I just don't know where to start.

I know that I have been kind of slack in not posting anything, especially now that I am back from Mexico. The thing is, I just really don't know where to start. I think I have decided to make a list for you-- The Top 5 Things I Loved and The Top 5 Things I Hated. So, here you go.

TOP 5 THINGS I LOVED:
1. Key West, Florida- I've never been there before and it was so fun. It's a pretty little town and there isn't that much traffic and you can pretty much walk the whole stretch of land that is important (Duval Street). Zach and I had a great time shopping and visiting the tourist sites- like Ernest Hemingway's house!
2. Carlos N' Charlies in Cozumel, MX- This place was so fun! It was great mexican food and they had funny waiters and clowns running around making balloon figures and messing with the people in the restaurant. I about had a heart attack when one of the clowns put a fake roach on the table next to me. Still funny though.
3. Hairy Chest Contest on the Boat- So funny. These guys got so into it, dancing like fools. Zach entered, but didn't win because he wasn't drunk enough. ;)
4. THE FOOD- omg, it was so good! I had some seafood like every night and even tried fresh mozzarella with beefsteak tomatoes and that was good (weird, b/c I hate tomatoes!).
5. The Mayan Ruins in Cozumel- We were upset that the boat was diverted from Progresso because we really wanted to see some ruins, so we were happy to find out that we could rent a Jeep in Cozumel and drive over to the largest ruins in Cozumel. It was pretty neat- we saw a ton of iguanas that just scurried around all the tourists. I just could never imagine that people actually lived in those little (sometimes big) stone buildings. Amazing.

TOP 5 THINGS I HATED:
1. The boat rocking through the hurricane waters- Hurricane Dolly had just left the building when we headed over to Cozumel from Key West and the water was so rough. I fell out of the bed one night because we were rocking so bad.
2. Getting on the boat- This really sucked. There was a line to park your car, a line to give your baggage over, a line to get on the escalator to go up to security, a line to go through security, a line to get checked in, and a line to get your picture taken before actually getting on the boat. Ugh.
3. Getting off the boat- MUCH WORSE. They let you set your luggage outside the door of your cabin so that you don't have to carry it off the boat, but then when you get into the terminal (after waiting in a line to get off the boat and another line to go down the escalator), you have to go get your luggage and hoist it to another HUGE line to go through customs. Poor Zach, he had to carry my giant bag over his shoulder the whole time.
4. The way people drove in Mexico- DUDE...it was bad. Most people in Mexico drive either (A) pieces of shit cars or (B) scooters of some sort. The pieces of shit would just pull out in front of you and the scooters would zoom around you and cut you off. It was so scary that I had Zach take the Jeep (that we rented) back to the rental place as soon as we were done seeing the ruins [even though we rented the Jeep for the day] because I didn't want to drive ANYWHERE ANYMORE.
5. The fact that the ship's dining room is right over the back of the boat- The dining room would shake the whole time we were in there and this was especially bad the night that we were going through rough seas because there was shaking and rocking the whole time. I thought I was going to ralph.

So, that was my trip in a nutshell. We had a great time; though, next time we go on a cruise, we are going to go on one of the newer bigger boats. People said that they were much less prone to being knocked around by the water-- or at least you feel it less.

MY BIRTHDAY- So, my 24th birthday is in 10 days! Woot. The following message is for my friends that might consider buying me a gift:
Please don't buy me the fourth Stephenie Meyer book because I will probably go buy it myself the day it comes out! I can't wait for my birthday! :)
Things that I would be interested in receiving:
Books: The Eat Clean Diet Book OR Lord Save Us From Y0ur Followers
CDs: Sugarland- Love on the Inside, Paolo Nutini- These Streets, John Mayer- Continuum, OR Miranda Lambert- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Anything else you think I'd like! :)

Chocolate cheesecake is the devil!

I know, I haven't blogged in a while.
I was out of town and when I got back to Tallahassee, I had a giant "to do" list on my desk at work. I'm still sort of on vacation mode, and I'm not feeling very productive, so, aside from practicing the art of procrastination, I haven't really been in the mood to do much at all (including blogging, unfortunately). I got into an e-mail argument with my boss over the weekend and that has just added to my case of the "screw its." Its a real disease, you know. I nurse it with sweets and very-bad-for-you-mexican-food. Hence the title of this blog... one of my co-workers brought in a chocolate cheesecake from Fresh Market this morning (because another of my co-workers is leaving the firm-- good for her!). The thing was so rich and I knew I shouldn't have eaten any... but I did and now I really don't care about doing anything. All I want to do is go home a crawl into my bed, and, perhaps, watch a marathon of some sort on TV. I have tried all morning to get things done and it has been impossible. So, if I'm not working on work, I might as well pretend that I am working by updating my blog. The typing sound tends to soothe my boss out of hysterics. :)

