Today was so much fun! It was so nice to get off-campus after a seemingly long week. Kaleigh was the first girl I ever met (Our families sat together at the Honors Program dinner) here and we ended up being right down the hall from each other. Neither of us have cars or bikes, so we walked over to the nearby Vollusia Mall.
It felt so great to be able to forget about classes and meeting people and going to events... just shopping and talking with a buddy. It took us awhile, but we were able to find everything she needed for Air Force ROTC: tennis shoes with no bright colors for drills, plain black belt with silver buckle, and jeans that were loose enough in the legs that she could iron in a pleat all the way down. Let's just say the jeans were difficult! If you got wide leg, the waist was too big, and more often than not, they were way too long and she's not allowed to roll them up. Whew! I was just looking for fun, cheap stuff. I usually
don't like shopping too much because I just get tired walking around in stuffy stores. But, sales are sales and it was a blast.
We ate at Chick-fil-A for a late lunch to tide us over until we had dinner at Olive Garden. We have plenty of Olive Gardens back home and I love them, but Chick-fil-A was fun too because we don't have any. When we finally walked outside, instead of facing tiny biting ants, we saw dark cloud cover. Juicy droplets were comin' down so we booked it across the street to the restaurant. Dinner was salad, breadsticks with alfredo dip, and we both picked a dessert.
When we got back, we said goodbye and did our own errands. I had such a hard time sleeping! I so wanted to be rested for church, but there was a big 10pm-2am party in Tallman Commons, so it was pretty noisy even though I was on the 5th floor. I had fun watching the Sound of Music on ABC Family and then was inspired to order some of my old favorite DVDs since I had an Amazon.com gift card. I hope they arrive soon! I'd better go to bed, it's almost 12... yuck! I really hope I'm alert enough to get fed from the Word tomorrow.
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