Greetings from Kentucky!
Or, I should say, “how’re your guyses all doin’?”
Ah yes. Traveling is great, exploring & adventure on a girl’s trip is definitely a great way to end my summer.
Tomorrow we need to head home, but for now, the to do list, the first day of school, and all of life is far away.
All the way across an international border… nearly non existent!
I love the beauty of the smoky mountains in Tennessee… the laid back culture… the ruggedness of everything… and the sweet tea that is authentic to the south.
In fact, I’ve really developed a love for it. They say you could stand a spoon up in it because the sugar content is so high – obviously that’s not meant literally.
But I did break the silence of our hotel room to ask, “if I would stick my legs straight up, how long do you think I could keep them there?”
I received giggles in response.
Giggles seem to be a common response this night, as the morning approaches.
The exercise room is closed, and running down the halls was voted out, because it would take too much effort to get dressed again.
Therefore, random conversations interspersed with seriousness but liberally punctuated with giggles won the night.
My serious side would love to have a serious conversation, but due to the caffeine in the sweet tea, my serious bones aren’t sitting still very nicely.
The pillow has been employed to muffle eruptions of laughter instead.
After a time, it turns out I can hold my legs straight up for a good long while, and do figure eights with them even longer.
And for a girl who only had 1 coffee, 3 sweet teas, and 2 iced caramel machiattos today, that’s pretty good.
Especially since she’s only used to having one coffee per day.
But, as I mentioned, real life and all of it’s problems are across the border somewhere. My brain is in vacation mode. And apparently my sense of appropriate caffeine intake was not included with all the other things I packed into my massive suitcase.
Everything about life can feel surreal on vacation…
But I know with certainty, I’ve been enjoying the sweet tea! All the way to 12:19 am.
And I doubt I will successfully start my day without it tomorrow, either.
Notes from My Heartsong 