My peachin' good weekend.
So-- let me tell you about my weekend. I went up to the grand ole town of Gilbert, SC for the Lexington County Peach Festival. This is, like, a really big deal there. I mean, it is kind of huge. They have a car show and a market-type thing where you can buy all sorts of items that you don't really need. They also had several "acts" on the main stage in the park-- you know, where mothers have pushed their young daughters into shaking their asses in pink spandex on stage so that the audience can ooh and ahh and the mothers can live vicariously through their daughters. That kind of "act." I must say, the peach ice cream was DE-LICIOUS. Apparently, Gilbert sends their peaches to Mayfield and Mayfield specially makes peach ice cream just for the festival. They were unloading that stuff like crazy on the 4th. And like I said, it was scrumptious. Other than that, the parade was kind of a let-down because it was so political. In South Carolina, their elections for the county council and state congress is at the end of July so the campaigning was in full swing. I think that there were more politicians in convertibles in the parade than there were actual floats. Sad.

Speaking of, I was made aware of another candidate for President this weekend. His name is Chuck Baldwin and he's a nutjob. If you don't agree, you should probably stop reading this now. He wants to do all kinds of crazy things like abolish the IRS (which, I have to say, sounds nice but it a reeeeeeeeeally. reaaaaaalllllly. bad. idea.-- taxes are important), stop dependence on foreign oil (yeah, like thats possible), close the borders to the U.S. (ok, also sounds good, but then who is going to do all the jobs that YOU don't want to do?), and make the laws support a 100% pro-life stance (um, so if a rapist impregnates you, you must have his baby?? cool.). So, anyway, this guy had a "float" in the parade (a GMC truck with Baldwin magnets all over it) and there were people walking along side this truck handing out flyers about why Baldwin should be elected. (*by the way, he is running under the Constitution Party- just for your information). So, this old guy sitting on the sidewalk asks the guy handing out flyers, "Why should we vote for this guy??" and the guy says, "He's an American.... and a Christian." Really? Wow, that's so different from the other candidates. So, because I'm a smart-ass, born and bred, I yelled out, "Well, if that's all it takes, I'm running too!" The guy just walked away and people clapped for me. Haha! Needless to say, I won't be voting for Chuckie.

11 days until my cruise!
My husband and I are heading off on our (belated) honeymoon in a couple of weeks and I can't wait! Mexico and $1 Coronas, here I come! We are going on a Carnival cruise, and its supposedly the oldest boat in the fleet. Yay. I always get that kind of luck... of course, the travel agent didn't think to mention that when we booked it, but whatever. I'll have fun anyway. We are trying to figure out how we are going to sneek our own booze onto the boat because we would like to be able to save some money. If anyone has any ideas, I would love to hear them!

For now, I'm going to go attempt to work on my to do list. Maybe I'll be back later if I can't focus. :)

I'm freeeee!

I have finally finished summer classes.
All I can say is thank the Lord, because a few more days of that and I might have gone crazy. I finished my take home exam on Sunday and I really don't know how great it is. I told myself that I wasn't going to sit there all day and second-guess my self and make all kinds of pointless edits. I just got it done and sent it in. Got it off of my list and moved on to State Con Law. Which sucked. Real bad. I woke up on Monday morning at about 8:45 and got dressed for a hearing up at the school (I am the University Defender, so I represent students that are charged with violations of the Student Conduct Code). When I finished the hearing at 11:45, I went straight up to the school to study. I didn't leave the school until about 11:00 the next morning, after I finished my exam. I kid you not, I was up all night in the library studying. I wish that were a joke. I am just that dang dedicated. Not really, I just realized at about 2:00 in the afternoon on Monday that I knew absolutely NOTHING and that if I didn't stay up all night and study that I would fail and fail hard. Anyway, I think it turned out ok. He used some of his questions from past exams so I knew the answers to those (or I *think* I did). But the ones he created... yeah I had no clue. It was pretty sad. Anyway- I don't have to think about it anymore, at least not until the grades start coming out!

