"no big deal.. you gave me a soda, leave it to me to at least change your life forever."
Both yesterday and today gave me a taste of how I imagined this summer would feel... driving around all night long, with the windows down and the music blaring, nowhere to go and all day to get there. Chris and I, both anxious to get out of our houses, couldn't think of anything to do so we ended up just wandering around Naples last night. I took him down 5th avenue because he'd never seen that side of town before, and we stopped by Cambier Park to swing on my favorite tire swing. He doesn't do very well with tire swings, we found out. We left there to catch the sunset at the pier... it was fun, especially with the whole "Day After Tomorrow disaster" feel. The sky all orange, the waters rough, and a storm heading in. It started to rain eventually so Chris volunteered to run and go get the car. He picked me up at the turn around and I slid into the passenger seat, letting him drive around town the rest of the night, even without a license. It was the adventure I had been looking all week for. We drove from one side of town to the other and back... wasting gas and having one hell of a time doing it. Without a doubt the top 3 events of the entire night were..
1.Chris passing up EIGHT turnarounds just to make a U-turn at the light. We ended up going 20 minutes in the wrong direction, and everytime Chris missed another opportunity to turn, I'd just point at it and crack up as he told me to shut up.
2. "Right, no left.. wait, no maybe right.. no I was right before." -C
"So it's right?!" -N
"NO, I said I was right, it's left." -C
3.( while talking about my car's gas tank) "Your side, no my side.. shit, no wait.. it is your side." -N
"damn it, i'm confused, which side is it?" -C
"my side, that was just for the confusion with the left turn earlier!" -N
We ended up back meeting up with Gaby, and all coming back to my house to play pool.
Racquel loves the chocolate muffins my mom occasionally buys so I saved one for her.
Chris ate half of it, and the 2 boys dropped the other half off at her house.
She made sure she told me how anxious she was to indulge in that muffin, haha.
Today, I was awaken by a phone call from Katie. She headed over, and picked me up and we went to the beach.
I don't even know how to put those amazing 4 hours into words. We laughed, we hummed to each other, we screamed... well, I did.
But I had every reason to. I was pinched by a massive crab and had to shake my foot violently to free it of it's grip.
I'd bet the rest of the people on the beach thought I was being eaten by the shark the way I was kicking and screaming. I hate to admit, I actually almost drowned because I refused to put my feet back down after that.
Then, on the way home, we stopped by Taco Bell. Katie ordered a thing of nachos for the ducks. She sat on the curb, feeding one lonely duck. Within minutes, 30 or so ducks surrounded her.. flying from nearby parking spaces, swimming rapidly across the lake. It's as if she was Snow White, calling on all her animal friends.
I've never laughed harder.
I love my best friend.
A bunch more happened through out the day. Mostly, I just feel like a badass with the windows of my car down, and my new CD as loud as possible.. driving down the street, wind whipping through my hair, boys in trucks
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