Lakes, VA, and a triumphant return to the 'Bein!

I had a great time in Columbia, SC with Morgan! I got to her adorable apartment upstairs in an old house around 4pm. Friday night we went out to dinner and then saw a jazz fusion band play. The next day we went to her boyfriend's house on the lake and took a boat ride. He took us to a little cove by an overpass and we swam around for a couple hours drinking Blue Moon. And by "swam around" I mean "lounged in the floaty chairs." It really was my idea of a perfect summer afternoon. As I was sitting in the floaty chair, I thought this is really how I envisioned my life. Can't I open a theatre somewhere on a lake in the Carolinas? That way I can have my dog and house and car and porch hammock and still do what I love. After the boat ride, we played Drunk Cranium. It's like regular Cranium, except I can't really remember a lot of it. Apparently we still beat the crap out of the boys. We took another dip in the lake once it was dark out, but soon got out because it was FREEZING!

I drove back Sunday morning with the help of my dad's GPS. I have no idea how people drove before GPS. It has completely spoiled me.

As soon as I got back from Columbia, my dad, my sisters and I left for Williamsburg, VA. We spent all Monday at Busch Gardens riding rides til we puked (not really) and seeing crazy acrobat shows (really). The next day we did some outlet shopping and I bought my 2nd pair of jeans! I know, I know...I'm ok, I don't know what came over me. (I really don't like jeans, they constrict me. I'd much rather be in some floofy goucho pants that feel like blankets, but I realize how fashion-challenged they make me look.) That night Elisabeth and I watched TV while Dad and Mary Kate went on a Ghost Walk Tour.

Now I'm back in NC and my week and a half at home has suddenly turned into 2 days. Joe is here, and Saturday morning we're leaving for Wisconsin. BUT we're making a pit stop in WESTERVILLE, OHIO Saturday night to see Last Night of Ballyhoo at the 'Bein! I haven't been back since July 2006, and I'm old enough now that the only class I knew is the one that just graduated. We'll only be there for a few hours, so we might hit up Hounddog's for dinner and then Old Bag after the show. I do miss that sweet little town. Undergrad, not so much. Although times were simpler! I now pay 4 x the rent I paid then and my friends now live an hour commute away instead of a 10 minute leisurely stroll across campus.