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December 23, 2003
it was a beautiful day / don't let it get away
the rain fell harder than i've seen it fall in a while - harder than i've driven in it in a while. i had to pull of the road for a moment to chill out. i could barely see the road.
i am home. home is great. the big focus since i arrived home late sunday night has been rachel's debutante ball. um, yeah. she was a deb this year. yes, this is very very random. not, my family is definitely not of the social status of hot springs to be involved in deb ball. no, neither jenny nor i did it (thank god). but rachel did. she got a white wedding dress. we got formals. my dad rented a tux. the convention center was filled with red roses (it was the red rose formal). she learned how to cutesy and waltz. we tried to find her a rich husband. ; )
okay, not really. it was an experience. it was fun to get dressed up with my sisters. i have a beautiful dress. i got to use my beautiful wrap for the first time. chris made it for me for my birthday a couple of years ago. i've never had the reason to use it until now. now it is in our family deb ball pics. it was perfect.
all in all, i have to say that the whole event was ridiculous in the truest sense of the word. ah, i like spending time with the fam. jen, rach, and i danced a little. i was glad when i got into my car to drive home. though as i got closer and closer to home, the rain got harder and harder. the lightening lit up the sky and the thunder rocked the air. i haven't seen a thunderstorm that scary in a long time. i would have loved it had i been sitting in my house. but driving in it was not fun. not fun at all. but beautiful.
we took lots of pictures, i'll have to post them tomorrow.
speaking of pictures. here are two requested ones. izzy. ben.
home is great. yesterday i ran 5k, got my license replaced (finally!), and got a massage (dude. it was awesome.).
today i am forcing myself to chill and enjoy my vacation. i am watching west wing with my mom. i am reading with coffee curled up with my dog. i am enjoying my runs in the 50 degree weather. yeah, it is like more than twice as warm as i am use to. yesterday and today i actually had to take off my shirt and run just in my sports bra i was that warm. it was perfect.
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Posted by christina at December 23, 2003 3:02 PM