can’t remember what we did Saturday.  Ah..what was it?  Oh ya!  More disk golf!  This time, Wendy, Kristen, and this other guy joined it.  We did teams…and Mike and I won…only because he is AWESOME at it!  I totally suck.  Bla.

Sunday, church was awesome!  I love his church!  Seriously.  (Long side story here!)  Worship was awesome.  Later, we went to a church picnic by the sound and it was so nice.

I have no idea what we did on Monday.  Isn’t that funny?  I do know we went to an awesome Bible study that night.  On Tuesday, though, we went to the beach with Wendy, Wendy’s children, Kristen, Bill, and one other person.  It was a lot of fun, though we had to be on the sound side.   Later, Kristen, Mike and I went to see Up and it was fabulous!  3D!!  Pizza afterwards, which was fun.   Then, SEVEN11 that night.  Loved that Bible study!!

Wednesday.  Sigh.  Day I had to leave.   It took awhile, but we finally decided to visit PCC (MIKE INSISTED!!) and it was nice to be on old stomping grounds.  Most of it hasn’t changed, but the new Annex is lovely!

After wards, we went to the Christian bookstore and I got a new Bible cover before we went back to the apartment to get my stuff to take me to the airport.

We both waited until the last possible minute for me to go through security.  We sat on the chairs and talked until I HAD to go.  He walked me to the line and hugged me…a REAL hug.  He NEVER gives those out…Wendy can attest.  After wards, there was a little awkward moment where I seriously thought he was going to kiss me…I think.  LOL!!  It was quite awkward for a few seconds.  He waited until I was past security and he gave me another real hug.  He even waited until I was at my gate to leave.  Awesome huh!!  I was SOOOO sad I had to go….!!!

The week went by so fast!  I wish I kept more accurate record of what happened when!  We watched a lot of movies, since Mike is a movie buff.  He made me watch ALL of the Harry Potters and, because of him, I am a fan now.  (Even though we watched them far into the night and he had to keep waking me up!  LOL!!)  We also saw Star Trek one of the days.  It was a great movie!!  We also talked a lot, which was awesome!!  I totally enjoyed his friends–they are so awesome!!  I also enjoyed the alone time we had, which was rare thanks to Bill, Mike’s brother.  LOL!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I am not sure exactly where we stand at the moment, but it’s ok.  There is deep interest on both sides, but I don’t think we will  be officially dating or moving real forward until we are in the same zip code.  Yes, that’s right.  He has been seriously talking about moving up  here!  And, I mean seriously.  Wow huh!   Anyway, we can go as slow as he wants just as long as I am with him.

Forgiveness

Although you guys don’t know the details, I have been struggling with some major hate since about October.  I have been trying hard to forgive, but it’s been so very hard when I see the repercussions of his stupid behavior.  His behavior and actions has changed my life forever.  Yes I have been praying about it, but still.  Well today, I was doing my devotions (and going ahead in the devotion book I am reading since I decided not to bring that with me to FL) when I came across June 14’s article.  Here’s what Thelma Wells said:

“I’m Not Pleased With You”

Throw away the foreign gods that are among you and yield  your hearts to the Lord.  –Joshua 24:23

Preparing my wardrobe for the 2001 Women of Faith conference tour became a challenging experience.  I opened one of my hour closets crammed with wall-to-wall clothes and heard in my spirit, “I’m not pleased with you.”

I closed the closet door hoping the voice would go away.  When I opened it again, I got the same holy nudge.  The Lord wanted me to clean out  my closets!

I started laying mountains of clothes on the bed.  When I thought I was finished in one closet I went to another, and then to another.  Designer suits, dresses, t-shirts, casual clothes–bunches had to go.

Frankly, I didn’t like this one bit.  I wanted to keep my clothes.  But three times he sent me back to each closet.

I finally asked him what I could keep.  “Anything that has your logo on it, ” I heard in my spirit, “and some of your speaking suits, and all your junky stuff.”  I was grumbling when I heard him add, “Cheerfully.”  Cheerfully?  I wanted my stuff!

