A Sick Beginning...But a Good Beginning Nonetheless

Somehow i made it through all of fall, winter and spring without so much as a sniffle.

Enter the very beginning of summer...and i'm laid up on the couch sick, watching reruns of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Matlock.

Which, to be honest, i'm not entirely hating :)

Speaking of things that summer has brought in, there are some changes that are being made besides my level of sickness and television watching habits.  

Apparently my taste buds have taken a small vacation from their senses and foods that i have formerly hated my entire life are suddenly the things that i cannot get enough of.

Such as sweet tea.  And cheez-its.  

Sweet tea i completely blame on sylvia b....callie's mother.  I swear that woman could make snake eggs appetizing to me.  I was told her sweet tea was an experience that i couldn't refuse, so i drank up one sunday afternoon...and i've not been the same since.  Of course my recent trip to the even further south solidified my love of this delicious treat. (Dear Lord, please bring a Milo's to Arkansas)  And so yesterday i made two separate trips to Mcdonalds to indulge in the deliciousness that is their sweet tea.  I blame the need for that much sweet tea on my illness. 

As if my body wasn't in enough shock from my new obsession with sweet tea, Cecilia talked me into trying White Cheddar Cheez-it's on our trip to Alabama.  I LOVE cheese...especially processed cheese.  But cheez-it's and goldfish have always been where i draw the line.  Now, the line is blurred and i bet before long i'll be eating huge amounts of green beans as well (green beans are the end of the line for me as far as food is involved).

So if i gain ten pounds this summer, you'll know why.  And you'll know who to blame. 

(Sylvia and Cec.  Not my lack of self control involving delicious food)

The trip to Birmingham was refreshing...and United was of course, amazing.  Although i was disappointed because i grilled Lydia on who would be on tour hoping that i would finally get to see my good friend Brooke Fraser.  Lydia informed me that yes, she was on tour with them.  So i was completely giddy with excitement until we were sitting at CiCi's Pizza in Memphis on the way to AL and i received a twitter stating that Brooke had holed herself up in a cabin North Carolina.  Not that i blame her...but, WHAT?  Regardless, i still enjoyed United and the girl that led was nothing short of amazing.  Although i was the hottest i've ever been.  And that includes the trip to see Marc Broussard in an air conditioning free warehouse in Memphis in the middle of July three summers ago. Last Friday night has replaced that experience as the hottest i've ever been.

But the worship was A M A Z I N G

Here's a look...

After worship Friday night we crashed...H A R D.

But after sleeping ridiculously late on Saturday we got up and going, eager to take in everything Birmingham had to offer...or at least the ice cream and sweet tea :)

Also, apparantly Alabama is giving away free babies...

Other highlights of the trip...Cec and i made up new lyrics to "Come Together" that involve "snowball hiccups" and "rolo's up and down his legs".  Be sorry you missed that experience :)

And a LOT of time in the car...a L O T.  Good thing i like road trips.  And the people i was traveling with :)

Unfortunately, this is the only group picture i have of us...Just picture bama on the other side of me.  Or as his uncle made us call him, "Aubrey".  I had no idea of the rivalry between Auburn and Alabama (State? University? College? I'm so lacking of knowledge of football teams)

All in all, it was a good trip.  Even if i did catch the plague and have to spend the next two days on my couch wanting to die.

...A good beginning to a great summer...