I had the evening off tonight, which has been lovely. Kelly went to study at a friend's apartment, Alice was off with some of Kelly's friends who adore her, and Elliott was in class. I watched some Greek, ate cereal, took a shower (I hate taking showers while Alice sleeps because I'm terrified she'll wake up and fall off the bed...), snuggled with the puppy, talked to Whitley (yay, I love our chats about boys and carrots and hospitals and other weird things), had a very mushy text convo with Savannah about how we're both awesome (HAHA), and read blogs. I might have listened to A LOT of Jesse McCartney songs also...
Sooooo, I don't know how much I feel like talking about Florida now that it was over 2 weeks ago. Who is surprised, really? I always mean to write about memories, because I LOVE remembering and let's face it, if I don't write things down I will forget specific things which makes me very sad. I have pictures and I have random anecdotes I can share, I suppose.
OKAY...We left Friday night, around 10 pm. Alice was EXHAUSTED (just the way we wanted her...sleepy baby + car = nap), I had everything packed, and Kelly just needed tons of water and to make sure everything was packed in the car properly (Elliott kindly packed the car for us, he's very efficient at organizing things). I started out driving, but I'd never driven Kelly's car before (or any other car besides good ol' Jack, my beloved Corolla...don't make fun of me, I know I'm pathetic) so that took some time to figure out. Her car is basically just like my Corolla except MUCH nicer and it has cruise control! So that was lots of fun! Woo. We got on the interstate with no trouble, I drove all the way through Kentucky...we stopped right in Tennessee (so about midnight) and Kelly feed the baby while I pretended to go to the bathroom (it was creepy and I couldn't find the door to the restroom and some weird guy was standing nearby...), then I called my mom. I tried to sleep while Kelly drove, but I was wired from an energy drink (which made me unable to sleep for 26 hours!) so I listened to music, mostly. Kelly started getting sleepy around 2:30, so I took over again and she and Alice slept for a LONG time. I made it through Atlanta with no problems....Kelly was supposed to wake up to help me navigate, but I didn't want to wake her up. I stopped just outside of Atlanta so that we could get some more gas and feed the baby (I obviously didn't feed the baby, Kelly did...), and then we hit the road again. I couldn't sleep yet again, so I laid there and tried to keep the baby quiet because she had woken up. We also were on some strange route thanks to the GPS, so that was amusing. It was beautiful, and we were on some back roads in Georgia and it was just lovely. We saw old churches, a town that had SO MANY yard sales (over 50...it was ridiculous), a RV caravan, and somehow we missed a turn and ended up at a penitentiary...I love stuff like that. We finally arrived in Florida around 10:30 or 11, and we were in Jacksonville by noon! :) I texted Laura to get her address and tell her we were almost there....I was so excited to be so close to seeing my Bunni! I had missed her sooo much <3
We made it to Laura's house, where she was waiting for us and she practically attacked us with hugs! I love her so much. We put our stuff in the guest bedroom (which Kelly and Alice used, mostly) and then we talked a lot and figured out what we were going to do that day. Laura had plans for the evening, but we hung out during the day. I slept in Laura's bed that night so she could cuddle with her Alice and Kelly...it was wonderful. So comfortable!
Kelly, me, and Laura in 2006...our first spring break in Jacksonville.
Kelly, Laura, me, and Anna...and Brooker is cut out of the picture, haha.
From our 2006 spring break trip to Jacksonville...what a great day.
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