FALL BREAK

Well, you could be mad that I haven't been on top of blogging...or you could be happy that I finally chose to. Let me say, fall break was much needed and I looked forward to it for a while. School is stressful and yeah...it's been blissful getting a break. Friday, I took Jesse to lawschool to technically I saw him that day, but to me I counted that as a day without seeing him...and that had been the longest since we started dating. I had a real shitty day, I forget what all happened but it was not a good day. I couldn't find anything at the mall, there was a wreck on my way to the shops on BroadRipple. And I just didn't have Jesse to cheer me up and cuddle with. I went to bed early, and woke up early to get ready for the plane. The taxi driver came 20 minutes early, needless to say I was not ready and had to rush to get downstairs. I looked horrible, so much for first impressions. Ok, so I arrived at the airport safely, went through security...not too good of luck. Apparently lip gloss is a liquid or gel and even though it was less than .5 of an ounce you need it in a plastic bag, oooh right let me pull one right out. They almost confiscated it but luckily I found a nice woman who had an extra which her son's crayons were in. I got to keep it, they also didn't like my candle that I was bringing for Jesse's mom and of course I set the alarm off when I walked through...GREAT! I arrived safely and Jesse was there in Pensacola to pick me up. A whole day without him made me even happier than normal to see him. Even if I was still in a grouchy mood from the plane and having a headache from noisy kids and my ears not popping. He showed me around a bit and then we went to his house and I met his family. His parents were super cute and shortly after I got there and got settled we went for lunch. We went to a place called Hemingways and ate. There was a wedding receptions scheduled for later that night apparently so we got to see the cake and everything...so pretty! After we ate, we went for a walk along Pensacola beach and tried to find a net to fish leaves out of their pool in the beach type shops. The weather was absolutely perfect, a nice breeze but also warm. The beach was pretty and we saw a little boy on a float shaped like a jet ski; and boy, he was not about to give up. He kept getting flipped over, but he'd get right back up and do it again. There was some sort of dj playing some techno and this girl was really dancing, it was almost funny. OK, it was real funny. We went back to their house and later on in the evening went to dinner at McGuire's an Irish pub. There was live music and the guy would make people go up and "kiss the moose, kiss the moose" or other times kiss other things, like the leprecon's crotch. It was fun and entertaining. A good chance to talk and get to know Jesse's parents. They are funny because they have a good sense of humor. At one point they were laughing at the name Drew Peacock and I laughed, but to be honest I didn't get it. A day later I finally did understand. We went back to their house and all got in the hot tub after dinner. Now, my memory is getting fuzzy and running the days together. I think it was Sunday that Jesse and his dad dug up trenches for the sprinkler system in the back yard--they had just gotten a pool and so the yard was dug up and the sprinkers that were there pre-pool weren't in the right places and they had to put in more. Poor guys, they worked hard and both hurt their backs. Jesse's mom made dinner that night that was amazing, it was a pork roast with an apple stuffing and an orange glaze. Yum. Again, I am still learning foods Jesse does and does not like..NOTE TO SELF NOT A BIG FAN OF CARROTS. We went out with Jesse's friend Jeremy that nite and went to a few different bars. Oh gosh the first drink i had was super super strong and I had to ask for a taller glass with more cranberry juice. Our night out ended at Wisteria and Jeremy almost getting into a fight and Jesse too because he was standing up for his friend. Apparently you can't stand up when you friend is about to get in a fight because that was disrespectful? I did find it suprising to see a dog in a bar in the US. We got home about 3:30 and went in the hottub. Then to bed. The week was great because me and Jesse got to sleep in and I felt like we all bonded. I really felt like his family liked me, and if they didn't they were good at pretending. I even met his grandma Max and grandpa Ben. Ben was funny because he called there hot tub damn sexy. Monday, when we went out to his grandma's house for dinner, I got to see where Jesse lived when he was younger. Well the house wasn't there because it was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, but I saw the area. We even walked out on the pier/dock thing and wow was it windy, I can't even imagine being there for a hurricane. The water was so choppy just with the stormy weather that it was washing up over the boards. While, the weather was not always sunny, it was always warm and felt good. I was happy to be avoiding snow. I haven't mentioned the most energetic part of the Pace Family....Beckham! She's so adorable and just like Jesse said, she likes to lick everything. She's a cute little dog that would probably be small enough to fit in a purse bag, but oh I would like to see you keep her still long enough! Adorable!! It was fun to watch tv and her to come up and sniff and lick, she even licked my yucky feet.
Tuesday we went to the fish market and it was interesting. In all my vacations I had never been to one. It was super cold, like a super market in the freezer sections but WAYY WORSE! BRRRR!!!! His mom made fish for dinner that night that was delicious. That night, while I watched Gilmore Girls that they had dvr'd for me, Jesse went into the hot tub, and after I was done I went to bed. He came in later to wake me up to help but the lid on and I barely remember that part. Apparently, he watched a whole dvd of Rome before coming to bed and when we came to bed we cuddled. I have no recollection of that. So when I woke up the next morning I kept trying to cuddle with him and he was like do you want to get out of bed?? I kept saying no but apparently I woke him up and he couldn’t get back to sleep.
Wednesday was beautiful out, the weather was perfect, and we layed out to get some sun. It was even a little hot, I got in the pool that was a tid bit chilly but once you got used to it, it was refreshing. We had an Italian lunch of some lunch meat, and cheese that his mom had picked out at the fish market. His dad works half a day on Wednesday's so he was home for lunch before the pool lady came to teach them how to clean their pool and all that good stuff....Wow how technology has changed, a pool that uses salt to produce chlorine...too hard for me to understand! Jesse made arrangements for us to go to dinner that night. He is too adorable; we went to the melting pot which was so good and so adorable. The booth where we sat seemed real private and it was cute because we got to sit by each other rather than across from each other. It was too perfect. Jesse even ate apples with the cheese fondue and a carrot as well. We weren't too sure what type of chocolate we got, because it didn't appear to be what we ordered but it was good and by that time we both were super full. And a little chilled because they kept it a little chilly in the restaurant. After we went home, we watched some tv with his mom, I don't remember the name of the show. But it had to do with lawyers and trail....then we got in the hot tub. A perfect night that we ended by watching and cuddling. I was not looking forward to Thursday...because I was flying back. Not only did that mean break was coming to an end but I would not see Jesse for 3 days!!! Longest ever that we'd been apart. He tries to say it's only 2-1.5 days but common, All day Friday, Saturday not until 9 pm and pretty much all day Thursday because we just woke up and went to the airport. SAD!!!! I had a great week and felt like we all bonded. While, I can't really say I'm glad to be back....I can say...hmm…I'm glad it wasn't snowing?? That's all I got! MUAH!