Guess where we're going for Christmas!?!

For Christmas 2008 ("Christmas 2008" -Dad) My Uncle Joe is renting 2 beach houses at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and is inviting the family to come, too. Well, actually if I remember correctly he's been renting a beach house at Myrtle Beach for a several years on Christmas, but this year he was able to invite us personally (at my grandma's birthday party) as well as my other relatives (who were at the birthday party, too). And we are actually able to go this year!
I always hated it when I was younger and Uncle Joe would invite us to have fun doing stuff like this with my dad's side of the family, but my parents were always too poor, too cheap, too lazy, too crazy, too busy or too whatever! I'm so glad that I'm a grown-up now! I can go on my OWN trips.
We're going to spend about a week there. He's renting the house from December 20th - 27th. We'll most likely drive down, maybe rent a car (we must travel in style!). Jay and I are going for sure (and my dad and my grandama - Mema), Jeremiah and Charlotte are maybe, hopefully going.

Charlotte and I were planning a trip on the side (while this one was panning out) to Chicago! I was having fun playing travel agent and seeing all the cool places we could go, but then the Myrtle Beach one was finalized, so we'll go to this one instead!

I'm pretty excited for Fall Break this weekend. Thrsday- Sunday! WOW! What a long weekend! What will I do with the time?

This past Saturday was my 22nd birthday! It was pretty fun! Charlotte took a photo shoot of me (for the model in me) then my mom cooked us (my family) a really good brunch (but it was really breakfast). Then at Jeremiah's parents house we carved pumpkins (my pumpkin turned out really not good) and when it got really dark we went to Gary's Berry's and "raced" through the corn maize. It was FUN! Everyone else had a date except for me, so I teamed up with Charlotte and Jeremiah. We got second place! It took us 49 minutes to get through the whole thing. The second half was the hardest. First place went to Jay and Andrea; it only took them 42 minutes for the whole thing. Jeremiah's parents only got through the first half (you are able to quit at this point if you want to), saw us come out of the end and decided to quit because they took so long on the first half! My mom and her date, Robert, took about an extra 45 minutes. After coming out of the maize, we were able to stand in line for funnel cakes, eat them, and talk a bit before my mom and Robert came out. At least they made it through the whole thing! Fun times!!

A New Star Trek Movie!?!?

So, I was browsing online and I come across this picture of the guy who plays Syler on Heros and I'm like, "Why does Spock look all young?" Then I clicked on the link and sure enough! They are making a new Star Trek movie with a bunch of young "pretty" people! It looks like a Sci-Fi channel movie. But, maybe it's a real movie. It's supposed to come out next summer (2009).

Bad Eyes

Ever wonder what it's like to have bad vision? This is pretty much what it's like... We're learning about the eye in my psychology class right now, so it's been on my mind. Plus Charlotte's husband, Jeremiah, spent the summer working in Alaska to save money so he could get Lasik (but he can't because his PUPILS are TOO BIG!). And I just ordered another box of contacts! So, eyes have been the reoccuring theme lately. Every once and a while on the way to or back from school (when I'm NOT driving) I'll take my glasses off and just look everywhere... of course I can't see anything, not even things that are in the car with me. I noticed that staring at headlights without my glasses make me more scared of running into them. Even though the light coming from the headlight isn't that big to a 20/20 vision person, to a blind person THE'RE HUGE! And since every car has 2 headlights, it seems scarier because it looks like twice as many cars! Then I put my glasses back on and I calm down. I kind of prefer seeing with my glasses on; I get a headache when seeing without my glasses for too long.