Lucky Mom

Oh yea. I get a call Saturday night at like 11 from my mom...she was out watching some band play with my dad back home and goes, so guess what I got. Then she says...a Mazda Miata! I was like ummm no you didn't. I get this picture last night as proof. UNBELIEVABLE!

First she gets the $1,000 camera I want, now this! I told my dad that I expect to get my camera next! :)

Thought of the day...

Action without prayer is presumptuous.
Prayer without action is irresponsible.
Either of them without scripture are aimless, ineffective, and ultimately idolatry.

T minus...

1 day
39 hours
2356 minutes

Until MY BIRTHDAY! :) Wow...scary thought. This one has just seemed to sneak up on me. Usually I am counting down the days WAY before hand. Not only is Wednesday is my birthday, but the first day of classes! Happy birthday to me, right?! haha. I guess with my new job and everything else that has been happening, it's been a little crazy. Orientation went great last week, and now Fall Fun Fest is right around the corner! Woohoo!

It's gonna be great...we have a 24ft rock wall and 2 giant inflatables. I better see y'all out there! It'll be so big, you won't wanna miss it!

Ever flown an F-18?

Me neither, but Andrea and I did get to go to this Strike Fighter Ball with a couple of pilots. :) You see, there were these 2 guys in need of dates for this big ball they have will all of the fighter pilots in Va Bch. Now, if any of you know me or Andrea, we have a track record of not actually showing up to these things...she was invited to one -similar, not the same, last year. And I was invited to one in the fall but I couldn't go because I had an allergic reaction and my face swelled up, so needless to say, I REALLY didn't want to go to this fancy ball with my face looking like a puffer fish! Classic, I know!

Well we finally actually went to one! Lol. It was fun, and we definitely learned a LOT about fighter pilots...so when you hear the jets flying above us, you can know that they are just flying drills at 11pm for the fun of it! :)

SO Bruised!

Well this weekend I attempted to surf. Let me just tell you one thing...Hawaii is a LOT different than Virginia Beach, that's for sure!

I basically got beat up by a surfboard. I have rash burn from the foam board I used, then I have bruises all over my elbows, knees, and hipbones. NOT fun. :( Not to mention I think my chin is bruised from the board hitting me so many times. And my roommate is no better! Her bruises always seem to be much bigger and much more colorful than mine. Lol.

And of course my determination gets the best of me and even though I'm completely beat up, I want to get right back out there and try till I get it! It's just a little hard getting used to the difference in the waves and the different tides as well. I wish there was a little bird telling me, ok Go NOW! And then of course, I would always catch the wave, but I'm not that lucky as to have imaginary birds in my life...haha. maybe some day!

Here there and Everywhere!

So I apologize for my lack of...well basically I'm a slacker. But the good news is, my parents have been in Alaska now for almost a week and a half. They come home this Monday night, so I'm excited! Not that I get to see them or anything, BUT my mother just got a new Canon Digital SLR. Granted it's not a Nikon, I know, but she has about 5 really ridiculous lenses that she didn't want to lose, or have to buy again for a digital. She got it for her birthday from my dad basically for this trip. I think it's their 30th anniversary present to themselves. :) haha. Gotta love my dad.

That led me to think...hmmmm I wonder if I can squeeze one of those out of him for MY birthday!? *insert evil cackling here* I highly doubt it, but I think I AM going to be getting an automatic car starter installed for my birthday. SWEET! If any of you have never had the luxury of being in a car where one of these is present...it's GREAT! Being from upstate NY, you learn to enjoy the little things in life that prevent you from being in freezing whether any longer than you need to. Speaking of which, after these past couple days...I don't know. I'm NOT a fan of the nasty weather that looks like it should be, oh I don't know...60 degrees and in all reality its like 100! Yea, that's just not normal. Oh well, such is life, as my mother would say.

Time Spent Driving.

You gotta love the random cars that are loaded with bumper stickers here in Va Bch. Maybe it's just that there are more cars so it always seems like 1/2 the population has at least 10. :)

Last night I think I actually laughed out loud in my car...I was by myself. It said, "If only closed minds came with closed mouths." hehe.