Weekends like this past one make me glad to be back at work on Monday. Friday night, we had a going away party for Rachel & Andrew. I've tried not to think too much about them moving away, but it really makes me sad. I'm really going to miss them being in Monroe.
Saturday morning, I got up at the crack of dawn (before the crack of dawn, actually) and drove eight hours to Nashville for the wedding of Ian & June. It was an absolutely lovely wedding and I'm very glad I was able to attend. I also got to spend some time with Levi & Oriel, which is always a good time. Of course, I had to make the LONG drive back home yesterday, which was trying on the ol' spirit. I don't regret going, but somewhere around Birmingham yesterday, I was definitely doubting my sanity. I made it though, maybe not in one piece, but all of the pieces of me made it and I got home with a little time to regroup before starting back to work today. Nashville is a cool place though. Since I was there, I thought it was appropriate to listen to a little country music and CCM. A lot of country music is about sad situations and a lot of CCM is about how God lifts up those who are going through sad situations. Problem solved. So I switched back to my normal music for the rest of the drive. I had gotten some books on tape for the drive, but I coudn't concentrate enough to listen to them, so I gave it up.
Now I'm trying to figure out who I can get to go to the beach with me sometime soon. I need a little beach time.
Count me in! Oh wait....I'm going to the beach tomorrow!!! Yesss....
Posted by: Lacey at July 31, 2006 05:51 PMAre the beaches there in Monroe nice, as in sandy and not rocky? The beaches here are hardly beaches; I think of them more as a horrible, nearly unbearable, pains in the sole of humanity. But I do understand that others like them very much.
Posted by: Mike Aman at July 31, 2006 09:06 PMBeach in Monroe?? No, I'm talking about another grueling, yet worthy, eight-hour drive to the white sands of Florida. We only have lakes and bayous around here. Oh, and a river. But I crave the ocean.
Posted by: Christin at July 31, 2006 09:12 PMAha, I thought there may be some beaches along your river there. The Florida Beaches are very nice. I spent a couple weeks with my sister in Panama City Beach last Fall and one the highlights was walking on the beach in the early morning hours. Have fun!
Posted by: Mike Aman at July 31, 2006 11:24 PMMight want to hold off on the beach trip...here comes the hurricane again.
Posted by: SonofThunder at August 2, 2006 09:25 AMAh, driving eight hours to get sand in your swimsuit. Priceless.
Posted by: Emily at August 2, 2006 02:00 PM