But I started smiling and acting cheerful.  Pretty soon, I felt cheerful.  When I finished my task, I was relieved and dancing joyfully around the house.

All my clothes  now fit in one closet.  I’m quite satisfied with the ones I have.

When was the last time you cleaned out your closets in your mind and heart?  I suspect you have garments hanging around that you need to discard.  When God says, “I am not pleased with you,” listen.  He has a plan to renew your joy.

God, you see into all the closets of my life.

Help me clear out the clutter–cheerfully.

Amen.

I am not saying that I have a ton of clothes.  I am not saying that God speaks to me like this (hm….), but I do realize that I needed to get that bitterness out of my heart.  I KNEW IT.  I just didn’t know how to do it.  I have prayed about it, I have tried to let it go, but when I would see him, it brought anger in my heart and I actually started to hate him.  Woe.  I know, what a bad thing for a Christian.  I just didn’t know how to get past it.  Trust me, I tried.

But, for some reason, that entry helped me.  After I reflected on it, I realized that it was all in God’s plan.  It helped me see my weakness and how to avoid it.  It helped me see who my true friends are.  God probably had to use extreme measures like this one to get them out of my life so I could grow as a Christian.  I was talking to a guy friend who knows the other girls and he admitted to me that they were fake and that struck a cord with him.  He also said that when I was friends with them, I was fake too.  Now that I am away from them, he admitted to me, I am more genuine and open.  Wow.  I never realized that.  I didn’t think I changed, but apparently I have!  God doesn’t want us to be fake or exclusive…he wants us to be open to other people so they see the love and joy of Jesus.

As I reflected on this from my perch on my balcony, I realized that my anger and bitterness to him was gone.  What he needs is prayer…what the girls need is prayer.  I do feel much relief now!  I pray that now that I let God of this, I can be what God wants me to be…and show others His light.

Naturally

Since summer is coming, with it bringing vacation and weddings, I have been researching ways to get my skin radient and even-toned.  I know, what a chore!  What a impossible task, to say the least.  BUT, since money is tight as usual, I decided to go the natural route.  A couple of days ago, after I wash my face with my normal cleanser, I have scrubbed my face with baking soda (very gentle!) and following up with Aloe Vera from my plant–very natural.  (I took out my anti-aging cream I have been using.)  After more research, I have just started, after the baking soda, I have used a natural toner of 1/2 white vinegar and 1/2 water.  (Boy it stings, but it balances the PH in my skin…and helps clear it up!)  Tonight, I noticed that my blackheads are gone!  Woe!  I am quite excited.  I am going to keep this going for a month and I will let you know how it works.  I am quite excited about it.

It’s Over :(

Wow.  I never thought I would be sad that it’s over!  The play I mean.  There was a time during last week when it seemed that every time we did the play, it was getting longer and longer.  I/we were just so SICK of it!  We just wanted it to be over.  Well, now it is…and we are sad!  Friday night’s performance was awesome!  We did a great job!  Of course there were a little mistakes, but it was still fabulous.  We all did A LOT of prayer and it payed off!  After the performance, we went to the Bandy’s for our cast party.  We usually have our party after the last night, but since we had to strike the set that last night and that would take forever, we had it on Friday night.  We had lots of fun just goofing off.  Then we watched out performance.  It was so great!  (we did see things we needed to work on, though.)

