The past two weeks

Its been a while. I've been busy.
Its been a really good two weeks. After the fair we spent a few days bouncing back and forth between our families houses, just enjoying hanging out.

Thursday was Bill's birthday so we had a little family celebration. I think he really liked the Venice - the board we all pitched in and got him. The next day Sandy, Willy, Joey, Chuch and me all headed up to Cheaha National Park where we hiked about a mile into the woods and set up camp. Willy spent a long time trying to get the fire lit, seeing as how everything was soaking wet and it was still raining. He did get it lit, and we had hot chocholate and hot dogs. The next day Ian and Bill hiked up. We spent the next few days cooking over the open fire, hiking through the woods, and trying not to freeze in the middle of the night. Come monday we packed everything up and headed back to the cars. Unfortunately, sometime during the camping trip my camera messed up so I didn't get many pictures. On the way home we stopped at the skatepark and skated. It was fun. Sandy got some pictures but by the time she got the camera working me and Chuch were finished skating and across the park swinging. So you won't see any of me, though I did skate. =) After that we stopped and ate at Taco Bell, where they screwed up our entire order. Then we stopped by Meme's to visit, and me and Chuch got trapped in the yard by a very large dog (scary). That night I had to say goodbye, and I confess I almost lost it. Getting back home the next few days were spent watching dawsons creek, eating Mama's yummy creations, and just spending quality time with my family. One night Willy and I had a date at our applebees, then went to the tattoo parlor to watch Pooky get her 4th tattoo. It was a phoenix, on the back of her left shoulder. She said it was for me. Its really an awesome tattoo, and I can't wait to get my first. Wednesday I had to say goodbye again. It was depressing, but I made it through. Our plane was supposed to take off at 5:50pm. We checked in, boarded the plane, and waiting. Then they told us we were being delayed because of bad weather in houston. We spent about 2 hours on the plane before they took us back to the gate and we deboarded. After that we got hourley updates, each one telling us we still couldnt land in houston. Most of the people on our flight ended up going home, and there only ended up being about 15 of us left. Willy and I spent our time tag team smoking and watching The Office in the airport floor. At midnight we finally got the green light and reboarded the plane. We definately had our pick of seats on the plane, and ended up moving to a more comfortable place. We got to houston at about 1:45am, and booked another flight to san antonio (no extra charge) at 7:30am. Just as in Birmingham everything in the airport was closed so there was nowere to get food. We - like many others in the same situation as us - ended up sleeping on the floor near a random gate (ours hadn't been posted yet). At 5am Willy woke me up (appartantly I was sleeping deeply because the janitor had been vaccuming around me and I never woke up) to go to our gate. On the way we stopped at wendys and had breakfast. We ended up getting to San Antonio at about 8am, and after hailing a cab and picking up our car from the barracks we got home just before 10am - 12 hours after we were supposed to. I went to bed after calling Mama and letting her know we were okay. Needless to say, it was a long freaking night.
It was a good vacation though. I enjoyed seeing everyone, and it was good to be home. I can't wait until we go back.