9 mons plus, fulltime, keri's 1st vacation and of course new pics
Hi ,to anyone who still checks out my lj.I tried to post this during the summer,had it 90 % done and hit the wrong key. Puff no more entry and i just hadn't found the time to re post .It contains another first so i really wanted to post it,so here goes :)I've said it before,things aren't always perfect but it's gotten better and better for me.The best thing thats happened to me are the friends i've made,something i couldn't do before i began living fulltime.It seems silly now,but i know you've all been there.Oh yeah,this post is suppose to be about my vacation
,well to start it was my best one ever and that's because of the friends i 've made.I've actually been living for the first time,been doing more than just going to work.My best friend Lisa introduced me to her best friend Phyllis,her husband Brian and their daughter Katie. we've been spending alot of time hanging out and a camping trip they take every summer came up in conversation.I'm not sure how it all happened but i was invited to go on a camping trip to Ocracoke,one of the outer islands in North Carolina.Well i'm not a camper,lol,and this would be my first vacation in 3yrs and my 1st as Keri.I said yes, "silly me " and then thought,what was i thinking? It turned out to be the best thing i could have done,well at least after i got by a few bumps in the road so to speak :)
Here's how i remember it ;) For starters we left at 3:00 am,having to get to the ferry by 9am.Why you ask ? i did too,it was that or take the next ferry scheduled much later in the day and we'd have to set up camp in the dark.I haven't camped,well i won't go there,lol.The ferry ride was cool,there's something about the ocean that always makes me smile.I kept forgetting is was still in NC.Driving off the ferry and takng in the scenery rocked,i felt so free.Having decided on a campsite,the setting up of tents began.Being my first time, Brian,our leader, pretty much let me observe,a smart move on his part. Things moved along pretty quickly,i'll mention one of the tents was a screened in party area complete with a mirror ball and enough alcohol for a trip twice as long as ours.I should mention there were 11 people ranging in age from 5 to 64.I'd met all but one before,a 19 yr old UNCG college guy,Tim, with a passion for surfing.He was so cool and very easy on the eyes :) I wanted to try surfing but i didn't want to have to to make any visit to the islands hospital facilities.Our campsite was so close to the beach,just over the sand dunes,and nothing beats hearing the ocean the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning,that's if ya do mornings ;)
Remember those bumps i mentioned,well here's the biggest,no hot showers and ya ad to pull a rope and not let go to keep the freezing water flowing.Nobody told me i needed three arms to take a shower,lol.I just wanted to go home and can't say here what i said to my friends that invited me on the trip.I finally calmed down and was told about the bungy cord they brought that's tied to the rope and attached to the bottom of the shower door.We ran the risk of being arrested by park rangers,lolo, hey ya got to do what ya got to do ;) I felt like such an A hole after the shower incident,and that's when i knew how awesome my friends are.I would have packaged me up in my tent and shipped me home on the next ferry. The 90 degree heat wasn't always fun but i did help to drive up the the stock of the makers of sun tan lotion,and i thought gas was expensive.I was also on board with the makers of insect repellent. The final bump was the underwater setting in my tent when i forgot to close the back flap on my tent.
Some things we did remain a blur,lol,we did play some interesting drinking games,one, involving fishing rods and plastic fish matching the color o a card ya had to read and do what it said.There's a video of me on someones phone,well i won't go there,i can't.
Like alot of things camping,at least for me,took time to appreciate,but if they'll have me back,i'd love to do it again.Thanks for putting up with me you guys,you all know who you are,AWESOME friends!
Here's another first,it did happen awhile ago since like i said its taken me forever to post this after loosing it the 1st time. Here's what happened.You probly know i show movies for a living and i love watching them.Well mondays my day off and sleeping late is what i do ! The phone rings i look at the clock it's 10:00Am ,i see who's calling and it's my best friend Lisa.She says come on over i'm still in bed and i want ya to watch "Hancock " with me.She says don't pretty yourself up missy just get over here,ya don't have to ask me twice,lol.I'd love to say i couldn't tell ya what happened next but nothing did cause Lisa's straight and the best friend i've ever had.What was funny,eventually,was we were into the movie ,really cozy,and we hear the garage door open and in sec her husbands at the bed rooom door.Can you say uncomfortable.I know he knows we're just friends but so much was running through my head.,but what he said wasn't one of them.Without missing a beat he says a first for me ,coming home to two hot women in my bed.Well we all had a big laugh and Lisa and i got up and had some breakfast :) Gotta say it's been an interesting summer,my best ever,hope you're all doing well!
