SB2K6 Day Four - More burnage and Putt Putt Golf-

First off, i have been informed by Ms. Ericka Bennett that i should pay more attention to my grammatical errors and she finds my mistakes quite humorous. To that, i say its late when i post these things, the sun drains you, but i shall try.
We got to the beach early today and Zach somehow, made it to the wonderful continental breakfast of the Roadside Inn just before. (wasn't too bad i say, but im not too picky). The whole time we were driving to the beach i was thinking, "now why am i going back out there to bake my poor sun tanned (burned is a better word probably) body?" Nonetheless, Zach actually put sun tan lotion on and had an enjoyable day at the beach. Chris and i grabbed some lunch at Britt's, a fun little beachside stop for some good eats. By this time it was like 1.30ish and we headed back to see what the rest of the crew was doing. Much to our excitement, we found the gang building a "sand person" in the image of Zach Yelton? What? Ha, yeah too funny i know, that's the group i've been with the whole trip and its been great fun.
The fun only continued as we left the beach around 4.30 to come back to the Roadside for showers. Following, a neat pizza place for dinner then.... PUTT PUTT Golf at Congo River Links! (yeah, amazing i know... and we got a group discounted rate!) OMG, soooo much craziness occured at the Congo. Some of which included:

• Court refering to the putter as a "putt" HA! Yeah, and i quote "dangit biscuet, move your putt away from the hole!" (maybe you had to be there?)
  
• Out of frustration (and hit number....um i dunno 10?), sweet Christi let a wordy dirty fly in front of all the kids playing in front and behind us! (she would probably kill me for tellin this story! But, it was sooo worth it, wish all could have been there)
• Me telling the girls (not even thinking, honestly) as they were trying to figure out a "cute Putt Putt golf" pose, to put the golf balls in their mouth and hold their sticks (refering to the putters of course). Once Court, busted out laughing, the "o crap, what did i just say?" moment, occured. Too funny. Good move ZEB, really i know. I was just trying to suggest a good picture that's all!
  

And those were just highlights, wow. We then (of course) went to Starbucks, fun convo and great joe, no doubt. Sadly, we are now in the hotel room. Brett was joking about how we have gone to bed before 1.30am this trip every nite we have been here yet, in AU we don't even come close to that bed time. Haha, o well, i guess the sun just takes it out of you, i don't know.

No matter, we still had great fun every nite and im soo glad to have such great community and friends. Such a blessing to know that your friends also decide not to conform to the ways of this world, in any case... whether it be on spring break in Clearwater or hanging out in AU. My heart just broke today while i was at the beach as i saw so many folks chosing death. Not judging them by any means, but i just know that deep down, they are not wanting to continue to find a false fullfillment thru the lies this world offers. I've stayed sober, away from whatever else Spring Break at the beach can bring, and still had one of the best spring breaks ever. Im just so encouraged by the lives my friends live. Chosing to live for something bigger then themeselves, loving life and finding joy in every circumstance. Love you guys!

Now, just the drive home.... looking forward to 8hrs in a car yaaya! SB2k6 over and out.
~ZEB

SB2K6 Day Three - Sun Burnt but happy -

Our crew number will decrease by four today. Todd and Leah, Yetty and Becca had to go back to the AU bubble after lunch time. With a little more room in the cars but sad they had to leave soon, we headed to the beach once again. Brett, Zachary, Locks, Leah and i played three games of volleyball with two Asian guys who were hysterical! Then, we all went and crashed on the beach for a few hours (thus resulting in a sun burn/tan). With sand all over and the weather getting colder for some reason, we headed to Ybor City for some fun shopping and hang out time away from the sun. Ybor was such a fun shopping area filled with little eateries, vendors, and the best...URBAN OUTFITTERS! Yeah, we all had way too much fun in this cool store. After spending lots, we headed back to our neck of the beach to get a little hot tub time and showers before dinner. The past two times the gang has made the trek to the hottub, we encountered sketch persons. Haahaha, the guy in the hottub when we got there today, was a sound and lighting tech for some band who enjoyed "the plant" just a bit too much, so you can put the rest of the happenings together. Nonetheless, interesting convo occurred and then, we were off to get showers. We ate at Moe's cause we wanted tonite's meal to be a little cheaper then the past nites, we then discovered that nothing was open to take part in because it was Sunday. Then just drove around to find some funness. Ended up back here at the Roadside Inn just hanging.