Performance two.  For some reason, our energy was lacking.  Maybe we were up too late the other night or it was just “morning” for us.  The play went horrible!!!  I mean, bad.  Everything that could go wrong, did go wrong.  I am not going to mention everything that the others did because I can’t remember it all…I am just going to remember me.  First of all, I wasn’t feeling well.  I couldn’t say that I was nervous (well, I did take my Xanex just in case…), I just felt like crap and had NO energy.  I just laid on the floor of the green room and couldn’t get up.  Alyssa was concerned and made me drink one of her Ensures because she guessed I needed some protein.  I guess she was right because I felt a little better afterwards…well, well enough to get up and get ready.  I did a lot of praying before I went on…I was still feeling shaky and yukky.  I did well on stage.  But, then the inevitable  happened.  I missed my cue.  I thought I had more time, but then I realized that I missed it altogether.  I was horrified and so incredibly upset.  SO very upset.  I tried everything in my power not to cry.  I totally just wanted to give up and just quit.  I pulled everything together and did the best acting job of my life by finishing my lines.  AND, when we were doing curtain call, my shoe got stuck on the rug and it came off.  I turned to the audience and gave them a thumbs up, picked it up and went to my spot….and wanting to fall into a hole.  Afterwards, after everyone went and changed and greeted their guests, I just sat on the stage couch and tried very hard not to cry.  When no one was around, I just burst out crying.  I am not sure why…the audience didn’t know because Kristie and Kelsey were good ad libbers, but I was so upset.  A few tried to comfort me until Alyssa sent them away.  She told me to go wash my face (oh goodness so blotchy!!) and made me go eat.  LOL!  I really think I just didn’t want to hear Tammy chew me out about it.  I know what I did wrong and I didn’t need to hear someone yell at me about it.

Afterward, Kelsey and I ran lines again, then just hung out…there just wasn’t enough time to go anywhere!  Finally it was time for our last performance . My goodness, it was our best performance yet!  We were so pumped!  Maybe it was because we had such a bad performance and we wanted to go out on a bang.  We sure did!  We were on fire!  We got flowers for Tammy afterwards, but they surprised us assistants (Alyssa, Roxane, and me) with a dozen roses!  I was quite surprised.  They also gave me a card they all signed and they said some sweet things.

A bunch of us went cosmic bowling afterwards.  I am not a bowling fan because I suck, but I wanted to hang out.  We had so much fun!  It was a great time of joking and acting silly and letting loose.  (I even bowled a 108…which is a personal best!)  Brandon kept telling me that he and Kristie didn’t like each other and they were best friends…which I told him that he sounded guilty.  I am still not sure if he kept telling me that because he really did like her or because he liked me and wanted me to know that he was free?  (Which is stupid because he knows about Mike and…ew!)

Now I am sad that it’s over.  I am going to miss being with the cast and all that was involved.  I am glad it’s over because I have my life back, but…bittersweet.  It’s bittersweet.

Oh ya.  I was told I was their favorite adult there.   That’s nice.

The Play….Oh Boy.

This play is a growing monster that can’t be stopped!!  It is way bigger than I imagined. When I first “signed on”, I thought it was going to be a “little ditty” like last year’s.  Uh…no.  Not at all.  This play is THREE TIMES bigger than last year’s!!  We had to find sooo many costumes (like 6-7 costumes each for the two girls, let alone everyone else…all 17 of them…and the theme is 1923!  Not easy.), which was a horrid mess.  I also did all the fliers and the program and the tshirts and the tickets, which took forever and was so stressful.  (I am not even done the programs yet!)  AAAND, I am IN the play this year!  I feel that my character has taken the back burner sometimes.  (And I was told two days ago my character was more Geisha than French, so I have a week to change her…GAH!)

Today was our first dress rehearsal.  (In  say first because we have more dress rehearsals on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.)  It was crazy nuts.  I came at 8:30 to bring the costumes up from my classroom.  That in itself was crazy!  I was all burnt up by the time 9:00 rolled around because I was still not ready.  I had more costumes to get ready and I was not ready myself for 9:30 curtain call.  I was mad running around.  Then, while the play was going on, I was still running around making sure the two main girls had all their costumes on at the right time.  WAY too many costume changes!!  I was almost unprepared for my part!  I, actually almost missed a part at one moment, and when I went on, one of the saftey pockets I had fell off in the doorway!  No one noticed but I was freaking out on the inside.  Oops!  Next time I have to be more conscience.

