South Carolina

Finally made it to South Carolina!!!! I'll make this short on account of Riley who's desperately waiting for McDonald's (right now we're in Starbucks). We left Fredericksburg late Wednesday night, about 8PM or so and made it to AI registration around 3:30 AM. There was no line and we were in and out in a matter of minutes. SO, since we had counted on the lines being really long and having to wait tremendous amounts of time, we didn't book a hotel last night. Thus, we slept in the car. And by slept, I mean maybe closed my eyes for 2 hours. So far, I'm not the grumpiest one but I've also just downed a Venti starbucks coffee and danish. Definitely gonna run later. The bad news is we can't check in to the hotel until 3PM. The good news is we're going to the beach/aquarium/shopping. Yay. On 2 hours of sleep? Well, we'll see how it goes. Did I mention I drove about 350 out of the 500 miles it takes to get here??? Anyways, here's a pic of me and Bai after registration.

The excitement has finally worn off...

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride

Lately, it seems that the music that gets me, is country music. Not the "my dog died, my wife left, I'm dirt poor" kind, but the "if you listen to the words I'm singing, there'd be a good message" kind. So often, I sing the words to songs without truly even registering the meaning of the words. But when I stop to think about the words being sung, sometimes it just seems to apply.

It partly has to do with summer, but it partly has to do with growing up. There's really no guarantee for anything these days. Who knows how my life will turn out. I like to think I have some idea and control in the matter, but in reality it's very limited. I don't know which path I'll take or even where I'll end up, but I know that most of the time, the ride is the journey.

ENOUGH with all the melancholy.

In other news, I am having a fabulous summer break seeing as many friends and relatives as I can, while doing as much traveling as I can. Though I haven't started my book yet (more on this in a minute), I'm definitely traveling to Maine, South Carolina, and Wisconsin this summer. I'm even looking into making the trek to Alabama if Ashley's up for it.

As far as my book goes, I really need some suggestions or thoughts on where it should go. I have a lot of different idea, but none seem to make it on paper. I was kind of thinking a funny tell-all book full of 22 years of life experience, but I'm not really sure. I definitely want to incorporate different themes and chapters. For example, I want to write a chapter on my experience at Triple R and a chapter on this summer and so forth. So there's really no set theme or plot. If you have any good thoughts/ideas/stories that you know of that we've created or made fools of ourselves with, let me know.

So, until next time, Buenos Dias!

It's July already?

All of a sudden I feel the overwhelming burden of school lurking in the distance. I mean, obviously the whole summer the fact that I have another year and a half of school left never really left my mind but now I get that sensation that summer is just flying by.

I mean once you hit July 4th, the summer pretty much flies away from here. *Sigh*
Oh well. I had a great 4th now that I think about it. My sisters and I got all dressed up and took a ton of pictures. All of which I look really tan. :)

Of course, I'm making up for the day of work I lost on Monday, today which I would much rather be enjoying by the pool sipping lemonade and getting my tan on. I've pretty much been counting down to this weekend for at least a week or so now since Joanna and Audrey are coming to visit tomorrow! That just means today will go by slower than usual.

In other news, I'm running about 6.5 miles now. Only 6.6 to go!

Another day, another dollar

Sometimes I seriously feel like that's all life adds up to. If it's not about spending money, then it's about earning it. So far since being home I've spent most of my weeks working away at my dad's office. Don't get me wrong - I am not complaining. I am fortunate to have a flexible schedule and fun people to work with. But at times, I wonder, what was I thinking?

I mean, this is my last summer off before I get a real job, pay real taxes, have real bills...ugh. And while having the income is definitely a plus, it does become monotonous after a while. Pretty much, I am living for the weekends. But hey, what's new?

Friday I went and saw Monte Carlo which I had been dying to see ever since the first preview came out. So GOOD. Definitely a cop off of the Lizzie McGuire movie, but what girl (7 or 70) doesn't love the idea of a good love story with fancy dresses? Bailey also got a car this weekend. And that's a completely different story for another time. Since my dad got a new car, Bailey's is the hand-me-down which happens to be a 2007/2008 Mariner. Definitely nicer than deserved. Haha.

Anyways, hopefully she'll be diligent and learn some responsibility and be able to hang on to it for a while. Other than that, my life is pretty droll.