,well to start it was my best one ever and that's because of the friends i 've made.I've actually been living for the first time,been doing more than just going to work.My best friend Lisa introduced me to her best friend Phyllis,her husband Brian and their daughter Katie. we've been spending alot of time hanging out and a camping trip they take every summer came up in conversation.I'm not sure how it all happened but i was invited to go on a camping trip to Ocracoke,one of the outer islands in North Carolina.Well i'm not a camper,lol,and this would be my first vacation in 3yrs and my 1st as Keri.I said yes, "silly me " and then thought,what was i thinking? It turned out to be the best thing i could have done,well at least after i got by a few bumps in the road so to speak :)
Here's how i remember it ;) For starters we left at 3:00 am,having to get to the ferry by 9am.Why you ask ? i did too,it was that or take the next ferry scheduled much later in the day and we'd have to set up camp in the dark.I haven't camped,well i won't go there,lol.The ferry ride was cool,there's something about the ocean that always makes me smile.I kept forgetting is was still in NC.Driving off the ferry and takng in the scenery rocked,i felt so free.Having decided on a campsite,the setting up of tents began.Being my first time, Brian,our leader, pretty much let me observe,a smart move on his part. Things moved along pretty quickly,i'll mention one of the tents was a screened in party area complete with a mirror ball and enough alcohol for a trip twice as long as ours.I should mention there were 11 people ranging in age from 5 to 64.I'd met all but one before,a 19 yr old UNCG college guy,Tim, with a passion for surfing.He was so cool and very easy on the eyes :) I wanted to try surfing but i didn't want to have to to make any visit to the islands hospital facilities.Our campsite was so close to the beach,just over the sand dunes,and nothing beats hearing the ocean the last thing at night and the first thing in the morning,that's if ya do mornings ;)
Remember those bumps i mentioned,well here's the biggest,no hot showers and ya ad to pull a rope and not let go to keep the freezing water flowing.Nobody told me i needed three arms to take a shower,lol.I just wanted to go home and can't say here what i said to my friends that invited me on the trip.I finally calmed down and was told about the bungy cord they brought that's tied to the rope and attached to the bottom of the shower door.We ran the risk of being arrested by park rangers,lolo, hey ya got to do what ya got to do ;) I felt like such an A hole after the shower incident,and that's when i knew how awesome my friends are.I would have packaged me up in my tent and shipped me home on the next ferry. The 90 degree heat wasn't always fun but i did help to drive up the the stock of the makers of sun tan lotion,and i thought gas was expensive.I was also on board with the makers of insect repellent. The final bump was the underwater setting in my tent when i forgot to close the back flap on my tent.
Some things we did remain a blur,lol,we did play some interesting drinking games,one, involving fishing rods and plastic fish matching the color o a card ya had to read and do what it said.There's a video of me on someones phone,well i won't go there,i can't.
Like alot of things camping,at least for me,took time to appreciate,but if they'll have me back,i'd love to do it again.Thanks for putting up with me you guys,you all know who you are,AWESOME friends!
Here's another first,it did happen awhile ago since like i said its taken me forever to post this after loosing it the 1st time. Here's what happened.You probly know i show movies for a living and i love watching them.Well mondays my day off and sleeping late is what i do ! The phone rings i look at the clock it's 10:00Am ,i see who's calling and it's my best friend Lisa.She says come on over i'm still in bed and i want ya to watch "Hancock " with me.She says don't pretty yourself up missy just get over here,ya don't have to ask me twice,lol.I'd love to say i couldn't tell ya what happened next but nothing did cause Lisa's straight and the best friend i've ever had.What was funny,eventually,was we were into the movie ,really cozy,and we hear the garage door open and in sec her husbands at the bed rooom door.Can you say uncomfortable.I know he knows we're just friends but so much was running through my head.,but what he said wasn't one of them.Without missing a beat he says a first for me ,coming home to two hot women in my bed.Well we all had a big laugh and Lisa and i got up and had some breakfast :) Gotta say it's been an interesting summer,my best ever,hope you're all doing well!