Back from the beach!

It has been a little while since I last wrote.  Lots of exciting things have been going on!  We left last Saturday morning for North Carolina and got back on Wednesday night.  We were there for Mills' friend from High School Ben Chandler and his lovely fiance, Kara Nunn's, wedding.  It was 5 days of awesomeness!  We flew into Myrtle Beach and drove about 30 miles north to Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina.  We shared a condo with Ryan's brother, John, and his wife, Betsy.  Basically we laid around on the beach for days on end.  It was glorious!  I LOVE the beach!  Even though when you get home everything you own is covered in sand it is still great.  I just love that absolute tranquility that comes with laying on a beach.  I usually have my I-pod, a few new magazines, and a cool drink.  What more could you ask for?  Just laying there soaking up the rays with not a care in the world.  I can't think of many other things as carefree and relaxing as laying on a beach.  And who knew that North Carolina has some of the best beaches in the US.  Forget about Florida, go to NC!  Last year we were in Ocracoke, North Carolina, which has made in onto the Top Ten Beaches in the US and also Top 100 Beaches in the World lists.  And then this year we go to Ocean Isle Beach, which has equally white, smooth and silky sand scattered with lots of beautiful shells.  I mean...pure heaven.  And it was HOT!  I mean really hot!  I am SUPER tan right now, which I am loving b/c it is middle of September.  Plus it was great fun to be in the presence of family and good friends.  We also got to meet all of Ben and Kara's family, which was nice.  Smaller, more intimate destination weddings are so personal and you really get a chance to know everyone who is most important in the bride and groom's lives.  Everybody left on Monday night except for me, Ryan, Ben and Kara.  Ryan and I had to check out of our Condo so Ben and Kara were so gracious to offer us a room in their "mansion".  And I mean MANSION!  It was 4500 sq. ft., 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, right on the beach and listed at 2.5 mil.  It was seriously like a house on Cribs...quite possibly the nicest place I will ever stay in my whole life.  Anyways the 4 of us hung out Tuesday night and polished off a half gallon of whiskey and a few brewskies.  Then Wednesday it was time to nurse our hangovers and head back to Louisiana.  We got home late Wednesday night after the WORST flight I have ever taken in my life.  Don't really care to go into the whole story but it involved sitting on a sweltering hot plane smelling two disgusting uncleaned toilets for over an hour and a half before take-off.  Needless to say that was the first and last time I will ever fly Delta.

Then this weekend was fun as well.  Got to spend more quality time with my Millsy.  It has been weird living in a city with zero friends besides each other.  We do things that we never would have done back in Indiana b/c we would have been too busy hanging out with our friends.  Yesterday we went to the bank (which was one of the worst experiences, why do the most simple things suck down here so bad), went to this coffee shop we have been wanting to try, went to Tuesday morning, went to two different greenhouse/ pet supply stores to look for a house plant, went to eat at Blue Tomato (this glorious dive bar/restaurant with yummy Mexican food), went antique shopping and went to Triange West (the bar down the street from out house).  The bar was filled with usual patrons (old men mostly).  During the day it is much more of an older crowd than it is at night where it is mostly 20 somethings bumping and grinding and singing karaoke.  We were there for a couple hours knocking back some cold ones and watching college football.  Every time someone new would walk in the whole bar would yell "HHHHEEEYYYYY!"  It kind of felt like Cheers or something.  Fun filled day for sure.

Today we went grocery shopping and the store had the cinnamon scented brooms and pumpkins and gourds all over the place and it was 93 degrees when we were driving home.  It feels weirdly not like Fall is approaching at all.  I don't think there is a Fall down here.  I hate that b/c I LOVE Fall!  It is my favorite season.  I am jealous b/c I keep seeing everyone post stuff on Facebook about how it is cooling down and feeling like Fall up north.  Some local the other day told me that the seasons down here are HOT and HOTTER.  Grrreeaaattt.

Ok, I need to go to bed.  I am exhausted.  Will write more later.  I feel like I had other interesting things to write about but I can't remember right now b/c I am too tired.  Ciao!