It started with mine and Erica's birthday party last Friday, 10/22. Amidst all the hectic-ness, we had food platters to prepare, decorations to set up, a house to be cleaned, wasps to be killed, and more... when the guests finally decided to trickle in, we still had yet to set up the bungee run, and inflatable bounce house. There are two lanes for two people, and each is attached to a vest; they have to run down their lane and try to place their velcro strip as far as they can. Whoever places theirs the farthest wins. A group was gathered as I demonstrated how to set up the bounce house; turning on the blower, I went around it adjusting the velcro flaps to make sure everything was in order. Of a sudden, I heard people say, "Hey look, it's Josh." There was another Josh at the party, but I perked up just a bit, subconsciously; "Lacy, it's your man." Peter shouted. I looked up to a familiar face staring at me from across the yard, only about 6 feet away. I did a double take, staring at Josh for seconds before I realized he was actually there. My face must have looked so silly, but I didn't care. I was shocked and in awe. I went over to him after realizing that he was actually real and hugged him. "You came?" I asked, in disbelief. "That was a horrible drive!" He told me.
It was the best surprise ever.
The rest of the party was filled with swimming - where I discovered that the game Spoons is not contact-friendly in the pool (I wear contacts), everyone hitching a ride in the back of my truck (about 20 people) as we rolled the windows down and blared loud music, friends, painting curtains for when Erica and I leave for college, a crazy obstacle course that Mr. P set up, and lots more...
The rest of the weekend I hung out with Josh, completely neglecting schoolwork, but I managed to make it through this week in one piece and juggle it all. We saw Paranormal Activity II, Inception, The Expendables (In other words, we got completely movied out). We painted, went out to eat lots, and visited lots of stores. One of my favorite things that we did was go to the Millenia Mall and walk around, viewing all the stores. I hardly ever go there, and Josh had never been there, so it was a fun experience for us both to look inside the Sony store, at $150 jeans, and lots of other places. After a great afternoon, we went to Olive Garden. Then we went to the movies, and concluded the night.
What I got at Olive Garden. It was so good!
What Oshie got for dinner - also really good. I hadn't been to Olive Garden in years!
For dinner we got this amazingly good baked apple vanilla ice cream thingy - definitely not good for you, but it sure did taste good.
The day Josh planned to leave, he came to my house to see me. We went to the park just down the road and had a great time admiring the scenery - minus the mosquitoes. As darkness began to fall, we headed back to the car. All of a sudden, Josh stops and realizes his keys are missing. We cooly return to the pavilion where we were sitting, sure they're there (hoping they're there). But they weren't. The keys had disappeared somewhere between the car and the park, in the middle of a huge grass field, and it was growing darker by the second. For hours we looked - we got the help of the police, about 4 different golf carts, and several different people. But no luck. The keys could not be found. Exhausted and disheartened, we got a ride from the police back to my house. Josh wouldn't be leaving that night. We took a trip to Walmart to get him some shorts and a shirt to wear, and we stopped at Wendy's for some food, hungry after the long hours of searching. After showering and watching TV, we headed for bed.
The park where we lost the keys. As you can see, it's huge! Finding keys was a big task for two little people.
The amphitheater we sat at in the park before we lost the keys.
The next day, I woke up and made Josh french toast. From there, we headed back to the park to search. No luck yet; no one had turned any missing keys in. It was a hot day (gotta love Florida when it's almost NOVEMBER). After 5 minutes of searching, Josh calls me over and holds up the keys - they were in a tire track, slightly buried. They must have been run over when we were searching for them! We couldn't believe it. So after a relatively painless searching experience, we retrieved Joshua's Neon from the park, drove back to my house, and Josh spent the whole day with me! Looking back, I'm really happy everything worked out as it did - the extra day spent with him was wonderful, and I'm so happy we found the keys. God certainly works in amazing ways, even if it's just giving me yet another day to spend with my wonderful boyfriend. Josh left later that evening. I miss him very much, but I know I'll see him soon for Thanksgiving, and that's just around the corner! Until then --- here I am, bored in Fl... but not for long! (Now to hit the books and continue studying).
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