So I'm totally going to delay the updates I promised in my last blog and instead update you with a more updated update...as in, how Cory and I spent our Memorial Day weekend.
We went to Virginia Beach! It was pretty last minute...I realized around Wednesday that I was going to have the following Monday off, so we decided that we wanted to hang out on the beach. We left after work Friday night and arrived in Virginia Beach early Saturday morning. Since we couldn't check into our hotel until 3 p.m., we ate at the Denny's next to the hotel. They closed both of the Denny's we used to have in Toledo, which is just as well since I had been banned from both of them by the time they closed- totally not my fault- so I hadn't been to Denny's for years...it was...eh, ok. Our waitress was awesome, though.
After a trip to a skatepark at a place that was for real called Mount Trashmore, we decided to head to the beach. I then proceeded to put sunscreen on all of me except for my feet and legs. In true Erin fashion, I then proceeded to get extreme sunburn on my feet and legs. This is not the first time I have sunburnt my legs and feet. I am very smart and always learn my lesson. Or not. (If this were the '90's, I would have just said "NOT!" and then I would have been awesome.)
Everywhere I went for the rest of Saturday and the beginning of Sunday, I could hear people whispering about me and my red legs, or strangers would exclaim, "OMG! That looks like it HURTS!" To which I would respond, "Yes. Yes it does." (Fucking duh.) It was pretty embarrassing after awhile and I also wanted to keep my legs from getting any more burnt, so I bought some loose white pants at Target and they became my beach pants for the rest of the trip. Luckily before this, I did manage to swim in the ocean and frolick on the beach. And after I got the pants, I still frolicked and it was too chilly to swim, anyway, so it all worked out.
When I got home, Lauren wondered why I never learn my lesson. I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I learned it this time cause this time, I had a crazy reaction to the sunburn and my feet have been very swollen since Sunday. I can only wear flip-flops! I've been wearing a pair of flats at work that I usually take off about an hour into my day, and this morning Knuckles puked in them. So if I sunburn my legs ever again after this, well...there are no words.
Anyhoo. Besides the sunburn, the beach was so great!! We had such a fun weekend, and it was totally worth the long drive. There is no place I love to be more than the ocean.
And there was this sweet statue of the god of the sea. I forget whether it was Poseiden or a different one... We happened to wander past it while we were walking around. Oh, and I forgot my digital camera so all of these pictures are from my cellphone. We also took pictures on a disposable camera, including some that include me, Cory, Jesus, and a boat, but those still have to be developed like in colonial days.
This is me, after my ocean swimming and sunburn extravaganza.
In conclusion, I want to live at the ocean.
And now for something completely different...
Here is Cory, wearing an awesome beard shirt that I found for him on Etsy. I heart homemade goods.
The ad below came with a coupon for pizza. Just to clarify, it is a picture of a pig and a chicken on runaway horses who are leading them to their certain deaths so that people can have chicken bacon ranch pizza. This did not make me hungry for that particular pizza.
Lastly....did you know there is a plant called the Weeping Pussy Willow? There is.
Happy birthday to Lauren tomorrow!
Hope you all had great long weekends!
We went to Virginia Beach! It was pretty last minute...I realized around Wednesday that I was going to have the following Monday off, so we decided that we wanted to hang out on the beach. We left after work Friday night and arrived in Virginia Beach early Saturday morning. Since we couldn't check into our hotel until 3 p.m., we ate at the Denny's next to the hotel. They closed both of the Denny's we used to have in Toledo, which is just as well since I had been banned from both of them by the time they closed- totally not my fault- so I hadn't been to Denny's for years...it was...eh, ok. Our waitress was awesome, though.
After a trip to a skatepark at a place that was for real called Mount Trashmore, we decided to head to the beach. I then proceeded to put sunscreen on all of me except for my feet and legs. In true Erin fashion, I then proceeded to get extreme sunburn on my feet and legs. This is not the first time I have sunburnt my legs and feet. I am very smart and always learn my lesson. Or not. (If this were the '90's, I would have just said "NOT!" and then I would have been awesome.)
Everywhere I went for the rest of Saturday and the beginning of Sunday, I could hear people whispering about me and my red legs, or strangers would exclaim, "OMG! That looks like it HURTS!" To which I would respond, "Yes. Yes it does." (Fucking duh.) It was pretty embarrassing after awhile and I also wanted to keep my legs from getting any more burnt, so I bought some loose white pants at Target and they became my beach pants for the rest of the trip. Luckily before this, I did manage to swim in the ocean and frolick on the beach. And after I got the pants, I still frolicked and it was too chilly to swim, anyway, so it all worked out.
When I got home, Lauren wondered why I never learn my lesson. I don't know, but I'm pretty sure I learned it this time cause this time, I had a crazy reaction to the sunburn and my feet have been very swollen since Sunday. I can only wear flip-flops! I've been wearing a pair of flats at work that I usually take off about an hour into my day, and this morning Knuckles puked in them. So if I sunburn my legs ever again after this, well...there are no words.
Anyhoo. Besides the sunburn, the beach was so great!! We had such a fun weekend, and it was totally worth the long drive. There is no place I love to be more than the ocean.
And there was this sweet statue of the god of the sea. I forget whether it was Poseiden or a different one... We happened to wander past it while we were walking around. Oh, and I forgot my digital camera so all of these pictures are from my cellphone. We also took pictures on a disposable camera, including some that include me, Cory, Jesus, and a boat, but those still have to be developed like in colonial days.
This is me, after my ocean swimming and sunburn extravaganza. 
In conclusion, I want to live at the ocean.And now for something completely different...
Here is Cory, wearing an awesome beard shirt that I found for him on Etsy. I heart homemade goods.
The ad below came with a coupon for pizza. Just to clarify, it is a picture of a pig and a chicken on runaway horses who are leading them to their certain deaths so that people can have chicken bacon ranch pizza. This did not make me hungry for that particular pizza.
Lastly....did you know there is a plant called the Weeping Pussy Willow? There is.
Happy birthday to Lauren tomorrow!
Hope you all had great long weekends!
1 comment:
so jealous! I miss a beach where it is *warm water* :D it is so cold here still....
we will be home in just a few(like 8 haha) weeks!
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