Next week is going to be NUTS.  We have the same thing as today on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday…full hair, full makeup.  The thing is…I work til 5:30 and it starts at 6:30…WHEN am I going to EAT??!!!  I am going to have to bring something to school to munch on while I wait I guess and put my face on later.  I am going to have to curl my hair for my bun while I am still working!

Stress.  Part of life, huh.  I am thinking that I will take a break next year.  This is way too much to do every year.  But, we will see how I feel  next year.

What I Learned at College (99-00)

I found my OLD journals (think:  high school and college–ek!) and they have been so funny, so embarrassing…and I focused WAY too much time on guys!  I mean, SERIOUSLY???!!!  It was nice to see, though, that through the years, I changed my outlook from guys, guys, guys, and being so dependent on a relationship that I couldn’t be single or without liking someone to being dependent on God and trusting Him with my singleness.  I do have to admit that my relationships in the past, good or bad, have shaped me to what I am today and, I GUESS, I am thankful for them.  I have learned a lot from them.  In the middle of my last journal that I wrote in college (after awhile, I stopped writing all together as college life took over!!), I found a good “What I learned” thing.  (I carried the theme over into camp the next year when I wrote my letters to my sponsors.)

**Let me just add a clause here to say that I wrote this in 2000, it doesn’t mean I totally agree with all of it anymore. Most of it, yes, but not all.

• I learned to be patient with people.
• I learned that friends come before guys.
• I learned that a really good friend can be found in someone you knew for a long time.
• I learned that the choir loft stairs are dangerous.
• I learned not to wear heels on Sunday night.
• I learned not to be blinded by love
• I learned the best times are when you are helping someone out without them telling you.
• I learned that screaming on a roller coaster eleven times can make you lose your voice.
• I learned how to ice dance.
• I learned to have brothers that are not related to me.
• I learned that I cannot swing dance.
• I learned I would never be a cheerleader.
• I learned that small ensemble singing is fun.
• I learned not to take on too much.
• I learned that when things in life get tough, laugh.
• I learned to trust God and have 100% faith.
• I learned to let go.
• I learned that when the Four Winds is too far to travel, go to the VC.
• I learned not to break the ritual of checking your mail after lunch.
• I learned that getting PH is a privilege.
• I learned not to trust the PH ddelivery.
• I learned that people are not always what they seem.
• I learned not to trust everything you hear.
• I learned to  have a tender heart for weak people.
• I learned not to take everything personally.
• I learned to follow God’s will and He will let everything else fall into place.
• I learned that where I am right now is what He wants for my life right now.
• I learned that laser tag is fun, despite rug burns and a lousy score.
• I learned to take notes all the time and pay attention.
• I learned that God speaks to me through sermons.
• I learned that Grille’s pizza still makes me sick.
• I learned that ice cream is better shared.
• I learned that how spiritually strong a guys is better than his looks.
• I learned to sing myself to sleep just about every night.
• I learned that one late night makes you tired for a week.
• I learned not to snap at people in the morning.
• I learned to juggle schoolwork and the beach.
• I learned that Christian Service is nothing to be scared of.
• I learned that I know more about the Bible than I thought.
• I learned that the best high is when someone gets saved.
• I learned not to assume anyone is saved because they might not be.
• I learned that music majors are funny.
• I learned that a time I will not forget will be when I went to Camp O’ the Pines to sing.
• I learned the most pessimistic person can love nature and God’s beauty.
• I learned that someone can surprise you and do a great version f I’m a Little Teapot.
• I learned how to make a great tent in the day room.
• I learned that McDonalds is not always fast food.
• I learned that the best time to do devotions at school is in the morning.
• I learned that I really hate the Graf Center.
• I learned that Pastor Schettler is the same preaching as he is at home.
• I learned to have faith even when the world doesn’t.
• I learned that there is a time to speak and a time to keep your mouth shut.
• I learned the rules at PCC are really there to protect us, not hurt us.
• I learned where I stand on issues.
• I learned that Miss Baer does like me, through she does still scare me.
• I learned where all the “Big Whigs” offices are.
• I learned that, sometimes, t he best advice to give is just to stay quiet and listen.
• I learned to get a great friend, you must be a great friend.
• I learned that 18 credits and work do not mix.
• I learned to be a leader and rely on the  help of people below me.
• I learned not to get mat at authority for my mistakes.
• I learned that nylons are virtually POINTLESS!!!
• I learned that Walmart is an extension of PCC.
• I learned that if you are going to get film developed, do it one-hour at Wal-Mart.
• I learned the Romans Road.
• I learned the best Bible class to take is Romans.
• I learned I can bowl–though not good–with my pinkie.
• I learned to always watch the ball when watching a softball game.
• I learned through hard times who my true friends are.
• I learned to be thankful for everything.

