some past mlk jr day memories. my senior year at wheaton, it was the day that matt and i went ring shopping for the first time. the next year, it was the weekend that we went to norfolk to hang out with mark. by the way, if anyone is ever near where mark lives, visit him. he's an awesome host. last mlk jr. day, i was in seattle with my dearest friends having the best tomato soup of my life at pike's market.
so this mlk jr. day? i'm thinking of it as a recovery day. we had a girl's lock in last night at the church. we played twister (believe it or not, i held my own with 14 year old girls!), danced for hours and made too many blender-drink batches to count. we did all fall asleep around 2-3, so i got a few hours of sleep. tomorrow i'm working at curves at 6.30 am, so i'm taking today very slow. matt's will be home from atlanta tonight, so i'm going to get my fill of gilmore girls while i still can!
other news: hunter is visiting matt and i for 2 weeks while my parents are in india. we are having an absolute blast. the only tricky part is keeping him 'low profile', as the apartment complex doesn't exactly allow dogs that big. when i was a little girl, i read a book about a girl that hida monster in the basement. she tried to sneak by her mom, but this monster kept getting bigger because he ate so many apples that the mom finally realizes that a monster is in her basement. that's how i feel with hunter most of the time...that i'm keeping a monster in the basement! last night was his birthday, so i bought a cupcake and all the girls at the lock-in sang happy birthday to him. it was so cute. i think i'll have another celebration for him tonight since matt missed the first one. and i don't think hunter will mind the extra cupcake...
Monday, January 15, 2007
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Monday, December 11, 2006
321...
something you might not have know about melbourne. the area code here is 321. well, i found out that is because we are on the space coast and they changed the area code to mimic the launch countdown.
speaking of countdowns, matt and i watched the first night launch in 4 years saturday night. he had never seen a launch, and i had only seen them from ocala - just a bright spot in the sky. seeing it up close was incredible.
in melbourne, we're just 20 miles away. on saturday night, we went to downtown melbourne to walk around the little shops. they were all lighted up and the parade was going on at the same time. at 8.30 we ran down to the causeway bridge and sat at the edge of the water and waited with our feet dangling over the bridge. it was a beautiful clear night, really dark. then suddenly, it looked like the sun was rising. the whole sky lit up with the shuttle Discovery. did you know the shuttle accelerates to over 17,000 miles per hour before it starts to orbit? i was so impressed. and i've never seen anything like that launch - it gave me chills.
this morning we took our car in for some maintenance and walked home. i wondered how funny we looked just walking out the parking lot and down the street! hopefully it gave the mechanics incentive to finish our car quickly knowing they were sending us out with only the shoes on our feet to get us around. ha! now i'm just dreading the call that the car is done, because it means another hike!
speaking of countdowns, matt and i watched the first night launch in 4 years saturday night. he had never seen a launch, and i had only seen them from ocala - just a bright spot in the sky. seeing it up close was incredible.
in melbourne, we're just 20 miles away. on saturday night, we went to downtown melbourne to walk around the little shops. they were all lighted up and the parade was going on at the same time. at 8.30 we ran down to the causeway bridge and sat at the edge of the water and waited with our feet dangling over the bridge. it was a beautiful clear night, really dark. then suddenly, it looked like the sun was rising. the whole sky lit up with the shuttle Discovery. did you know the shuttle accelerates to over 17,000 miles per hour before it starts to orbit? i was so impressed. and i've never seen anything like that launch - it gave me chills.
this morning we took our car in for some maintenance and walked home. i wondered how funny we looked just walking out the parking lot and down the street! hopefully it gave the mechanics incentive to finish our car quickly knowing they were sending us out with only the shoes on our feet to get us around. ha! now i'm just dreading the call that the car is done, because it means another hike!
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