the thin line between optimism and delusion…

I am going to the ATL tonight with my brother, and Sunday morning my dad and I are flying out to Costa Rica for a mission trip.  I will be gone for a week.  I know that y’all are going to miss me a ton, and I will be thinking of you, and if I am able to get internet at any time, I promise that updating this will be the first thing I do.  Please pray for us and our group – I am looking forward to every aspect of this trip, and I think it will be unbelievably rewarding, while at the same time I hope to be useful as well.  We are going to be in the mountains in the north, supposedly near the volcanoes.  I’ve never been, so this is exciting. 

In other news, Libby and I just bought our tickets to go to Grand Lake Colorado for the beginning of August.  I really can’t express how excited I am about this.  I can almost taste the fresh cold beer and feel the cold nights and see the brightest stars.  AGGGHHHHH – it is almost all I can take!!!  I am so blessed to get to go back out there again!!!!  I miss it so much!!!!!!

Love y’all.  Be good.

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So maybe it isn’t real early in the morning, but it is still morning.  I am laying in my bed, listening to my mom chat on the phone in the other room, and contemplating what I would like to eat for lunch.  Zaxby’s and Bojangles always seem to overpower every other choice, but I’m looking to not end up with heart disease at age 30, so we will see. 

This is the latest I have been in bed almost all summer.  I enjoy sleeping in the mornings more than most things.  I love to wake up, roll over, and realize that I don’t have to get up right now, snuggle back into the covers and pass out.  I think morning sleep in the most enjoyable.  But this summer I have had a hard time sleeping in the mornings.  Maybe it is because while I was in Rome I finally taught myself how to wake up at 6 am and enjoy the day (the trick here is to go to sleep around 7:30 at night), and my body clock has been damaged ever since. 

OR MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THE REASON I HAVEN’T BEEN SLEEPING IN THE MORNING IS BECAUSE THE PHONE IN MY ROOM IN AUGUSTA HAS THE MOST OBNOXIOUS RING I HAVE EVER HEARD.  I THINK I AM GOING TO GIVE IT TO BELLA TO CHEW ON. 

But the good things about getting up in the morning do help counteract the disappointment from lack of morning sleep.  Like, you can watch all the prime time in the daytime.  And when it gets to be 5 in the afternoon, you don’t wonder where the day went quite as much. 

I’ve been sitting here contemplating how I could waste my time today.  And I all the sudden had a flash on productive inspiration.  I realized I have cookies to bake.  And letters to write.  And cookies to eat.  And cokes to drink.  And I think my dad might have said something about me brushing down the pool today.  But I was trying really hard not to hear him, so I’m not sure. 

Wish me luck, it is going to be a big day. 

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Georgia Peaches  and tomatoes.            

Dipped Ice Cream Cones from Dairy Queen

Sparkling Pink Lemonade – I l ove anything carbonated! This is especially good if you put it in the freezer for a little while. 

  The Coleman Party Dock – easily fits six people – best $40 I have spent all summer. 

     Sunshine Bakery – the greatest sandwich place in america – thankfully located in downtown Augusta, Ga. 

          San Pellegrino – my favorite sparkling water – amazingly refreshing and enjoyable.  I love bubble water. 

Yawn.  I also love miller light and prosecco wine.  Oh, and the air conditioner in my car.  And the man at the service station that got the screw out of my tire and plugged it for me.  I love him a lot. 

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I apologize for dropping off the face of the earth with regards to my blog.  I finished work in Rome last week and since then, besides a couple stops in the ATL, I  have been in the mountains with my family and friends. 

Now I am in Augusta, and I have a terrible cold.  A terrible summer cold.  I think I might be dying.  All I want to do is cough, but it hurts when I cough. 

But I have been hanging out with Bella and Bo.  They are precious.  And I have been catching up on my primetime in the daytime on TNT. 

They cut all the trees down in my parent’s backyard, which is upsetting.  Maybe I will post some pictures later.  Hold your breath.  Then you will know what I feel like right now with this cold. 

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