Weekend Plans

Seeing as how this weekend will be our last weekend together for the next month, we're looking to do something fun!

For the past month or so, every time the trailer comes on TV for "My Best Friend's Girl", Chris gets real excited and says "I wanna see that!". It's funny to me...because he never gets excited about movies. I'm always the one saying "c'mon....it'll be gooooooood!" Every once in a while that comment will convince him. But mostly, he knows only one of us will come out of the theater feeling fulfilled. :) But given his excitement over this newest release, (don't get me wrong...I want to see it, too!) we've got date night planned at the movies tomorrow night. Typically, I'm not a fan of going to a movie on the opening night. But I'll make an exception!



Saturday, we're supposed to have beautiful weather, so we're trying to plan a bike ride somewhere nice. Unfortunately, the last trip we took to Murtle Beach (3 hours one way) about killed my rear end. As you can see, I don't have a backrest, and the pegs for my feet aren't so great, either. So we're trying to find a nice location within a 2 hour drive. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

A Weekend Away!

Ever since I have met Chris, I have worked two jobs. Time together consisted of weeknights at my parents' house, or a maximum of 4 hours on Saturday afternoons to do something together. We've only taken one "vacation" together...and that was to his parents' house in Tennessee (AKA NOT a vacation :) ). So now that I no longer work on the weekends, we can have some fun! This past weekend, my new roommate, Shawna, had to take a class in Greensboro to renew her nails' license...so we made a weekend of it! The three of us piled in the car on Saturday, and headed to Charlotte for a full day at Carowinds Theme Park. I LOVE rollercoasters! As you can see on the right...I was pretty excited...smilin' the whole way! To the left is Chris and myself standing outside Carowinds, ready to go in!

Throughout the day, I rode everything I thought my ghetto booty could get out of! On the right, Chris and I had just ridden "White Water Falls"....fun! It was a GORGEOUS day..perfect weather...and not too busy, either! Towards the end of the day, we walked by a characature stand....which I LOVE...I just think they're great...and it seemed as though there was a guy training. The actual artists were busy with people, so Chris and I went over and started talking to Blake about his work! He told us he was in the 2nd day of training, and was a senior in high school. He then said that because he was training, he could do a complimentary drawing of me. So I said "sure"! Meanwhile, one of the other artists got done, and came over to check out his drawing. She asked if we had wanted a real one done...and after asking about the prices, I decided to have one done of me and Chris. She asked if we wanted a scenery...and after thinking about it, said "Can you draw him proposing to me? I want to know what that looks like.". Then I gave Chris a cute, innocent smile....he agreed...and here's the product! Quite good, don't you think? I even think I'll take the wedding dress she designed into consideration! :)

After Carowinds, we drove to Greensboro to stay the night. Shawna had

her class from 9-5pm on Sunday, so Chris and I found a local church and attended it. I made Chris take several pictures with me, because it's rare I get him in a dress

shirt and tie. :) After church, we picked Shawna up for lunch and ate at Fuddrucker's, dropped her back off, and headed to Lake Mackintosh to rent a canoe for a couple hours. It was a fantastic and relaxing weekend. We definitely needed the time away from Fayetteville, and I'm glad my schedule is now more open to weekends like this!

Picture Story

The latest update in my life (in picture form...)

I quit waitressing last week.....

and Eric deployed, so I moved in with Shawna...

I miss the Piazza's foster boys terribly....

But I hope to see my own booger in October!

My brother moved back to Jordan for 4-8 months...

...and I'm going on vacation in 11 days!

I've lost 20lbs...

and my boyfriend is still just my boyfriend. :)