Since my last post, there have been a few big things going down:
First & most importantly....SARAH HAS A NEW BEAUTIFUL NIECE! Her name is Nora and she is just the cutest little thing. Auntie Sarah went to Ohio to visit her and Nora's big sister, 2 year old Ella. Sarah also got to enjoy Antarctica, aka Ohio by playing some ice hockey in her backyard and stressing about possible flight delays. Sarah is eager to visit again and has been hitting up Gap Kids, Children's Place, and other clothing stores to make sure her nieces are voted 'best dressed.'
Next on the agenda, I went to Washington DC for a weekend and hung out with the Pres for a while. Word to the wise, don't go to DC in January...FREEEEEEZING. I also realized that I have the attention span of a 3 year old and museums are cool, but I hate reading. I went out for a birthday dinner with Columbus Kevin and yep was a member of the clean plate club. Riding the metro was interesting and thank you Kevin for not leaving me because I had no idea what I was doing. The country girl in me gets a little nervous with all the public transportation but hey, go green!
ATLANTIC CITY BABY!!! Obviously we had to visit AC while leaving on the East Coast. We rounded up our friends Andrew and Matt and hit the town in search of big money. We took the ferry from Lewes to Cape May, NJ and stayed at the Trump Marina for one night. Ferrys are pretty sweet and AC was a blast, with the highlight being Sarah winning 100 bones on a slot machine! It was her last 25 cents and as she pulled that lever and screamed "mama needs new shoes" we knew it was destiny to win! We all screamed like she had just hit the megamillions and then she immediately went to collect her winnings. I learned how to play craps and I won 20 dollars in less than 3 minutes, and then got nervous and quit. Craps was sweet though because everyone screams and jumps up and down for you. It's a team sport, I dig. I would also like to report that we did not see Snookie, the Situation, or any of those Jersey grease balls, which was probably a good thing. Atlantic City was great, however, I'm a Vegas girl and I promise I won't cheat on you Sin City, you know you are the best!
'FIRST ANNUAL 9 HOLE EVENT'- With the help of our fellow dodgeball friends, we put together a little event known as 9 hole. The idea of the event was to hit up 9 different locations and have a different shot/drink at each location, with the 9th hole being The Green Turtle (the local watering hole in our apartment complex). Many of the houses had themes and for our casa we chose a mexican theme!! Yes we had a mexican flag on our door and message that read: Hola mi amigos! Our drink was a tequila sunrise, which ended up being a shot because there were 20+ people at the event and we were running a little short on the tequila. You know it's going to be a night to remember (or not remember) when the evening began with an irish car bomb at hole #1. By the time we got to our house for hole #4 everyone was all smiles and the night was a total success. Sarah may or may not have had a hangover for the following 3 days, but I will say this, she is a champ and not only completed the front 9 on the course, I believe she took it upon herself to create 9 other shots. Nevertheless, good times and we are really going to miss all the great friends we have made here in little Lewes, Delaware.
TAKING THE PLUNGE.... Every year in the beginning of February the crazy locals hold a charity event to raise money for the special olympics, in which thousands of people take a dip in the Atlantic Ocean. Now I hate cold more than anyone, but when it's for charity and it's a tradition, I'm in. So I put on the bikini and took the plunge, not once but twice. My fellow plungers decided that once was not enough because we didn't get a photo, so after getting dry, I then ran in again. You must go underwater for it to count (well those arent official rules, but if you don't go under people will talk smack about you, so I had to go all the way under). The temperature outside was around 40 degrees and sunny, so that wasn't too horrible, however the water was a blistering 35 degrees. My whole body went numb and I struggled to run back to my towel due to the loss of sensation in my lower extremities, but hey, not everyone can say they did the polar bear plunge! The event also raised more than a half of a million dollars, so kudos to you my fellow plungers and donators :)
Sarah and I are officially done working at Beebe Medical Center on February 25th. We are pretty positive our next stop will be........... let the suspense set in............ HOUSTON, TEXAS!! Cowboys, warm weather, BBQ, rodeos, the final four, ohhh my it looks like it will be another wild ride :)
