Traveling Fool

I've been in Ohio about three days total over the past two weeks. I've only slept in my own bed the same amount of time too. But I'm not complaining!

Two weeks ago I went to Myrtle Beach with Jill and Amy. It was a low key girls trip to celebrate our 30th birthdays. It worked out that Jill's grandma owns a condo in North Myrtle Beach and Spirit Airlines has really cheap fares to get from Cleveland to the Myrtle Beach area. All we had to do was split the rental car and pay for our own meals. It was a pretty cheap vacation.

We spent the days on the beach and the evenings walking around at one of the many tourist areas. We had at new (to me) restaurants and had too much ice cream.

My safari themed room - it matched my bathing suit!

Molly and I had planned to go visit Lauren in NYC over the weekend when I returned, but she had to work till noon on Saturday and it just wasn't going to be worth it for us to spend two days driving and only be in the city for 12 hours. So I decided we should reschedule for later in July.

Instead I got caught up on things from being gone all week and then we went to Zoombezi Bay on Sunday afternoon after I got home from church. And while it rained we walked around the zoo a little bit and saw a very large lioness.

My favorite pion.

Just a baby giraffe. 

I was at work for one day last week and then traveled to Texas for a work conference. It was my first trip to Texas and I experienced non Texas weather since it rained the entire time I was there. Tropical Depression Bill was coming thru.

The conference was good. Not exactly what I expected, but a great networking opportunity and even if a session wasn't what I expected it to be, I still always get a lot of brainstorming done during sessions like that because something sparks an idea, so I came home with a few pages of notes that I need to sort thru and put into action over the coming days, weeks, and months.

We got to see a lot of cool things while we were there. We had dinner one night at the George Bush Presidential Library. That was really cool. I could have spent so much more time walking through the museum. I also toured Kyle Field, which was disappointing because of construction and a not so great tour guide. I wish I'd gone on the Bonfire Memorial tour instead. And then for Spirit Night we went to their amazing equestrian facilities. Seriously, amazing!

Me and George

Me and Barbie

Wedding Dress

President Emily

Side note about this picture above me. It was a photo op, they had a bunch of them throughout the museum. We asked one "older-ish" (50's) if she wanted a picture and she responded by saying "No, I don't believe in women being president!" Say what? First of all, it's a photo op. Do you believe in children being vegetables or farm animals, because there are photo ops like that at every county fair across the country! And two, what a horrible thing to say to young girls (even though we're 30!) but just imagine what she's said on that subject to her granddaughters. I hope they know they can be whatever they want to be and not what 1950 American told them they had to be. Rant over.

I was so over hearing how great the SEC is.

Our last night there, after the conference was over, a group of us went to a bar called the Dixie Chicken. One thing they had that Ohio definitely does not have is a rattle snake in the wall!! After playing a game of pool, the A&M Yell Leaders, who we'd met a few nights earlier as they led some 'yells' for us at Spirit Night, showed up to play 42. They were nice boys and taught us to play too and I believe I have a seat for an A&M game next fall if I can make it to College Station!

Playing "42" with the college boys. #stillgotit

Yell Leader approved!

Molly and I went home for Father's Day weekend and Saturday night wound up on the other side of the county during one of our random road trips. We ventured to Seip Mound, an old historic Indian burial site, that we used to have family picnic's at when we were little (creepy?). It seemed so much bigger when we were little!

And then last night we had a really beautiful sunset, so I had to grab a quick pic on our way home!

Life Lately

While I've been busy, I haven't had a lot of things to blog about. 

My fundraising for Pelotonia is going soooo good! Much better than I anticipated it going before I started. I'm relieved to be doing so well with two months still to go. I just need about $500 more. So if anyone would like to donate, you can send a check for that amount my way! :) (Kidding) (But seriously, donate!) I rode 20 miles last weekend while training and another 10 for fun the following day. I need to get my bike serviced (the chain squeaks) and hammer down time to ride every night (or morning).

A few weekends ago Erica was in town for the long weekend and we celebrated the upcoming arrival of baby Charlotte. (She had the named picked way before Kate and William named the princess!) It was great to visit with her a little bit at the shower and then the following night at a graduation party. Can't wait to go see Baby Charlie Sue in Florida this fall.

Bowie and I celebrated 3 years as a family of two at the end of May. Doesn't she look thrilled to be my 'child'?

Get me out of this place! I want a new house!

If she was only this cute again!

I visited some shops in Worthington last week and stopped for a cookie at Sassafras Bakery. The cookie was delicious but their free glass of milk (for happy hour) was skim and that was like white water to me. Not good! I want my 2%!

Trying to be artsy with the instagram.

 Earlier this week our work hosted a fitness bootcamp with Eddie George. It was fun and I definitely got a workout. My butt and arms were very sore the next day. I need to keep doing that more often.

He wasn't very friendly.

So that's the exciting things in my life. Cheers.