Miss Me When I'm Gone.

I got invited to go on a camping trip with Courtney and her family this past weekend.
She came by The School Zone on Thursday at around 1:45 to pick me up, and we went to Albertsons to pick up a few last-minute things for the trip. Like chips and cookies and stuff. But she forgot her list, and called her mom, and her mom got really mad that she forgot it. So she had to rush home to get the list and read it to Courtney so she could get home on time. We ran through the store picking up this and that, and then we left.
We went back to Courtney's house, and we ran upstairs. She showed me her newly redone bedroom. Oh my God, I'm JEALOUS! It's so GOREOUS! She painted the top half of her walls this creamy white color, and she exchanged her two twin beds for one full size bed. Her comforter is this white satiny material, and she has matching black pillows. She decorated her half of the room in a Paris theme, and I wanted to steal all of her decorations!!
Then Mom got home, and we left to go to her dad's work, so we could take the RV and the boat to the campsite at Possum Kingdom Lake. We put all of our bags in the RV, and then we were off!
We arrived at around 5:00, and got settled in and then we ate a delicious supper of brisket. Courtney and I went walking and then went to the swings that were at the park. Well, okay, it wasn't much of a park. Just a huge thing of sand with three swings. But whatever. We started to swing, and we talked about our boys for an hour or so, and then this little girl came up with her mom to swing with us. She started to swing, and then she talked about…some inappropriate stuff…so Courtney and I left. I hope MY five-year-old doesn't learn to talk like that! JEEZ.
So we went back to the RV and watched a movie, and then I fell asleep. The next morning, Courtney was doing dishes after our breakfast of biscuits, bacon, and eggs. She sliced her finger on a humongous knife, and couldn't get her finger wet for the rest of the trip. It was pretty gross listening to her talk about her fat sticking out of the cut on her finger.
Courtney's dad bought this HUGE float to fit 8 or more people in it, and you put in the water and blow it up and sit in it. It's SO COOL. So Courtney and I just sat in there and hung out with her Mom for a while, and then we went back in to get dressed and we went out to eat at a Mexican Restaurant with one of their friends. It was pretty dang good, not gonna lie. We went to Wal-Mart, and then we went grocery shopping, and Courtney and I stayed in the car because I was "bugging her dad" by following him around. Ha ha ha. When we got back in the car, we jammed to Evanescence the whole way back. Ha, we suck at singing.
We got back home, and Dad made bratwursts for supper—I didn't eat any because they make my stomach hurt—and then the rest of the crew got there. Courtney's brother, Zach, his roommate, Kelsey, Zach's other friend, Nick, and his girlfriend, Amy. They all slept in a huge tent that we had put up that day.
We sat outside until about 1:00 in the morning, and then Courtney and I went inside to watch a movie, and everybody else didn't come in until about 2:30. It was hell! We fell asleep, and then we were woken up by their dog, Angie, every morning at around 6:00. IT SUCKED!! She would come up to you, and touch her nose to your face or lick you, and then walk around or scratch herself, and it would shake the whole RV!
The next day, we went out on the boat all day. It was a freaking BLAST. We watched everybody else go tubing and wakeboarding, and I took a million pictures. (I'll post them soon—promise!) We came back to the RV and ate sandwiches for lunch, and then went out to this place called Hell's Gate. It's this place where a lot of boaters go and get together and just sit around and enjoy the weather and each other's company…and drink beer, apparently. It was mostly fun just to people-watch, but I got a stomach ache, and got too over-heated, so I stayed in the boat where it was shady and just ate chips and listened to the radio. We finally left and went back to the RV. I got SOOO sunburned!! My legs hurt SO BAD. We ate supper, had a few oreos, and watched movies for the rest of the night.
The next day, we went out on the boat for a little bit and we watched everybody else wakeboard and stuff again, and then we went back and made sandwiches, and they left for Hell's Gate again. But Courtney and I stayed in the RV all day. We watched Edward Scissorhands, Dodgeball, and Old School. Everybody FINALLY got back at around 5:30, and I was super happy I didn't go…they were gone for 5 and a half hours!!! No thank you!
But Courtney and I talked for a long time, and then they hooked up their camera to the television and we watched a slideshow of all of the pictures from the days before. Everybody went back outside to sleep in their tent, and I got on the couch and wanted to sleep because I didn't feel too good. Courtney put in a movie (Now and Then) and the color was green and weird, and made my head hurt. So I just fell asleep soon after that. She left me in there by myself for some reason, and went outside to visit with everybody else.
Yesterday was the last day there. We started to pack up, and then ate breakfast. Zach and his friends left a few hours before we did, and we said our goodbyes to them. We ate lunch, and finished packing up and then we left a little bit before 2:00. We got to Courtney's house at around 4:30, and she dropped me off at the high school parking lot, where we met my dad halfway.
I got home and I ran and laid on my bed for forever. I was SO HAPPY to be home!!! My parents had had a Memorial Day party with the family, and Paul and Denna and the kids were still there when I got home. So I said hello to them, and then hopped in the shower. MY SHOWER!! It's funny the things you take for granted everyday! When I got out, I noticed I had missed a call from Kevin, so I called him back, and he goes, "What are you doing?" And I told him I had just gotten out of the shower, and he went, "Really? Well…can you let me in?" I totally didn't get what he meant, but to my surprise, he was at my front door when I went to go open it!!
We all ate supper together and watched the original Indiana Jones. We watched more than half of it, but the kids were getting sleepy, so my dad let them take the movie with them to watch later, and they went home.
Kevin stayed until 10:00, and we went outside for a while. We sat by the pool and talked and played with Maggie, and then we sat in the chairs by the pool because Kevin's back was hurting. It started to get dark outside, and Kevin suggested we go lay down on the hammock together and look at the stars. We laid there for a good hour and picked out all of the constellations we know (The Big Dipper, and The Little Dipper. Lol). And we talked about our Junior Year of high school, and how we met, and just a lot of things, until my dad came outside to tell him to go home at around 10.
It was just so romantic, and really sweet of him to stop by because he missed me. I love my boy.
And I had a pretty good weekend with Courtney. I needed a vacation. More than you know.
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