Within the span of a week I was on the West Coast & East Coast. I have to be honest, I needed the travel. Although they were short trips I needed a getaway. These are the perks that come with my dad's job and I had the privilege of jumping on board. (catch that pun?) So last week I packed my bags for California and flew over some beautiful mountain ranges in SoCal. My heart leapt as I listened to mixed music made by friends of mine and looked at the beauty thousands of feet below me. I took some pictures of the scape but none can live up to the beauty my eyes beheld. I imagined myself down in the ridges of the mountain, experiencing the nature and taking in the revitalization it brings. I daydreamed a little and finished reading a script written by a dear friend of mine, who, if I may brag about here on this cyber-page, is quite talented, I couldn't put the script down if only to gaze on the mountains out my window.
I spent the weekend in San Bernardino with my family and many of the University of Mary Hardin Baylor's generous donors and other important people. I now have spent a great deal of time with the Owner of the Dr. Pepper distribution plant...Dr. Pepper's originating city is in Waco, TX (45 min from where I live). I also know the Blue Bell man! They're all older guys of course but hey perhaps I can get them to like me enough to give me free things! The DP man offered me a gallon of DP concentrate which makes 6 two liters of normal soda! I will be taking him up on that!
So California was beautiful, I had my own hotel room, and I got to go to the Pacific Coast Aquarium! I got to see the penguins! That made me excited. We ate fancy and got to see our football team play and win they're first game of the season. Then we got on a plane at midnight western time and headed home. Got in at 5:30am central time and my bag was nowhere to be found........After searching everywhere and checking with everyone I went to bed at 7:30am and by 5pm that afternoon the airport found my bag. They lost it. Go figure.
So 3 days later I'm packing for New York. So very excited because I get to see my JULIE!! I was more excited about seeing her than the broadway show I was going to see that weekend. So we get in on Wednesday and meet up with my uncle who lives in Manhattan. We drove from Times Square, where we were staying, to New Jersey to have dinner at a fancy and expensive restaurant. I can remember eating there when I was a kid and my uncle took us that last time as well. Let me just say our bill was almost $200 for the 4 of us. It was crazy...crazy and good! I felt a little spoiled by my uncle who made me order dessert after having such a huge and amazing meal. He's pretty great. He also took us to ground zero since it was 9/11 I wanted to make it out there. It was neat to people watch around there. Some were stopping wherever they were to take pictures of the lights in the sky that replaced the buildings that were once there and others sat and consoled each other.
The next morning we went to Pick-A-Bagel the best place in NY to get bagels. We then went to Central Park, Bloomingdales, H&M, New York & Company, Juicy Cube and some other shops. I took a short nap and Julie came over. Julie and I had planned to eat dinner, head to her place in BKLYN and then she would come over to stay at the hotel with me. So we ate left overs cuz we are cheap and why not!? Then we walked to the subway and I bought my first metro card! I forgot that as many people are on the street there are just as many below the street. Thatshacray! We rode the subway and talked the whole 40ish minutes to BKLYN. The moment we got there it had started to rain, so we walked 4 blocks in it, totally unprepared to her apt. We were only there a few minutes when Lizzie (her roomie) got home and stood at the door, in a dress, soaking wet. It was definitely a movie moment other than the fact that she wasn't too bothered that she was soaking wet. We at peppermint patties and visited for a moment till I took Julie...well, she took me to my hotel. Riding back the subway was not as crowded and we got to kinda freely enjoy catching up by joking around and laughing. When we got back to the hotel we changed and went to the restaurant in the hotel to get dessert. It was lovely. "Friends" was the end to our evening and the next morning we got breakfast, mini cupcakes, moseyed around LOFT and then she went back on the subway to work. That evening we got to eat at a fancy family style restaurant called "Carmines" and see "Jersey Boys." To tell you the truth, I fell in love with one of the actors who played one of the four seasons. I swooned... and I don't think I have ever swooned before, but I knew it when I did it. I swooned.
Our next day was tailgating and football. We won. Yep that's about as exciting as it gets.
In other news... I'm back in Texas. I introduced my folks to Mongolian tonight and went to see "The Family" in theaters. In other, other news... my heart is acting up. Yes, physically my heart is acting up. The other night I was bothered by its hard beating and along with it struggling to breathe completely, which makes me dizzy. So this has been going on for 3 days now. We got my blood pressure taken and it's fine... so I'm going to see my family doctor tomorrow. It's not beating fast. Just hard beats. Not constantly. Just when I'm resting. It's beating hard enough to make me notice my heart is beating. Normally people don't just stop to notice their heart beating. So like right now I can feel it every once and a while a couple beats will be harder than others. Anyway, as weird as it is, if you could say a prayer for my heart that it's nothing to worry about.