Peach festival this weekend!
What? Yeeeeeeah... Z and I are headed up to the good ole town of Gilbert, SC, for the annual 4th of July Peach Festival. They have a parade and food and live music and all kinds of fun all day. His mom says that Mayfield makes peach ice cream especially for this festival! Can't wait for that! Woot! So we are leaving tonight (assuming I can convince my boss that I should get tomorrow off) and heading up there! I need a break from Tallahassee right now since I can't even stay still because I haven't caught up with my sleep so I have drugged myself with caffeine! Anyhoo-- go check out my page on Twenty Something Bloggers. I've got nothing else!

Peace.

That's Beachin'!

So, I'm back from the beach-- and I had a good time. We really didn't spend too much time actually on the beach-- we spent a lot more time at restaurants and in the hotel pool. I am a little sunburned, but not too bad because I was at least smart enough to put some sunscreen on once before I got into the pool. We ate at some interesting places. On Friday for dinner we ate at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge which is a country bar based out of Nashville. It was located in a shopping center that looked a little like Town Center, but more like Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach.

Anyways, after that, we went back to the room for a bit (we picked up some booze on the way) and the boys went down to the hotel pool because I had read on the internet that there was a swim up bar at the pool. There wasn't a swim up pool, but there was a bar next to the pool. So we all went down there and Jamie and I had some pina coladas. They were extremely yummy. There was a little steel drum band that was playing some recognizable tunes (like Jimmy Buffet). Later in the night, we ordered some food- I got some french fries because thats what I want to eat everytime I get a little tipsy. Glen and Jamie both decided they wanted a little seafood, so Glen got a seafood platter and Jamie got some crab balls. The crab balls were not good. at. all. They looked and tasted burnt. Glen's $16 seafood platter looked like an appetizer that should have cost, at max, $8. So, I, of course, said something to the waiter. He told us that the batter that they put on the crab balls "just looks like that." So, I decided to say something to the manager. Problem was, apparently there is no kitchen manager at night. Well, that would make sense-- seeing as how the food was crap. The woman at the bar told me that we would have to come back the next morning. So, we paid and were fixing to leave when Jamie said something about not even having a print out of what we bought because the receipt only said how much it was. So, I had to go get a print out of the receipt and I took one of the crab balls with me. I got the print out- and I said to the waiter, "You said that the crab balls are supposed to look like this, but can you just eat this and tell me if its supposed to taste like this?" He took it from me and said, "I'm not going to eat this," and then he chucked it into the trashcan. I was so pissed. We left that restaurant fuming. But, then we went down to the beach and put our feet in the ocean and took funny pictures and started to feel less angry. Then we went and jumped into the pool with all our clothes on. :) We had a few more drinks in the hotel room before we all crashed. And, let me say, Glen snores like an effing chainsaw. It comes out of nowhere and it is freakin' loud as hell. He also sleepwalks...yeah. :)

So, the next day, we got up and went and had breakfast at a shit hole. No, seriously. It was crap. It was a breakfast buffet place, but they had instant eggs and way too much salt on their bacon. It was icky-- I mean, it wasn't that bad, but it wasn't good. So then we went to the beach and laid out in the sun. The boys and Jamie went and got into the ocean, but I waited for a report. Sometimes, the ocean is really gross. At home, its not the cleanest or bluest water, but at least I know what's up. On the gulf coast, I feel likes it's hit and miss. Especially in Panama City Beach where THOUSANDS of college students trash the beach every year during Spring Break. They said that the water was icky because of all of the seaweed. They also said that there were fish jumping up and that made Glen uneasy because if the fish are jumping, its probably because there is something they are trying to escape-- like a big predator. :) The second time that the boys went in, they said that they saw jellyfish. So, they headed up to the hotel pool. I stayed down on the beach and laid in the sun for a while until some people came up and kicked us off of the beach chairs. RUDE. So, Jamie put her towel on the sand and laid down, but I just picked up all mine and Z's stuff and headed up to the pool.

After a little while, we decided to get out and go get some lunch. We went up to Pinneapple Willy's. Its a popular restaurant in the area, and also a popular bar late night. We each had a signature frozen drink in HUGE cups and seafood that was so yummy. After that we did a little shopping at the typical beach stores, like WINGS and Alvin's. Alvin's is like the Wal-Mart Superstore of beach shops. I thought it would never end. They even have a little alligator habitat in the store with live gators. I didn't buy anything other than a bottle of water (I was so parched after walking for miles in that store!). I did get a t-shirt at Pinneapple Willy's, though.
Anyways, we headed back after that and Z and I CRASHED when we got home. It was a good trip (other than the crappy hotel bar/restaurant and the icky ocean). I don't know if we'll go back there again, but it was fun all the same.

Now, I have to go and study. I have exams starting next Monday. Pooey.

(P.S. RACHEL, you have to post in your blog!)