Weather is beautiful, Wish you were here

At the beginning of July, I was able to take a little weekend get-a-way with two of my best friends from high school. We marvel at the fact that we have been friends for (oh I will give away my age here) 17 years now (that includes 4 years of high school ... I'm not that old, yet!). Leanne, Paula, and I, along with Paula's mom and sister went to Destin, Florida. Oh white sand beaches, sun, and fun!

Unfortunately, the first day of our trip was filled with rain due to feeder bands from Hurricane Alex. The second day we were graced with sun in the morning, so we quickly at breakfast and Paula, Leanne, Kristina and I headed to the beach. It was a beautiful morning, not too hot (it was only 9 am) and not too many people, yet. We are early risers and like to enjoy every moment of our vacation! There were huge wavs that crashed on the shore - I love that sound! However, the red warning flags were flying. Thanks Hurricane Alex! But that did not discourage us, we went in the water regardless. I know we are fearless and a little nuts. Kristina and I ventured out more than Leanne and Paula. I was knocked around and down by the waves. The undertow was crazy strong and it pulled my swim shorts right off me! Luckily I had on my swim suit bottom and I grabbed them as they reached my ankle. Oh the waves also sucked my brand new sunglasses right off my head! But some fish is totally rocking them right now, I just know it. Good news is I was able to go to Kohls and buy the exact same pair.

During the trip we shopped 'til we dropped - I bought 5 new pairs of shoes! We also ate wonderful food at fun restaurants. And Leanne, Paula and I took a picture holding an alligator! We had a wonderful time, made many great memories and are planning our next girls trip!

Make sure you squeeze the throat tight Leanne!

Crashing waves

Lunch at Fudpuckers - Me, L, & P

I always get myself into crazy situations

Natural alligator wrestler

Boats on the bay

Just me!

Leanne

Paula

Kristina and me -I am getting knocked down my the waves - notice my hair!

Carefree!

Me and L

P and L

L and K

They have pins in them for a reason

After a long day of shopping for vacation clothes, Leanne, Paula and I went to Target as our last attempt to find Paula a bathing suit. We were successful! After that was accomplished, we headed towards the pharmacy to get some baby Tylenol for Libby ( she had some shots and was a bit grumpy). The baby meds were on the isle with the pole, which just happened to have a fire extinguisher on it. Now I was was innocently resting my hand on the handle of the extinguisher and then I started playing with it.

***Let me make my plea to say what happened next WAS NOT intentional - all I am saying is if the extinguisher was regularly inspected, it would have been found that the pin was not in the extinguisher and the following event could have been prevented***

As I was saying before the side note, I started playing with the handle and suddenly there was a loud woosh noise and some smoke. Leanne, Paula and I all jumped and when we noticed what happened, we quickly left the isle - not for guilty reasons, but because there was this cloud of extinguisher smoke and it was filling up the whole isle. The pharmacist saw it and gave us the glare of death. Please note that Paula and Libby took off and left Leanne and I. However, as Leanne and I walked past the isle towards the checkout, some workers were there and here is their conversation...
1: What happened?
2: Someone set of the fire extinguisher.
1: Well that was genius!

Now, as the title states, they have pins in them for a reason, and that reason is to keep geniuses like myself from being bored and playing with the handle. If the pin was in the extinguisher, this NEVER would have happened, so it really isn't my fault. The blame should be put on the person that pulled out the pin.

While in Destin, Leanne and I had some fun taking pictures of me and a fire extinguisher in Target. Please note that the pin is in this one and when I squeezed it, nothing happened.

I love when the doctor says to stay home

During the last week of school, I woke up Tuesday morning (1 a.m. to be exact) with a fever of 101.9, gross. It didn't break until 4 a.m. and I got an hour of sleep before my alarm clock went off. I was feeling better so I got dressed and went to work. (I was trying to be the good employee and not call in during the last week of school) Once I was at school, my body was feeling achy, but I was feverless. I went and talked to the school nurse (luckily, she was at our school that morning!) and she recommended that I go see a doctor, so I did. After swabbing for this and that and drawing some blood, he decided I had a viral infection and was contagious and should stay home at least two days or longer if I was still running a fever on Friday...sweet! Well, I called and talked to my principal to let her know and I headed home to lay on the couch, drink fluids and monitor my fever. The doc said I would not be contagious once my fever had disappeared for 24 hours...luckily, the last time I had a fever was Wednesday morning. Now here was my problem: do I go back to work on Thursday since I was no longer contagious or do I stay home another day (I had a doctors excuse) and go to the state championship high school baseball games with Leanne and fam to watch Sumrall and later that evening with my cousin Jen and fam to watch my shortie (Bryce) play with St. Stanislaus? HELLO!!! No brainer...follow the doctors orders! I had a blast at the ball field all day (seriously 10am to 10pm) The only problem, I got sunburned. I avoided my principal as much as possible to dodge any questions.

The out come of the games...South State swept the championship games!!! Way to go Sumrall, Petal, St. Stanislaus, Long Beach, Richland and St Alyousos (I butchered the spelling of that one)
Molly
Lucy Goose
Sumrall - 3A state champs three years in a row!
Bryce tossing the ball
St Stanislaus 4A state champs!
Liv, Bryce and Bryce...proud sister and daddy
my shortie!
(who is taller than me, and still growing - but I will always call him shortie)