Some things change...some don't

Seven years ago I had a haircut that I let my college roommate cut.

Seven years ago that college roommate's idea of decorating was writing the scientific method on our living room wall...so imagine the haircut :)

Seven years ago I still had my jeep cherokee i loved so much.

Seven years ago I was the shyest, most insecure girl you ever met.

And seven years ago was the last time I was in the town i love so very much.

Boulder, Colorado. The town of my youth :)

Some things in my life may have changed dramatically since then, but I dare say my love for this town never will.

And this weekend I get to return there after 7 years of pining. And with some of my favorite people.

I'm the luckiest. :)

Maladies

For the past 4 weeks I've had health insurance...for the first time in a year and a half.

Since then i've had what could have been a deadly spider bite, a pulled hamstring, and viral pink eye.

None of which actually required me to go to the doctor.

But i take comfort in the security of things that I might not actually need. So I appreciate the fact that I could have gone to the doctor if that spider bite had in fact turned out to be the deadly sort.

But all that time at the doctor would have been wasted whilst i live this incredible life:

the most amazing group of high school girls you could ever hope to know

little rock dream center has my heart

no need to say anything more. picture = a thousand words

..Land That I Love

This was my last weekend officially having a residence in Conway. From now until who knows when, I'll just be an über frequent visitor to this town i love so much. So, needless to say, lived it up Conway style this weekend. Pictures and stories to come on a different blog soon.

But there was a lot of being outside. And downtown. Maybe at the same time...

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...