Day Fifteen: Soup in the Sun and Endless Chatting

Day two in Florida started out by waking up, which is how most days start. I hope. And within just half an hour after we woke up, Hilary and I went to pool to take a dip. We swam around for about an hour, and she found a guy who apparently looked like Taylor Lautner. She was quite smitten, but kept her distance. I'm pretty sure he was only 16 anyway. After we swam around a bit, we got out of the pool and ate sine breakfast, or lunch since it was around 11 by then.

We all kind of dottled around a bit, Hilary and went to the little workout center for a bit. I lifted some weights, getting my huge biceps/triceps/arm muscles/whatever they're called in shape while Hilary partied on the treadmill. A good time was had by all. Then we went to Walmart and picked up some groceries. Super exciting, I know.

When we got back, Hilary and I microwaved some soup and took it outside to eat. We found these lounging chairs just across the street that looked across the bay. We could see across to the other side and all the hotels, it was the perfect place. Those chairs soon became "our chairs". Later, we all went swimming. But we didn't know that the pool closed at 8, so we ended up being there for only 15 minutes. Seriously, who would close a swimming pool at 8? That's so early!

Not ready to get out of the water, Hilary and I decided to wade in the bay with all the little fishies while we tried to avoid the crabs that were there. We didn't really fancy getting our toes pinched.

For the next several hours, Hilary and I sort of dilly-dallied around, watching people crab on the dock while we walked up and down it. After a while, we wandered back to our chairs and talked for a long time. You know, being friends for 10 years, you'd think we would run out of stuff to talk about, but it really never ends. It mostly came from Hilary, but it was endless.

Sorry I'm slacking on the posts, but thanks for reading!

--Sarah

Day Fourteen: Big-Boy Guns and the Ocean Night Life

Massive apologies for the lack of posts and huge delay! As you know, we were in Florida for five days, and then we came back... And I was just lazy. We all have our days. But, better late than never, right? Right!

Here we go, Wednesday morning we were awake early in the morning, but before we shoved our suitcases in the car, we loaded it up with guns and ammo. That's right, kids. GUNS. We headed over to the Tuskegee National Forest and got our gun permits for the day and headed out to the shooting range. Once we got all set up, Jonathan gave Hilary and I a thorough lesson on how to properly hold and shoot a gun. Soon, we had our earmuffs on and we were shooting different targets that we had set up.

We definitely had a lot of fun. Hilary and I both did a pretty good job at hitting the targets. We both tried out different kinds of guns. I'll put pictures at the bottom for you to see how crazy awesome we are. After we were done destroying the range, we packed back up and headed back home. Once there, we packed all our stuff for Florida in the back of the car and we were on our way!

In the car, Hilary and I watched Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief. I was pleasantly surprised; it was better than I thought it would be. Not to mention that Hilary and I find Logan Lerman, who plays Percy, is extremely adorable. As we neared coast, we drove by massive hotels and saw tons of lights all over the city and the water. It was really pretty, especially since it was getting dark and all the lights were bright.

Eventually we made it to our little apartment thingy at the military base recreation area and unpacked. It wasn't very big, but it was cozy. Hilary and I decided to take a late night walk. We went to the long dock that stretched out over the water. It was dark so we couldn't see a whole lot, but there were lights on the edge of the dock that lit up the water. We saw lots of big fishies jumping in and out of the water. We saw lots of crabs swimming around the bottom of the water. And even though we were out 50 or so yards, the water was only 3 to four feet deep, so we could see all the things swimming around.

There we lots of people out on the dock with crabbing nets, and they had lots of luck. All the kids got together with their families and caught lots of crab, it was fun to watch the kids get excited. Hilary even gave me a lesson on how to tell male and female crab apart. Soon, we were back in our cute little apartment and we went to sleep. A good day was had by all, and we definitely looked forward for the next day and the Florida sun!

And there you have our first (kind of) day in Florida! I'll continue to update the blog over the next couple days with the rest of the days, don't worry. Stayed tuned, and thanks for reading!

--Sarah

Welcome to Florida!

Day Thirteen: No Bake Cookies and a Game of Poker

We got a late start to the day, as usual. I guess I really don't need to keep saying that, since it happens everyday. I think you get the idea. Anyway, Hilary and I bummed around on the computer for a bit before I took a shower. After that, we went downstairs and made no-bake cookies.

Funny story, Hilary thinks we're trying to kill her. We're leaving to go to Destin, Florida tomorrow. We'll be on the beach for five days, and since it's mid-July, it's swimsuit season. Hilary has been prepping for this this trip for a while in order to get her body in tip-top bathing suit shape. And for the past week, we have been making lemon bread, ice cream and cookies. We're out to get her. *Insert maniacal laugh here* Needless to say, the no-bake cookies are delicious.