Media Sucks

Media sucks.  Don’t get me wrong…diets (or, as I call it…healthy choices) is great and there are plenty in America that need to lose weight, but media is just…wrong.  They give us a false pretense of what we need to look like, thus giving men a wrong impression on what we should look like.  This is why so many women/girls have a bad body image of themselves!!  Myself included.  (Now, it’s NOT bad, but….)  I feel that I need to have tight-toned abs, arms, legs, have a huge chest and a flawless face for anyone to like me.  Now, mind you, I have NONE of that.  Legs, maybe, but they are not supermodel legs.  The only thing that media shows are these perfect mutants that tell us what men drool over.  Like Miranda.  She has the perfect body!!  Do you KNOW anyone even close to this?  Didn’t think so.

Then, there is Scarlett Johansson.  Take a look at her acting career.  Any good movies?  I mean, seriously.  Now, take a look at her body:

Ya.  Enough said.

(Though, I do have to agree with last year’s People Magazine by naming Kate Hudson as most beautiful.  She doesn’t have a, according to the world, the most rocking body, but she has the confidence to pull it off!)

Then there is Valerie Bertinelli.  Don’t get me wrong.  If she felt the need to lose weight and get into shape, then great!  But these commercials that show  her FABULOUS abs getting out of the pool.

What they DON’T tell you that she hadn’t been working the whole time (except to do a couple of commericals), and had a personal trainer 24/7 to help her get that body.  NORMAL people like me do NOT have time for that!  We work…most of us late into the night and barely have time to eat well, let alone go to the gym or have a personal trainer.  It’s a vicious thing.  Why can’t the media show normal people???  It will help all of us in the long run.  (Don’t get me wrong again…I know that we all need to lose weight and get in shape, but only about 1% of people have abs like that….)

I know the same goes for guys, but it is not as bad for them.  Really.

Vacation

Vacation!  I am already bored.  Jeesh and it’s only Tuesday.  I just tried to get myself a new ring tone with is all good and dandy, but I accidentally clicked on phone book in the program I was using…and it LOST ALL OF MY NUMBERS!!!!  Thank the Lord that when I got my new phone, I wrote all of my numbers down.  It took awhile, but all of my numbers are back.  Whew!  (though it was tough because I cut my fingernails too short, so it bothered me the whole time…)

I happened to mention to Mike while he was here that I may paint this week, and when he asked about it in a text on his way home, I mentioned again that I was inspired to paint and that I wasn’t inspired for a whole year.  Well, he has been on me since then!    So…even though I really didn’t want to, I started to paint yesterday.  Once I got started, though, I was totally enjoying myself.  Here is the progress so far.

Birds not done yet.  I will work on them when then paint dries a little so I don’t mess anything up.

Twitter

Apparently I have jumped to the dark side.  That’s right…I have joined Twitter.  Something else for me to be addicted to!  Apparently, Luke Wilson is following me (as I am him ), and, from extensive research and stuff, it really is him, but when you click on it, it says that the page doesn’t exist.  Weird.  I think it’s a Twitter glitch…

Odd for a star to follow me too.

Odd.

