Wondeful (busy) weekend.

This weekend could not have been much better! It was jam packed full of excitement and fun times with Jason and other friends that I have met this summer.

Friday:
Jason and I went golfing and I played nine holes for my first time. I shot a -hold your breath- 75. Yes, for nine holes. However, I didn't cheat at all. I had NO mulligans, well, maybe one, and I counted all of my strokes. I even counted the ones when I swung and totally missed the ball. Jason was an amazing teacher and he was so patient, even when I was so bad.

After we played we went to Dick's sporting goods to see if they had any golf gloves on sale and they did. They also had their golf bags on sale, so I got an amazing pink golf bag and Jason bought head covers for me.

Oh, and I found a great deal on Craig's List earlier in the week and bought barely used clubs for 100 bucks. I LOVE THEM:) The bad was really ugly. So ugly that it was really a necessity to buy a new one. It smelled really bad too.

After golfing we cooked a very yummy dinner (shrimp alfredo) and every time I cook these days, I enjoy it more and more. I am looking forward to a cooking class that I'm going to take to mark off my 101 list.

We ended the night playing tennis at the gym on base. It was super hot in the gym and Jason definitely kicked my butt. I thought I played pretty decently. I lost 5-1, but we had a good time. It makes me excited to get back and play with Betsy on the SoPines courts:)

Saturday:
I am not someone to enjoy shooting a gun; however, I will say that there is a big feeling of empowerment and accomplishment after shooting a gun. Bob (Jason's roommate) took us to a gun range and it was awesome. We were shooting a 40 (I think that would be caliber) and it had a little kick back each time the trigger was pulled. It was incredible just to think that as I was standing there, pointing this gun at a target, I realized that I was basically holding the power of death in my hand. WOW. I didn't grow up around guns and every time I see one I think about seeing a gun for the first time...

Lindsay W. and I were at her family's beach home at Sunset beach. We were in 4th grade. Lew had to get something out of her parent's room before bed and when we walked into their bedroom, I saw her dad's pistol on the nightstand. I seriously thought he was going to kill someone, just because of the gun that he owned. Lew still picks on me to this day...
I am not sure what I believe on the gun control laws and all of that mess, but no matter what, I felt like a really big deal when I was hitting that target.

After we went to the range, we went flying. Bob recently got his private pilot's license and Jason is working on his. I had never flown in a plane that small, but it was beautiful flying over Nebraska on a sunny Saturday. We flew over some of Iowa and saw some of the flooding, too.

The plane
tight squeeze




We had plans to go to the Riverfest on Saturday evening, where the Nebraska state bbq championship is held. When we went down there, it was not what we expected. I think Jason, Brynn and I were all expecting something like the Springfest atmosphere but there were only about 12 total tents/vendors. They had given the awards, but the food wasn't being sold. I was definitely disappointed.


We went to the casino on Saturday night and won $80, so it was definitely a fantastic ending to a great day.


Sunday:
Both of my roommates are engaged and that is the ONLY reason that I would do what I will next talk about... we went to the Omaha Bridal Showcase. It was like 2,000 bridezilla's all in one area unconsciously spending tons of money on all sorts of crap. Yes, there was some really cute stuff there, but-HOLY COW, money was being thrown all over the place to these crazy vendors. It was great to hang out with Brynn and Brooke though. Brooke also brought Megan, another engaged friend... the best part, they had a photo booth that Brynn and I took silly photos in:) Always makes me smile!


The girls (Megan, Brooke, me and Brynn).