Finally the weekend!!!

Starting off I want to say that I hope that everyone has a great 4th!

So I am really ready to get this weekend started!

On Friday night I am going to Metropolis to go see Lynyrd Skynyrd with my best friend. So it should be a great time and I can't wait!

Hopefully this wonderful weather we have been enjoying will stay around until after this weekend is over! I am going to be spending the night with her, since who knows what time we will actaully get done having a good time that night :)

Then on Saturday, we are going to be heading to Marion, where her aunt and uncle lives, and spend the whole day on the lake! She has told be that we are going to be tubing as well. So I have never done this before, so pray that I don't get hurt while I attempt to do it. But other than that, I have no idea what is in store for that day. I know that we are going to be going somewhere to watch the fireworks that night, which will be a great ending to a great day!

So I will tell you about my weekend sometime next week!

Do you guys have any great plans for this weekend?

Until later,

**Updates**

So today I am moving back into my parent's house. I don't think that it should be too bad of a move since I have most of my things alrady over there and plus it is onl y a few minutes away from where I am now. So hopefully, everything will go alright after I move back in since I am use to doing anything that I wanted to without having anybody questioning me what I was going to be doing. So that's what is new in my life right now. I know..pretty exciting right?? yeah, not so much lol

****started this a couple of days ago, move went great, just have to get everything organized now***

on the other hand, some updates on what I have written about earlier:

Internship: still looking for one. but the good news is that i now only have to work 20 hours a week for it instead of 40. this is pretty good since i dont have to keep looking for a paid one..which let me tell you..i dont think that they exist!! so keep your figers crossed that i find one pretty soon. i am hoping to get one by this the end of this week.

Navy things: so on my winery trip the past week, i learned about the college fund that is available that you can get that adds more money whenever you get the G.I. Bill. So I thought that this was a pretty good deal. When I got home I researched about it a little then headed to go talk to the recruiters about this. But as it turns out, I wouldn't be able to get this until after I have been in for 3 years. Not as soon as I would like it to be.

But my only dilemma is that, if I take the LRP right now, I won't be able to get the GI until I reenlist and the catch with the college fund is, from what I have read about it, that you have to ask for it when you first enlist. So what I am trying to decide is just take the LRP or not? Because if I could possibly get quite a bit extra from the college fund I could use that to pay on my loans that I have. But my only question is that, would I still be able to get it if I wait until I reenlist after my first five years are over?

Also found out that if I do decide to go to school when I first start out that I would only be able to get Tuition Assistantance since the GI doesn't start until after I am in for 3 years. This would only pay for the tuition and not the books or anything else that I may need. Again, still not a bad deal. I would much rather pay for books and not have to worry about paying the tuition any day. I guess I could do this if I took the LRP or not. What to do????

I have came to the conclusion that I hate having to make hard decisions, but I guess that is just part of growing up and I need to get use to it.

Well thats about it for the updates,

until later,

~ Crazy Friday ~

So today was suppose to be just a normal Friday, just like any other day after I get off from work.

So my plan for today after I got off from work at 0730 was to go over to Marion and go to Wal-Mart and pick up a card for my parents anniversary and then go running. So not a too bad of a plan I thought.

So I was almost to Wal-Mart and then I heard a thud sound and I thought something fell off of my car. I looked back and didn't see anything, and this is where my day goes down hill. Then I heard an awful sound while I was driving. Thankfully I was close to a turn lane. So I turned off of the highway and into an old parking lot...got out and then just as thought...I had a flat tire!!

I was going to change the tire myself...I even had the owner's manuel out just for a guide. I got everything out and then I was going to get the jack out...and thats where it hit a dead end. Somehow they have it locked into a holder and all that you have to do is unscrew it to loosen it and then slide it out. Apparently it hasn't been used because it to tight for me to get.

There I sat...with my back hatch up waiting for someone to stop and help me. Well, needless to say no one would stop. So thank goodness we have roadside assistance through Verizon wireless. Which was nice because they will come and help and it won't cost me anything. Well the wait time at the most would be 1 hour and 55 minutes!! I didn't want to wait that long, especially since it was getting hotter by the minute.

While I was waiting for the service to show up, this guy on a Harley shows up and offers to help me change the tire Thank You God!!! So he was nice enough to stop and help since everybody else and their mother just drove by. In the meantime I cancled the roadside assistance, since they were taking too long.

And the really great part about it was that my spare tire is actually a normal tire that you can drive around on and not have to worry about getting a new one. He did a great job changing it and it didn't take too long to change either. I told him I wish that I could give him something for helping, but then he told me that he wouldn't take anything because he was just being nice.

I wish that there were a lot more people like Jimmy who would stop and help people out like me in this situation. So hopefully there will be some way to repay the kind act to someone else. So I will keep a look out for some way that I can help someone else.

Over all, got my tire fixed, which only was $15..so not too bad! And then I went running. Not the greatest time that I have ever ran...but at least I went lol.

So I hope that you all have a great weekend!

Mini Winery Tour Fun!!

So for all of that don't know..Southern Illinois has a great Wine Trail avaible to go on. I know who would have thought that around here that we could actually grow grapes and make some awesome wine. It is a great way to spend a free day, especially with all of the tasting that you can do at each winery!