Was that update long enough for you all? I think I will spare y'all any more for tonight. I will update when I know whats up with this heart of mine. Who knows, all that swooning the other night over a broadway actor could have something to do with it... haha
Here's some pics from the past 2 weekends:
I spent the weekend in San Bernardino with my family and many of the University of Mary Hardin Baylor's generous donors and other important people. I now have spent a great deal of time with the Owner of the Dr. Pepper distribution plant...Dr. Pepper's originating city is in Waco, TX (45 min from where I live). I also know the Blue Bell man! They're all older guys of course but hey perhaps I can get them to like me enough to give me free things! The DP man offered me a gallon of DP concentrate which makes 6 two liters of normal soda! I will be taking him up on that!
So California was beautiful, I had my own hotel room, and I got to go to the Pacific Coast Aquarium! I got to see the penguins! That made me excited. We ate fancy and got to see our football team play and win they're first game of the season. Then we got on a plane at midnight western time and headed home. Got in at 5:30am central time and my bag was nowhere to be found........After searching everywhere and checking with everyone I went to bed at 7:30am and by 5pm that afternoon the airport found my bag. They lost it. Go figure.
So 3 days later I'm packing for New York. So very excited because I get to see my JULIE!! I was more excited about seeing her than the broadway show I was going to see that weekend. So we get in on Wednesday and meet up with my uncle who lives in Manhattan. We drove from Times Square, where we were staying, to New Jersey to have dinner at a fancy and expensive restaurant. I can remember eating there when I was a kid and my uncle took us that last time as well. Let me just say our bill was almost $200 for the 4 of us. It was crazy...crazy and good! I felt a little spoiled by my uncle who made me order dessert after having such a huge and amazing meal. He's pretty great. He also took us to ground zero since it was 9/11 I wanted to make it out there. It was neat to people watch around there. Some were stopping wherever they were to take pictures of the lights in the sky that replaced the buildings that were once there and others sat and consoled each other.
The next morning we went to Pick-A-Bagel the best place in NY to get bagels. We then went to Central Park, Bloomingdales, H&M, New York & Company, Juicy Cube and some other shops. I took a short nap and Julie came over. Julie and I had planned to eat dinner, head to her place in BKLYN and then she would come over to stay at the hotel with me. So we ate left overs cuz we are cheap and why not!? Then we walked to the subway and I bought my first metro card! I forgot that as many people are on the street there are just as many below the street. Thatshacray! We rode the subway and talked the whole 40ish minutes to BKLYN. The moment we got there it had started to rain, so we walked 4 blocks in it, totally unprepared to her apt. We were only there a few minutes when Lizzie (her roomie) got home and stood at the door, in a dress, soaking wet. It was definitely a movie moment other than the fact that she wasn't too bothered that she was soaking wet. We at peppermint patties and visited for a moment till I took Julie...well, she took me to my hotel. Riding back the subway was not as crowded and we got to kinda freely enjoy catching up by joking around and laughing. When we got back to the hotel we changed and went to the restaurant in the hotel to get dessert. It was lovely. "Friends" was the end to our evening and the next morning we got breakfast, mini cupcakes, moseyed around LOFT and then she went back on the subway to work. That evening we got to eat at a fancy family style restaurant called "Carmines" and see "Jersey Boys." To tell you the truth, I fell in love with one of the actors who played one of the four seasons. I swooned... and I don't think I have ever swooned before, but I knew it when I did it. I swooned.
Our next day was tailgating and football. We won. Yep that's about as exciting as it gets.
In other news... I'm back in Texas. I introduced my folks to Mongolian tonight and went to see "The Family" in theaters. In other, other news... my heart is acting up. Yes, physically my heart is acting up. The other night I was bothered by its hard beating and along with it struggling to breathe completely, which makes me dizzy. So this has been going on for 3 days now. We got my blood pressure taken and it's fine... so I'm going to see my family doctor tomorrow. It's not beating fast. Just hard beats. Not constantly. Just when I'm resting. It's beating hard enough to make me notice my heart is beating. Normally people don't just stop to notice their heart beating. So like right now I can feel it every once and a while a couple beats will be harder than others. Anyway, as weird as it is, if you could say a prayer for my heart that it's nothing to worry about.
Was that update long enough for you all? I think I will spare y'all any more for tonight. I will update when I know whats up with this heart of mine. Who knows, all that swooning the other night over a broadway actor could have something to do with it... haha
Here's some pics from the past 2 weekends:
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