After cooking a bit and washing up, Hilary and I went to pick up my mom from work. We then went to Kroger to get some shopping done for the trip to Florida. Much to mine and Hilary's excitement, we purchased buckets and shovels so we can build epic sandcastles. And I bought goggles so I can look at all the fishies because I'm too afraid to open my eyes under water...

Then we took Hilary to Firehouse Subs. THE best sub shop I have ever been to. Their subs are the best in the whole wide world. And no, I have not traveled the entire world, but I still give Firehouse that claim. Do you like Subway? Duh, who doesn't? Imagine Subway on steroids. That's how delicious it was (not to mention unhealthy). And when we got home, we happily devoured them.

And now I must announce a change of plans. A case of homesickness swept over our dear Hilary and she misses her family and friends dearly. It suddenly became apparent that when she returned on the 10th of August, she would have only a month to spend with all her friends before she left for college and it simply wasn't enough. So, with a few hammers and a bit of elbow grease, her flight was changed and she will now be returning on August 2nd, a week earlier. What that means for me: I won't really be doing much because I can't drive and my chauffeur will be across the country. What that means for you: the blog posts may become shorter and a tad uneventful. But on the plus side, I'll have extra time with my mommy. And more time to build my dream home on this cool Home Design software that my mom has. I'm addicted to it.

Anyway, after that, Hilary, mom and I headed downstairs and my mom taught us how to play poker. It must have been beginner's luck, because I completely slaughtered them. But you don't have to worry, I won't be going to any casinos. Or using real money, because that would be silly. I felt quite proud, though.

We then went upstairs and began packing for our Florida trip. WE ARE SO EXCITED!!! Sure, there's a good chance of rain everyday, but it's still going to be hot everyday, so we're going to love it. Now the thing is, I don't know if they have free wifi. I certainly hope I do, or else I won't be able to blog... So if you don't hear from me in the next five days, we either don't have wifi at the place we're staying, or we got attacked and devoured by a man-eating sea monster.

And now we've got to wake up in six hours, because we're gonna go use big-boy guns and shoot a bunch of inanimate objects at a shooting range before heading out to Florida. Goodnight and thanks for reading!

--Sarah

I ate Hilary!

Day Twelve: Two Miles Until a Life Massacre

Not much happened today. Jonathan needed to car to go to Drill, so Hilary and I were stuck at home. We started out the day by waking up. The most important step, in my opinion. Then, we had to hurry and put some corned beef, carrots, and potatoes in a crock pot so it would be ready for dinner. We succeeded. We then celebrated by having lunch, which was a good prize.

Since the dining room has been crowded with boxes lately, Hilary and I transported some up into the computer room to make more room. But when we came upstairs with the second round, the computers caught our attention and distracted us, so the rest of the boxes are still down there. Whoops...

After goofing off a bit online, Hilary suggested that we take a walk. As normal, I complained. But eventually, we headed out the door. And let me tell you, even though it was cooler than yesterday, the humidity made it seem ten degrees hotter. Maybe it was just me. That's always a possibility, but by the time we had finished our two miles, I was as red as a lobster and as hot as the sun.

We cooled off in the car as we went to pick up mom from work. After we got home, Hilary and I took out the game of Life and put together different scenarios of tragic massacres. Three-car-pileups covered the game board with scattered peg-people in and out of cars. It was quite tragic. We even took pictures. Because we're that awesome.

Once that was over, dinner was ready, so we cleared off most of the table and we were actually able to eat dinner as one big family! It was nice to be together, eating extremely tasty food. After dinner, Hilary and I headed upstairs and watched a movie called "Cellular". It's about this woman who gets kidnapped and manages to put a smashed phone together and call some random guy who just so happens to be in the area. So he stays on the phone with her the whole time and tries to save her and her family. It's quite good, with a side of humorous.

And now here we are, Hilary is probably being bored on the internet, because I struggled with writers block for like, ten hours. But I finally managed to get this out, sorry if it's lame. ;D And now it's 2:30, so I think I should probably go to bed. Thanks for reading!

--Sarah

Day Eleven: Crazy Teenagers at Church and A Little Bit of Life

Well, today started off early in the morning. We had to get up and get ready for church and we were out the door by 8:30, which was an excellent sign. Today, Hilary and I went to church with mom. We figured it would be more exciting than going to the young single adult branch where there was only 30 people at the most. At least here, we got to be entertained by insane teenagers. Not us, of course.

Inside, I really hope I wasn't as crazy and loud and absentminded as these teenagers... But something makes me think I was. I apologize. And I apologize again if nothing has changed. Our teacher was like, 230945 feet tall and kind of humorous, which is always a plus. Overall, church was much more exciting than last week. But still too long for Hilary's liking.

