The trip, the boy, and the hare.

The trip I took a road trip of sorts with a couple of friends of mine. My good friend and coworker Jeni moved to San Diego, and since she had to take her car there somehow, we all agreed to make the road trip with her and fly back to Houston. The road trip was two days of 13 hour trips, but we finally made it there in one piece and without killing each other! We actually had a lot of fun. OH, and by the way, it's fucking hot in the desert. We made one stop in Arizona and asked how hot it was outside, and the gas attendant answered, "Oh, it's about 119 degrees or so.. " WTF. I almost fucking melted. The first thirteen hours of the trip was just getting out of Texas. And let me tell you, there is NOTHING between Houston and New Mexico worth seeing. And El Paso is a dirty dirty city right on the border of Texas and New Mexico and once you cross into NM, it's like a completely different world. We slept in a Hilton in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It was the most beautiful city we saw on the trip. It's like an upscale little town in the middle of the farkin desert, with moutains all around it. All the buildings were new and the houses were beautiful. The view from our hotel room was breath taking. Once we got into San Diego, the weather couldn't be more perfect. It's always warm and sunny, with a constant cool breeze that never lets it get hotter than 72 degrees.

The boy I recently got in touch with a guy I knew in high school. When we were younger, we went to church camp together and held hands by the lake. We never really hung out together at school and I can't remember any real conversations that I ever had with him, but I saw him a couple of times during college [he went to a university in the next town over]. We've always been kinda attracted to each other, but never really said anything about it. Like I said, last week we started emailing each other, and then on Wednesday he called me and we talked for a little while. We agreed to meet up on Thursday and after dinner and drinks, we came back to my house to hang out a little more. Well, we put a movie in, but I only remember watching half of it. But before we did anything too foolish, we said goodnight and he headed home. During my trip, he called me everyday, and tonight we're going out again! I'm so incredibly happy, and I've put Secret Lover Boy on the back burner for now. So this new guy is my age, he's about to graduate college with a degree in Construction Management. He's so sweet and soft spoken. I can't wait to see him tonight! Yay.

The hare Three girls, a rabbit, and a frog were driving to California.. Sounds like the beginning of a joke right? Wrong! That's exactly what our road trip consisted of. Jeni, Emma, and I drove half across the country with a bunny and a frog in the back seat. Jeni's pets were moving with her to San Diego! But the most interesting animals on the trip were the ones at the San Diego zoo! If you've never been, you are definitely missing out! The lush surroundings and elaborate exhibits made the Houston Zoo look like utter shit. We saw hippos, and pandas, and elephants.. oh my! The zoo was huuuuge and absolutely beautiful! There were even animals running free around the park. [Mainly birds.. no alligators or anything like that :P]

I took a couple of crappy pics with my camera phone, but I'm waiting for the good digi-pics from my friend Emma. As soon as she sends them my way, I'll share with the class.

But for now, I'm just going to leave you will a big sloppy hippo kiss. Mwuah!