Happy 2 Year Anniversary to Us

WE'RE ON A BOAT

There are plenty of obvious reasons why Tim is such a great guy, but I thought I'd take a moment to list 5 minor reasons.

1) He likes pizza as much as I do.
2) He decided what American soccer team to be a fan of based on their jerseys.
3) He chose the soccer team with lime green and blue as their colors.
4) He thinks all songs should end with  "yeah" ie: "What Up With That" style. (I personally agree.)
5) He politely listens when I talk about the Justin Timberlake empire.

and a bonus:
6) He reads my blog.

Snapshots of Wilmington in the summer

Sharks and Gators

You might be thinking 4 blog posts in 1 day is a bit ridiculous, but it is only because I am happy to be alive after encountering, over the past 2 weeks, a wild shark AND a wild alligator.

I'll start with the shark. My parents have been in town, and the 4 of us went scuba diving to 2 artificial shipwrecks off the coast. It was really amazing. We saw about 10 sand tiger sharks of various lengths just hanging out. They really could have cared less about us humans. Some even got a little too close for comfort, but it was as though they were oblivious we were there, not in a threatening kind of way.

But then, a week later, we were at the beach when this happened. Yes, that is the exact same shark, and we were at the beach, only a few blocks down. We saw the ambulance and everything, although we didn't know what was going on.

But don't worry folks. Shark week is only a few weeks away, and until then, we should be more scared of  Sharktopus.

Then, today I suggested to my parents we go feed the turtles bread at Greenfield Lake. After I convinced them that yes, the turtles do in fact eat bread, we fed the raving masses.

We kept a lookout for an alligator, and sure enough, when we had about 2 pieces of bread left, Dad spotted this little fella. I snapped a picture quickly.

What I didn't realize is that this alligator was high-tailing it over to the bridge because he wanted to eat bread.

Seriously, alligator. There are 10 million turtles climbing all over you, and you want to eat bread? At least fight them off so you get a piece. (He didn't.)

Playing Adam

If I could change the names of 3 things, I would change the name of Cornhole, Rash guards, and Meatloaf.

What would you change?


(just for the record, I like the actual game/taste of Cornhole and meatloaf. I have very little experience with rash guards, but I'm sure they're great.)

A Truly Working Set

Julie and Leslie came to visit, and Leslie happens to be a One Tree Hill fan, and Wilmington just so happens to be the filming location of One Tree Hill. Perfect! After touring the OTH set, I wanted to show them where Karen's Cafe was filmed, inside one of the local coffee shops.

I should say now I've seen in total about 1.5 hours of OTH, and had no idea what Karen's Cafe was. All I knew was that in the door over Port City Java's kitchen, there was a sign: "Come tour a working film set from One Tree Hill!"

I assumed that this referred to the kitchen, as the sign was in the back of the store, slightly above and right of the kitchen door. So I confidently led the 4 of us into the Port City Java kitchen and asked Leslie if any of it looked familiar.

Yes, the kitchen looked like it had been used recently, but the sign clearly said: come in and tour a film set. I still believed that, until the coffee shop employees asked us why we were in their kitchen.

After we explained, he admitted, yes it was confusing, but we were definitely the first that made it all the way into the kitchen.

Here they are, inside a kitchen they are allowed to be in, although of yet, it has not appeared in any television shows.

The Truth Behind the USA Loss

Usually, when I've gone a long time without posting, it's because my life is the normal dull. But, that is not the case this time. Instead, it's been full of visits and visitors.

We started the month of with a visit to the University of North Carolina, which, despite being highly inferior to the University of Arkansas, is a beautiful campus in a fun town.

We also got to visit Doug, and also visit Heather, not at the same time, although they both live in the same town. But they weren't important enough to get pictures. Instead, what we cared about were the amazing fried jalapenos we ate while watching the USA lose to Ghana....

and SILLY BANDS! I'm holding a microphone, in case you couldn't tell. Yes, I know, 5th graders. I really am the coolest 24 year old you know.

(just kidding Heather and Doug! You are both really cool. In fact, if either of you read this, you should meet and hang out, because you are both so cool, even if Heather hates silly bands.)

I must admit, I somewhat feel like the United States lost in soccer because I had a hard time rooting against Ghana. Tim keeps telling me all the good players don't actually live in Ghana anyway, but still. Rooting against an African nation feels wrong, even if that is morally worse.

I can't figure out if I'm actually getting better at dodge ball, or if I'm just getting better at understanding the 5th grade mind.

I am not, however, getting better at hula hooping. Is it possible to have a figure that just doesn't support a hula hoop?

ps- after spending a summer with 4th and 5th graders, of both the American and South Korean variety, I'm a little scared I'm going to talk to my college class this fall as though they were also of that age. Class, what can you buy that starts with the letter H? Can you get through the Green Glass Doors?