Once we got home, I was being lazy, as usual, and Hilary took a walk without me... Yeah. That lazy. But I have no regrets, because I heard that it was extremely hot times ten outside. So, if I had gone, I probably would have died and you wouldn't get to read my awesome blog anymore. Exercise kills, guys.

We ate some lunch and Hilary, mom and I played a game of Life, in which I failed miserably. I think I missed about 5 paydays. Oh well, I was still a millionaire! If only that was how life really was...

After that, Hilary and I decided to go sunbathing in preparation for Florida. By the way, we'll be there in three days!!! We were really only out there for 30-40 minutes, because the sun was starting to go down. But apparently that's all Hilary needed, because she got darker in that space of time, while this kid stayed PASTY WHITE. I'm going to be the whitest kid in Florida.

When the sun came down, we came back inside and made a green salad and had a simple dinner. After that, Hilary and I came upstairs and watched Salt. Interesting movie, I must say. We were both quite confused as to whose side she was on. And now we're just waiting for Salt 2 to come out...

And now I'm extremely sleepy. And it's only 11:32... Thanks for reading!

--Sarah

Day Ten: A Little Bit of Nothing With a Side of Monopoly

Today was a pretty mellow day, and not too much happened. We woke up around 11, though we could have slept much longer if mom hadn't have woken us up. Oh well. We ate some breakfast/lunch, played some Phase 10, as usual and made some lemon bread... We chilled upstairs while Hilary painted her toes and listened to music.

Time passed by and we really didn't do anything. Soon, dinnertime came around and we had some pasta and a vegetable salad, which was quite delicious. We also nommed on some Rainier cherries, which made my life complete.

As soon as we started to sit down for dinner, we heard lots of thunder and a big rain storm started to roll in. The rain started pounding down on the window while the wind was blowing it really hard. So Hilary and I went out on the porch and got misted on. Then, we decided to be a bit more brave so we went off the porch and stood in the pouring rain and got completely soaked in a manner of minutes! Storms like that don't happen in Washington. After we realized that it really didn't feel like 90 degrees anymore, we decided to send our shivering selves back into the house and we wrapped up in towels and changed. And that was a little moment of excitement for the both of us!

After we changed into dry clothes, Hilary and I ate with mom and played an enticing game of Monopoly. Mom was obviously winning from the start, Hilary struggled quite a bit through the whole thing, and I did pretty good until. It was my first game where I never had to mortgage anything. And much to our surprise, Hilary actually beat me. That game probably lasted three hours, which is probably one of the shortest games of Monopoly I've ever played.

Now it's 11:20 and I need to go to bed, so I'm awake for church tomorrow. Thanks for reading!

--Sarah

Two cute kids after the rain storm.

Day Nine: Thousands of Shoes and a Really Cool Ketchup Packet

Another great day! After we took mom and Jonathan to work, Hilary took a nap while I showered and checked Facebook for a bit. We ate some breakfast, and we found ourselves at the mall by 12:30 this afternoon. We started out in JC Penney where we looked at shoes and Hilary bought a really cute shirt. It's all fancy-like, too.

We drifted in and out of stores, looking at lots and lots of shoes. The real shoe party started when we found a giant, humongous, gigantic shoe store. Naturally, we had a good time in there. We tried on different kinds of shoes and I even got to show here what shoes were so in style when I lived here in 8th grade. Wallabees. In my personal opinion, they are extremely terrible looking, and I have no idea why they were so popular. Even so, we both tried some on and they were actually kind of comfortable. But the sight made Hilary cringe.

In every other store we went, we looked at shoes and tried some on, picking out the ones we wanted. If only we were rich and could actually buy all of those! Although, the heels are so tall on most of Hilary's choices that I would definitely fall over.

I finally bought a swimsuit. I swear, I haven't owned one in about five years. I usually just jumped in a pool with a t-shirt and basketball shorts on. But we figured we'd be in Florida in just a few days, and it would probably be a really smart idea to have one. It's quite cute. Hilary helped me pick it out!

Oh-AMAZING! Hilary and I decided to go to Chik-fil-A for a quick lunch/afternoon snack, so she bought some fries for us to share. She went to go get ketchup and came back with the coolest ketchup mechanism our eyes have ever seen. Look at it!

Yeah. We were really excited. Probably more than we should have been.

After we picked up mom and Jonathan from work, Hilary and I took a trip to Walmart and picked up some groceries and dinner. I kind of felt all grown up. Kind of. While we ate dinner, Hilary and I watched the movie, Vantage Point. If you've never seen it, it is amazing and super intense! Probably because Dennis Quaid was in it. After that, Hilary and I played an compelling game of Life, in which she won. Again. We ate pudding. All was well.

And now I'm really tired. Which makes sense since we woke up at 7:20 and it's now 12:15 AM. Goodnight. Thanks for reading!

--Sarah