RANDOM ACTS OF BLOGGING: HELLO AGAIN!

1) I didn't realize until a day or so ago how long it had actually been since I've written anything here. I mean, it isn't as if I have ever written on my blog every day, but geez, it's been...well, it's been a long time. Part of it is because I'm lazy, part of it is because I've been trying to write something that is difficult for me to express (nothing at all bad, FYI, just kind of personal and I need to find the right tone for it) and partly, actually mostly, because there is very, very little going on worth talking about! 

So I come to you today with some notes about my recent life and to assure you that, as of today at least, I am still kicking. You're welcome!

2) A couple of weeks ago, Steve and I were supposed to go to New Orleans for the weekend. It was just a quick trip for a couple of days, but we ended up cancelling it because there was supposed to be some kind of music festival going on and the town was going to be packed.

Honestly, New Orleans is a crowded, hot, and sticky place even at the best of times, and to think about going during some big to-do was unpleasant for the both of us, so we decided to reschedule.  Probably should have gone since it flooded again a week later!  Haha! 

It all worked out, though, because that Saturday we took an impromptu trip up to Gatlinburg. I had no idea that it was only 4 hours away from us.  Every time we've ever been, it's seemed like it took forever to get there. I am always game for a road trip, so we jumped into the car and did the thing.

It was hot, sticky, and crowded, but not New Orleans below-sea-level hot, sticky and crowded!  We had fun! We just walked around, went to a moonshine distillery for a tasting, visited the Star Cars museum, and had lunch.  Honestly, that was all we wanted to do, so then we headed home!  It was a good day!

3) Sara came into town and spent July 4th with us! Yay! She was actually here to visit her dad, but we hijacked her and took her to Guntersville with us to watch the fireworks.  Anthony was supposed to come with us too, but he punked out. BOO!  We never really have a plan when we go out there, so we spent most of our non-sitting-by-the-lake time going to different stores to buy snacks and walking around. We also ate at a restaurant called "What the Crab!" because you can't go to a place where a restaurant exists called "What the Crab" and not eat there. It's the law.

The fireworks were fun and I wore a plastic sea-shell bra I got at the Dollar Tree (over my shirt, don't worry) and we gave the kids around us glow sticks and bracelets and all kinds of fun stuff that we'd gotten that day, so it was a good time. Now I need to go visit Sara is Dallas.  We will have shenanigans.

4) Tomorrow night we are going to the Dancing in the Streets party in downtown Huntsville! It's the 50th anniversary of the moon landing and there have been all kinds of things going on in town since Monday.  I'm not sure what all there will be to do, but Steve, Anthony and I will be there to do it. I don't know if Steve will dance, but Anthony probably will. He dances like no one is watching. :)

It's funny, because I was actually at the 25th anniversary of the moon landing when I was 16 years old.  For some reason, volunteers from our marching band were there either running a concession stand, or handing out souvenirs, or something.  It was a big party in downtown Huntsville and we were there, and Grass Roots performed, and there was indeed dancing in the streets then too.  Of course, at that point, I had very little idea about the moon landing and what it entailed. I knew it had happened of course, and that it was a big honking deal, but I didn't know any particulars about it. I think that I can appreciate it a lot more these days, so I hope it's something memorable!

I still haven't taken off my dancing slippers, Mr. Von Braun!