Just Around the Corner...or 47

One thing I will have to say is making me a little crazy is how delusional everyone is on distances. When someone says something is just around the corner or right down the street, that is exactly where I expect it to be. When I say…”Oh, Walmart is right around the corner”… I literally mean in less than a mile and around one corner you WILL arrive at Walmart. As of late, when someone tells us how to get somewhere or where something is located they direct us “right down the street” or “around a corner” and we have to drive 10-15 miles or around 47 swervy curves down 3 other roads and up a hill to get to that destination. So, let that be a lesson to you all…OWN IT. You do NOT live close to anything! It is okay, that is just the facts, just OWN IT!

I did something I swore I would never do…swim in a lake! I HATE lakes. The dark murkiness is haunting. Not knowing what is in the water beneath you… snakes, gators, more snakes, creepy fish. Up to this weekend Russ has been tickled to death about the prospect of going out on the lake in his uncle’s boat and water skiing, tubing, etc. He grew up going to lakes during the summer, that is what “inland” people do, I suppose. I am a beach girl. I go out on the beach, and the extent of my water contact is when I start to perspire a little too heavily, I go wade in the water about thigh high…still able to see the bottom, splash a little on my arms, then its back to shore. However, against all of my best judgement, I bit the bullet and took the plunge. It had to be 450 degrees outside, I think I would have jumped into a vat of motor oil swimming with sharks if it had been 400 degrees or less just to cool off for a split second! I have to admit…it was not as bad as I thought it would be. We were on the “big water”, not the swamp, so that made it a little more “ocean-like”! I also went tubing…yee haw. It was also not soo bad, it gave me a slight headache with all the bouncing, but it is something I would consider doing again. The boys had a blast and we all decided that we need a boat. So much fun and family time!

Now it is off to Birmingham to visit Chris, Amy and Micah. Micah got Roseola last week, so they could not make it to the reunion. So, we are off to B’Ham to hang out for a few days. More fun to be had!