SB2K6 Day 2 - Beachin it up & Going Out-

Today was great, my white bod saw the sun for the first time in way too long so Zach is now tan, (yay!)
Much fun was had today... the entire group went shopping for snacks, lunch stuff, etc. at the wonderful Super Target center. Next, we met up with Andy and headed to the beach were it was waaaay to cold to enjoy the sun but the attempt was made and we played beach volleyball so all was well. With sun tans received, the crew headed back to hotel to enjoy the hot tub with some "plus size", awkward/sketchy rednecks from Orlando Fla. Honestly, im not sure why we even got in the hot tub at Roadside Inn in Clearwater Fla.... but its Spring break so why not live on the edge... needless to say, i took a long shower to de-germ! Got cleaned up and we headed to a restaurant called The Dish, basically we all ate waaaay too much and feel really bad about getting in a swim suit tomorrow (ha! not really but i do feeel as if i gained atleast 10 lbs) so worth it though. Zach then proceeded to get my car lost after dinner upon our ride back to the Roadside (surprised are you?) and cause us to see atleast 30 additional, unnecessary miles of the outskirts of Clearwater. 45 mins later, the pewter scooter arrived back at the Roadside, we hung out for a bit and then off to bed! In the mean time, i some how managed to throw my phone over my shoulder in my clumsy attempt to answer a call, so im going to bed phoneless yet thinking "i wouldn't want to be anywhere else, with anyother group of people!" SB2K6 day two over and out...

What am i gonna do without a cell phone!

SB2K6 Day 1 - The Arrival -

Encounter, packing, getting ready for bed, asleep by 12.30 a.m. only to get up at the early hour of 4.15am! Yup, with a little less than 4hrs of sleep this is how the great SB2K6 began.. heading to Clearwater, Fla with some great folks until Tues. I really needed this break! Trip was long but fun, me, Brett, and Clocks were in the "pewter scooter" yup, thats right, we had walkie talkies and code car names. Delirium and tiredness set in and after about 8hrs in the car, Clearwater came into the radar.
First pothole was hit: We got kicked out of our original reserved hotel room because they discovered a bunch of college kids were cramming into rooms in attempts to save money and avoid the "extra capacity fees". No worries right? We are in college and born for stuff like this? We piled back into the cars soon to find the "upscale" "resort" of the Roadside Inn, yeah thats right... people pay the big bucks to stay here (hardly)! Nonetheless, its a place to crash and its all we needed! We unloaded all our junk, showered and went on the hunt for some food in downtown Clearwater/Tampa area. A beachside hotspot, called "Frenchies" was discovered.. much fun was had, good food, good times!

Some things to mention without providing an explanation (just to keep you guessing) :

We think we saw a prostitution "invite" into the room below us after we were asked first, simply because we were all chillin in the parking lot as the "lady of the nite" was headed to her room

The Diamond Dolls "gentleman's Club?" is right next to our hotel...
(fun to joke about but, i think we should stay away from this attraction)

So far, i love Clearwater!

Workin Man

So i started working at Davis & McLaughlin (thank you KA) and its pretty much a great "low key" job.... i mean im making this post at "work" what? And i get to drive around on beautiful days, what could be better? I haven't had a job since highshcool so its a bit hard to get use to again but no worries, i just glad im gonna have a little extra spending money you know. Ok, back to "work"gots to bring home the bacon according to christian..!