So on Monday, me, my mom and my aunt went to a few of them and spent most of the day enjoying the scenery, the wine and the company of each other.

Our first stop was Von Jakob. This was the first time there and they have some pretty awesome wine. The one that my mom and I liked the best was the Jonathan Apple Wine. It taste like you are "eating" an apple. It was so good...we had about a half of a bottle between the two of us.

So after that we decided that we should get something to eat before we went to any more. So we headed over to Giant City Lodge and had some good food there. After we had a great lunch it was time for stop number 2.

The second stop was at Rustle Hill Winery. I have to say that this is the best one that we went to that day and the best one that I have ever been to myself! The view is awesome and so is the wine. But the best thing that you can actually get there..is the Sangria!! If I didn't have to drive that day...I think that I could of had been able to drink a whole pitcher of it! But I stuck to only having a single glass plus whatever I tasted as well. The wine that I liked the best was Traminette. Now that I think about it, I should of gotten a bottle for later...oh well, just means an other reason to go out there again, hehe

The third and final stop was at Starview Winery. I have to say that this wasn't my favorite but it was pretty nice. They did have a few wines that I liked. They also had a Sangria that tasted like it was hawaiian punch but not as good as Rustle Hill. But the best thing that they did offer was Wine Slushies!! Who would have thought! It was perfect to end with that since it was so hot that day and the drink was so cold! I did find to wines that I liked and they were, Bellastar and the Concord one.

The wonderful wine slushie


So I say if you should ever happen to end up in Southern Illinois, you should stop by any of the wineries that we have around here.

Not the greatest idea!

So today I might have not had the greatest idea in the world.

I decided that I would go running before I had to get some sleep, since I work tonight

So it doesn't sound all that bad right??

Well, just before I had a fruit and yogurt thing from McD's and a iced low fat mocha, which by the way was wonderful!

And it is around 11 am and it is already 96 degrees outside with 46% humidity!

(Gotta love Southern Illinois' Summers)

Also, I decided today that I would increase my distance from 1 mile to 1.5.

Why I decided that I would do that today, I will never know!

So it started off pretty good, but then about half way through I was feelin it.

I don't know if it was the coffee/yogurt or the heat/humidity, maybe a little bit of both. But I was feelin sick.

Needless to say my time sucked!

It was double what it has to be for the requirements for the Navy.

I am so upset at myself for taking this long to run a 1.5!

So, I am not going to let this bother me too much,

but hopefully I can get my time down to where I need it to be.

Keep you fingers crossed for me.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Happy Father's Day!

Hope that every one has a great time celebrating Father's Day. I wish that I could spend some more time with my dad today, but I can't since I have to work tonight. So I made sure to go to my parent's house this morning before he left for church to give him his card and gift.

Now I am not the type of person that likes to give or get mushy cards. So I got him one from hallmark cards that has the characters on it that are hoops&yoyo. Those are the funniest and best sound cards that they have to offer in my opinion. I got him one where they sing about him about falling asleep on the couch while watching tv....it is so perfect because he does just that haha! And then I got him the dvd Wanted, which looks like a good movie to me.

So here are some pics of my great dad:

This one is a couple of years old
At a Cardinal's baseball game

Last year 4th of July

would have been a better pic of he didn't have the cheesy smile goin on

And one more:One of the whole family :)

early morning post...

So for some unknown reason this morning I woke up at 4 am! I have no idea why I do this, but I don't like it..especially since it is Saturday! I had planned on getting up just a little bit earlier than usual since we are having a yard sale today...but I was thinking more along the lines around 6. I could so use the extra two hours of sleep. But oh well!

So being up this early I was thinking that I should start posting something weekly like I see on other wonderful blogs that I keep up with. Maybe something like a photo of a week like the Chic Runner does, or anything else like that. If you have any ideas, I would be glad to hear about.

So, the rest of the week has not been to eventful really. Besides the fact that our roof of the house has started leaking in the living room. So we had to call the landlord...which I have to say he is a weird one at that, and I don't think that he is that brightest crayon in the box. So he decided that he would climb up into the attic to see whats going on. My roommate Jess was home when he was here, and I got a text saying that he messed around with it and made it worse. And to make things even more awkward with him...he decided that he had to take off his shirt since it was so hot...mind you it was at least 90 something but actually felt like 102 with the heat index... but he is not the greatest person to look at and it is just a little strange to have your landlord walking around with no shirt on...eww! I am so glad that I didn't have to deal with him today! He just gives off a strange vibe to all of us. But needless to say, I don't have to worry about it for too much longer since I am moving back home at the end of the month.

Lately I have been slacking on running :( I really need to get more motivated to go more often than I do. I know that I should go and I need to go, but I don't. Hopefully I will get over this hump and start getting better times and actually increasing my distant next week.

Not really, sure what I am going to do the rest of the day after the yard sale is over..hopefullt something fun...but I can't wait until Monday though! I know you are most likely thinking, "who wants it to Monday?" But the only reason I am ready for it is beacause I am going to be going to a few wineries that are around the area :) Who would have thought that Southern Ill had wineries?? My favorite one is Blu Sky. It is the best one around in my opinion.

I will update you guys about how the yard sale went. Hopefully we will make quite a bit..since we are trying to make money for our Florida trip in July.

Have a great Saturday,