After going with Alex to have his eyes sliced on for LASIK surgery and having my neck twisted into a near paralytic state by the chiropractor (totally worth it, by the way), I can honestly say that the scariest thing I experienced in the entirety of last week was hearing that whales have boogers. And they can sneeze.
I was cruising along only halfway paying attention to the radio, dreaming that I was on spring break like the rest of my current college friends, when a lady began telling her story of her own vacation. I started paying a bit more attention since I was so relevant to my current state of wishing. She and her boyfriend had taken a boat off the shore to do a little fishing when they came upon a whale! They ran to the side of the boat and watched as he began to surface again. Once he reached the top, he sneezed. The lady thought that it was just water that sprayed her from the sneeze, but she was wrong. Oh so wrong. Instead, she ended up covered in boogers. Whale sized boogers. And that is a very scary thought.
Not only is it the Monday after my least favorite day light savings time, it’s also the first Monday of Spring Break- of which I am no longer allowed to participate since I decided to become a grown up this year. I finally am making enough money to go on a trip without going into debt and I’m not even invited. Thanks for adding insult to injury, big girl world. Oh yeah, and it’s raining. The only thing I want to do is crawl back into bed and somehow detox myself of social media for the rest of the week so I don’t have to feel the “fear of missing out syndrome” every time a beachy picture is posted and hashtagged “#SB2013”….one that I’ll never get to post. I am trying to live vicariously through my luckier friends but instead it’s turned into a sickness that I’m now quenching with orange juice, new sunglasses, and trips to the tanning bed. Not exactly the same as a cocktail on the beach.
But despite the rain today, it’s not too bad down here in Mississippi. We had a spectacular weekend with temperatures in the mid 70’s. I tried to purchase a lounge chair from the Dollar General down the road to get a little “vacation” of my own, but they didn’t have them in stock yet. And honestly, I don’t have a discreet place to really lounge at the house…I’d be more or less laying out right off the corner of a major highway. Maybe I can pretend the roar of the cars and semis are actually the roaring waves. Yes, I like this plan. And since I’m not ever very good at “springing forward”, I didn’t make it to church on Sunday, but Alex and I took the dogs for a ride around the farm (technically Alex took me and the dogs…) so I guess you can say I got my sermon by taking in and appreciating all of God’s creation and the welcoming of a new season- all from my favorite passenger seat with a good cup of coffee and no shoes.
My daily bible verse this morning also helped bandage my wounded, no Spring Break, overslept spirit: “This is My COMMANDMENT- be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you WHEREVER YOU GO.” – Joshua 1:9
I love the exclamation point in that verse and wanted to add one after every sentence in the verse, but I guess I don’t exactly get to punctuate what God says…so I’ll just compensate by putting words in all caps and bold.
Wishing you all a well and beachy week! If you’re ever having a dull moment, I would usually suggest dreaming of being on Spring Break…however that seems to only aid in my frustration. So instead, appreciate that SPRING HAS SPRUNG and it’s getting warmer and the days are getting longer. Hallelujah!
Now let’s go see if the Dollar General store has received a shipment of lounge chairs yet so we can set them up by the road and really feel beachy. Just beware of flying sneezes…whales have boogers, so I can now assume that other large animals do as well. At least Alex has perfect vision now and can help me spot them…and my back and neck have been adjusted so much that I could probably do a few flips in celebration of it all…..but let’s not get too crazy.
Love always,
Addie
“If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daisies.” – Nadine Stair
Breaking out of the Bootheel 