It comes to an end

Yes, spring break has come and gone. Overall, it was pretty good. Here's the low down on what I did, starting with last week.


Friday- What better way to start spring break than going to Emmaus? So that's what I did. We ate dinner at Niffers then went to the camp. We had a record number of Chrysalis folks there. I'm usually one of the only (if not the only) young person at Alamisco, so hopefully we'll have a lot more involvement from now on.





Saturday- I actually slept late, which was very nice. That afternoon, I headed back up to Emmaus for closing. Wonderful, as usual. After that, I dropped by Niffers for a very healthy dinner of cheese sticks and Reese's pie...yum. Then, I went to babysit my adorable cousin, Nathan.


Sunday- Went to church in Prattville, then Ruby Tuesdays with the bunch. Food took a while, but it was fun. And my mom came with me which was cool beans. After that, I came home and took a nice nap. For dinner, I went to Ruby Tuesdays (again) with Ian and Jason. Then Ian and I went to Wal-Mart where I got a new tub of icing (yummm) and he tortured me getting two tubs of my favorite kind of ice-cream, moose tracks. I gave ice-cream up for Lent...and I swear, I've never been faced with so much temptation in my life! Everywhere I turn, I see ice-cream. No joke. Anyway. After we stocked up, we played some ping pong and chilled in the hot tub fora while.

Monday- Very eventful, haha. I slept late. I woke up and took a shower. Went back to sleep for a few more hours...okay more like 6 hours. But I had the worst migraine ever so I don't have to feel bad about wasting the entire day. After I finally dragged myself out of bed, I decided to go see a movie. Being a sucker for good horror flicks, I saw The Hills Have Eyes...and I was the ONLY person in the theater! Not kidding. The only person. Not good. I can handle watching some guy kill people with knives all day long. Scream, Halloween, Friday the 13th- don't bother me a bit. But you start talking about genetically mutated hillbillies and play old folk music...Halley gets freaked out. It was like a mix between The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deliverance, and Wrong Turn. Not a good combination for me. But if you're in the mood to be scared, go see it. It was a pretty good movie.

Tuesday- That morning, I babysat Nathan again. Pure cuteness. We watched countless episodes of Dora the Explorer, Baby Einstein, and The Wiggles. I just love the Wiggles! Seriously, I do. After his dad got home, I left for Atlanta so visit my old youth directors (Brad and Hope) and their kids (Scott and Beth). I feel so old, Scott's eight now and Beth is four. I remember when Scott learned to walk! It's crazy man. But we had a good ole' time.

Wednesday- I was so graciously woken at around 6 am my time by Scott and Beth. They just get a big kick out of waking me up for some reason. Brad had already left for work, and Scott was off to school..I can't believe he's in second grade...sorry. So the girls went out for a nice breakfast. Then we took Beth to swim lessons. It was pretty funny...she conned her teachers and got out of having to jump off the side of the pool. She's four and she's already tricking people to get out of doing what she doesn't want to do! I'm so proud of her, I'm teaching her well. :op But really, those kids are soooo smart! I went upstairs to see what Scott was doing after I got there, expected him to be watching tv like a normal kid. But no, he was reading! Yes, reading. We were outside playing with the puppy and he asks me this..."So, what are your thoughts on reincarnation?" He's eight! They're so precious. And take a look at the drawing Beth made for me. Is that not adorable? And amazing. She even colored my eyes brown, gave me a pony-tail, asked my favorite color for my shirt, and took the time to ask the exact color order of the rainbow. Very cool. I'm gonna get it framed. It stunk to leave, but I'm gonna go back up this summer and spend a whole week. I got back in Auburn then went over to Ian's to watch American Idol. Then we (and a few more folks) went to see Failure to Launch. Now that's a good movie! Very cute, highly recommended. Of course, before the movie we had to go to Brusters. Can you say torture!?

Thursday- Went to lunch with Ian and some more of his friends at Bullards. After that, he left for good to move to North Carolina. I held myself together, I was proud of myself. But it still really stinks. I was extremely bored that afternoon, and being bummed out didn't help very much. So I decided it was time for another "Halley's Night Out". I started by going to my favorite restaurant ever, Mikata. It was delicious. Then I went to the mall. It was really cool how it worked out. I walk in American Eagle and I'm wearing my Encounter shirt. The guy that worked there asked me if I went to Encounter, I said yes, and he said he did too. He asked if I was there the night everyone gave away their shoes. It was funny because that was why I was there to begin with, I went to buy some AE flip flops since I gave away my other pair. He told me they had a deal- buy one pair and get the other half off. Well, I'm not too big on just buying things like crazy. I needed one pair of nice flip flops so that's what I got. Well, he offered to pay for the second pair of flip flops! How nice was that? I need to start wearing my Encounter shirt everywhere. :op I tried to decline the offer but it didn't work. So now I have two new pairs of flip flops for this summer! After I left the mall, I went to see another movie. I wanted to see a nice comedy (She's the Man) but there wasn't a show time then so I had to see Stay Alive. It was okay.

Friday- Got up early and drove to Valley to have lunch with my mom at her school. Then I went to Wetumpka to go horseback riding with Alicia. It was a blast, as usual...but this time was a little more eventful. Diamond (the donkey) went with us and was very rowdy. He scared Macy so she took off, running, jumping, bucking- now I know what a rodeo's like. But I got her calmed down. Well, I guess all the excitement made her hot...so she decided to roll over in the creek..with me still on top! I was soaking wet, muddy, and banged up from the rocks. But it was hilarious. And it made it that much more memorable.

Saturday- I talked my mom into coming up to Auburn. We had lunch at Applebees then watched a couple movies at my place. Must Love Dogs was a cute chick flick. Not the best I've ever seen, but worth the watch. Derailed was pretty good too. I'm not used to seeing Jennifer Anniston in that kind of role, but she did a nice job. Great thriller. That night, I went to dinner with Brittany (Carmichael). Her boyfriend (Bray) works at Ruby Tuesdays so we got a discount. Big plus.

Sunday- Board meeting in Prattville, went pretty well. We're going to have a hoot/youth rally in about a month so I'm excited about that. I stayed in town and went to church that night. And take a wild guess as to where we went afterward....TCBY! Oh my goodness. I think this has been harder than when I gave up meat! I love my ice-cream. But I'm making it. Since I was craving something sweet, I stopped by Krispy Kreme on the way back to Auburn. Yummmm. I got a dozen- 6 HOT glazed, 2 chocolate glazed, 2 kreme filled, and 2 caramel crunch. No, I didn't eat them all at once. I've got a ways to go. But they're soooo good!

Well, that brings me to now-typing this blog. Man this was a long one. Oh yeah, if you want to check out the rest of the pics from spring break, check out the album "good times, good times". I put all the links over there ----> . The "pretty stuff" album has been updated also. I should probably be going to bed soon considering I have an 8 am class. I'm really not looking forward to going back to school. But hey, only a month to go! I can't wait. So until I blog again, God bless and goodnight. :o)