Trip to DC

You’ve seen the pictures.  So here’s the story (with some pics of course).  So, the boys wanted to go to Washington D.C…which I mentioned previously.  Mike had mentioned that they wanted an early start, which would be about 7-8…and they would call me when they were leaving (they were staying an hour away from me) so I could start getting ready.  Ok.  Of course, since it was Friday, my internal clock woke me up at stinking 7:00!  Since I was already up, I thought I would get ready.  8 rolls around…9….10….then I get a text.  They just woke up!!  I wasn’t mad, I was just immensly jealous that they got to sleep in and I didn’t!  LOL!  They finally came (in which my hair was nice with volume since I had it in velcro curlers since 8!) at like…I don’t know…11 or 12, so we headed straight for the Metro.  They loved the Metro, though they would not admit it since it reminded Ben of Fallout 3!    They were really excited to be in D.C.  They were in total awe!  They grabbed my camera to take a zillion pics (MIKE….).

We went right to The Museum of American History.  Man alive, it has totally changed since the last time I have been there!  I mean really.  They totally renovated it.  We first went through one floor before having an over-priced lunch in the museum.  All I wanted to see was Dorothy’s slippers, but saw a lot more.  My favorite part was the Thanks for the Memories section.  As you can see….Mike did too.

(Him and Rocky….hm……)

After awhile I was done with looking around, and so was Mike, so we sat on a bench while Ben went into the war part.  Mike and I had a good time people watching and talking.  But, after an hour, we started to get a little antsy and hot…and I, frankly, was getting cranky.  So we went to look for him.  Ben suggested we split up and go our own ways.  Mike wasn’t too fond of that, but I convinced him that it was and that Ben was going to be ok.  We had cell phones and we would not be out of contact.  That pacified him and we took off for the Washington Monument.  Beautiful!  Then, we headed to the cherry blossoms…or what was left of them!  There were some still on the trees, but leaves were starting to come out so they were not as nice.  We started to head to the Jefferson Memorial, but when i realized how far it was, I convinced him that we needed to see the Lincoln Memorial instead.

Man, the reflection pool is longer than I thought!  Whew!  We were thoughly tired by the time we got up there.  We looked around then sat on the steps just to rest.  I have to say, that was one of my favorite moments of the day.  It was absolutly beautiful to look out over the reflection pool and see the Washington Momunent.  The sky was dark in the distance, creating a nice backdrop for it…and when the sun came out, it was breathtaking!  Magic hour as photographers call it.  (You can see this view in the pics below!)  And, the company wasn’t too bad either.

Then I noticed the Vienam Memorial and we left to see that.  After that, we ventured off to see the White House.  By then, we were getting quite tired of walking!  When we saw the back and front of the White House, we got a call from Ben and met up.  By now, it was getting dark.  We SLOOOWLY made our way to the Capitol building.  By the time we got there, we were totally exhausted and outwardly complaining.   After awhile, we found the Metro and collasped on the steat.  I just about fell asleep!

It was insisted that I watch Rocky, so when we got back, we quickly went to the store and rented it (dude, the worker NEVER heard of the movie!!  He was a crack pot!)  and we went to eat at Bill Batrums (or however you spell it…)  We had fun listening to the overly-loud music and trying to talk over it and I overloaded on Pepsi.

After that, we came back and watched Rocky.  Ben wanted the light off so he could see the screen better…and promptly fell asleep on the floor.    Mike had to keep me focused on the movie a few times and repeat lines since I had a hard time understanding the accent.  Since I was still high on caffine, we stayed up an hour later talking about lots of things, best of all, the Bible and issues thereof.  (We both gave each other things to think about.)  I have to admit that this was the first time in a LONG LONG time that I had a stimulating conversation like that, especially with a guy.  We talked til about 4!

Ya, then I woke up at about 8 or 9.  Not enough sleep and I was sooo incredibly achy!  (I got up to make myself look presentable and I fell facefirst back into the bed because all my muscles hurt!)  I made breakfast for the boys then they had to go.    Boo.

Though I do miss them, I had a great time with the two!  I hope to see them soon and have just as much fun!