Life is a stage...

Today I was thinking about how true it is that your life resembles one huge production on stage. There are people who are main characters and people who are definitely behind the scenes. Its amazing to me how fate and God's timing work in your life without you ever realizing it. Take for example the people you know only because you went to a certain school, chose to work a certain job or go to a certain church. Its really amazing and beautiful how God orchestrates these people in and out of your life.

It also makes me wonder what would happen if say didn't transfer to UNCC after two years at UNCG. Or what if I had taken another job when I graduated. Would I have a totally different life now? Would I be happier now or would I just be miserable? I know you shouldn't always try to imagine what would have been because you may not be appreciative of the blessings you have currently but I can't help but think what would have happened if I had made different choices. I'm not saying I would trade anything because if I had I would have never have met the wonderful people who are in my life now but would there be different wonderful people had I have taken a different path??

Just thoughts for a rainy Wednesday afternoon.....

My days in the Big Easy

Day two and three and four of my vacation were spent in one of my favorite cities: New Orleans. There is just something about the smells, food, and people that just make that place so wonderful. We stopped on the way to New Orleans at the state line because Jeremy begged us to stop because fool had drank like a 2 liter of coffee. Anyways we stop and they have a huge wall of literature of hotels and excursions of New Orleans. We have no place to stay so I am looking at hotels when one hits my eye. Its called the Saint Marie and its located 1/2 block from Bourbon Street. Plus theres a green sticker on the front that states $49/ night Sunday through Thursday. Well its Sunday so I call and they have a vacancy. Well we are all thinking there has got to be some catch to this deal but we pulled up and the lady grabbed it and hid it because it is known as the "Visitor Center Special." So we stayed in New Orleans for $49 a night in a really nice hotel complete with courtyard, bar and pool!!

We did the touristy things, ghost tour, swamp tour, jazz band. But everything just turned out really well. We even became friends with the homeless! I ate the most amazing food of my life, including blackened alligator bites which were super tasty! I just don't know of any other city where you can drink, eat like a king, and listen to great music 24 hours a day. Its just an amazing city. After New Orleans we packed our bags and headed to our original destination of Pensacola, Florida. My mom wanted me to take storm damage photos but I knew better!

Back to life, back to reality...

Well I have been back from my vacation now for one week. And what a vacation it was! I am finally ready to write about all the fun adventures that were had. Hurricane Ivan tried to stop my big plans but he didn't succeed! The adventure began with my fiance', and our favorite couple who were brave enough to go on a week long vacation with us! How many trips have you ever been on where you get in the car and have no idea where you're staying or where you're eating or anything? This is my first experience "flying by the seat of my pants" and I will have to admit it was the best plan or non-plan ever! We got in the car after the men packed up all the suitcases we headed south towards Biloxi, Mississippi. After a 10 hour ride we arrived in the land of casinos. I have never been in a real casino so I was kind of excited about gambling! We were so tired that we just decided to stay at the first hotel that was reasonable and had room available. We found, THE PRESIDENT casino hotel. And boy if I were the president, I would never ever stay there. It was full of elderly, two elevators not in service and decor from the late 70's. Our room even smelled like Grandma's basement.

So we freshen up and head over to the casino. I have never seen such sad and weird people in my life. These people look like they live in the casino and spend all their paychecks here for fun. I had decided to spend $20 tops on whatever I wanted. So I chose the slot machines. I would win $5 then loose $7. My dad had told me that if I wanted to gamble I might as well take my $20 and throw it out the window. And you wonder why I'm labeled a fun killer?! So I realized that gambling is not really my thing. But the casino did offer a quality live band called "THE OASIS" and the female lead singer even played an electric piano/guitar thing just like RockStar Barbie!! What a night. So we heard that the casino offered a quality continental breakfast complete with cereals! Well we ate breakfast packed our bags and headed for New Orleans where Jeremy's idea to pick up literature came in way handy....