Extreem stress with a hint of relaxation

Well... These past two weeks as my sister Valerie would call it, I was a hermit. Not seen, not heard from, nothing. I was in super exam mode. I had three tests within a week period for my Real Estate class. Granted one was for practice but I still took it seriously. So since the 17th it was nothing but my head in the book and notes. I did very well on my test on the 19th, then my test on the 24th (which was practice) was accompanied by no study due to a water leak situation. Then it was super study mode from then on til the 26th.
I went into the class saying a little prayer for everyone and received the exam. I was on question 16 out of 100 and just wanted to give up and cry. I have never taken such a hard test for the amount of studying I did. I sucked up the tears multiple times and finished. I re-read my test to make sure I wasn't making a silly mistake and then turned it in. I left feeling like I was defeated. I called Daniel and told him not to expect me to have passed. I would know later that day. So I went out to get my hair cut and forget about it for a while. When I was getting my hair cut, the phone rang and I figured it was Alex since I had just texted her about 5 times. It wasn't. I later figured out it was my teacher to tell me I passed!! WOW!! I did not expect that at all! I then of course called Daniel asap and was soooo excited! I talked his ear off and then had to get to packing. That afternoon, Alex and I were to go to Durham and then to the beach!
I got to packing and then had to go get my test. From a class that started with 11 people, then went down to 6 by the end, with three of the people that were in the class (being their 3rd time) I was so stoked that almost everyone passed. We all took the class seriously and studied hard for it. We made friends and had a good time learning everything. So when I was able to review my test, I realized I made a couple silly mistakes but will learn from it for sure.
So off to go get Alex I went later that day. We first went to Qdoba (no comment) then were on the road to Durham. We stayed at Daniel's Grandma's place for the night and I was surprised with a little congrats gift. So SWEET!! We all chatted til I couldn't keep my eyes open (1015pm) then went to bed in anticipation for a big day tomorrow.
Woke up WAYYYY too early (615) to get going on the road by 630. Packed up the cold things, said our goodbyes and were off to the beach. We stopped at Bojangles on the way for breakfast. We were supposed to eat healthy for breakfast.. but those bo rounds were too tempting. :) After a trip to ht and the coffee shop we landed at the beach. It was time for relaxation. Alex knows all about Wrightsville and where to park and everything so she was my navigator. We had a good time and just soaked up the sun.
After our quarters ran out, we grabbed burgers at PT's grill. Apparently we went to that place years ago with Evan and his former girlfriend but I don't remember. O well.. it was back in January of 2003.
So off on the road again back home. It was a short trip but when I got back, I felt like I got a nice vacation. :)
Until the next slumber party....

Week at the beach

Well last week Daniel and I made our way to the beach. We got out of Greensboro around 1 and headed straight there. We were met by Roni, Stephen, Tony, Charity, Grandma, Jane, and Gabe. What a full house! But it did not seem that way. I grew up with 7 people in one house so I thought nothing of it. Everyone had a great time. There were so many great moments there. A lot of good food, MANY dairy queen trips and a lot of sun and sand.
All of my days started off with a nice run. I aimed for 5 miles every day. My first run was the worst. By the end of the week, I was back to the "old me" running. It felt effortless by Saturday! Of course Im sure I did not look that way coming into the beach house all red faced and sweaty. :)
On Wednesday I took Roni and Stephen out to Harris Teeter for a super doubles trip! We got some great steals there. My favorite deal was the ziploc and the crasins. MMM.
Most nights people were playing board games or watching some tv together.We had two small parties while we were there. The first being Daniel's birthday. We had pie for his birthday and ice cream. On the last night there we had a little party for Charity and the soon to be new addition to the family.
I really did not want to head back. Daniel put it very well when saying "It feels like we just got here". Anyways our trip back was long and exhausting. I hate unpacking things so I only did half of it. The rest was left til later.

screws

Well.. last night my low tire preasure light came on again! AHH! Last time this happened I was on my way to Tanglewood Park to do an event for work. I did stop before I got there to check and did not see anything wrong so proceeded. Well if not but 2 months later here comes the light again. I was on my way to night workout at the gym and called Daniel to tell him I might not be there. I stopped at Val's and she helped me try to find the problem. We both couldnt so I proceeded to the gym. I got home and checked again. Still I couldnt tell much of a difference at all. I was really hoping that I would not wake up and just have a totally flat tire.
Score! I woke up and it was still very much drivable. BUT, I could tell that something was wrong and checked the different stores as to when they opened. I did not want to miss my morning workout since it has been going so well lately. So I decided on the shop that is just across the road. I dropped off everything at the gym, stayed for 15 minutes then drove the car over to get fixed and then walked back to finish the workout and get ready for work. I got the call that I really didnt want. My tire could not be patched. It had to be replaced! AHH! The screw was on the side of the tire much like the time when I was in Myrtle beach a few years ago and the same thing happened there. So I had to decided while at the gym on what to do. I hate making expensive decisions without Daniel because sometimes he has a better resource but after doing some quick thinking, I chose just to get it taken care of today. There are my reasons.... it wouldnt take too long, the cost was not too terrible, if I waited I would have to get it done Monday morning sometime and there is no guarentee that would have happened, and lastly, we are headed to the beach and Im not going with the backup tire on.
So as I was getting ready to get going, I had a lightbulb moment.. I believed I had a coupon in my car for Goodyear. And I DID!! I really felt like I was drawn to goodyear and since I went there I was able to use the coupon. Way to not second guess!
So now I have one brand new tire with lifetime balancing. :)