Friday, June 05, 2009

Happy Summer

It's been far too long since Nurse Jenny has blogged. I've been tied up with Facebook. I've fallen victim to social media. Oh, the guilt. Facebook is powerful, it pulls you in like vortex. It keeps me from doing things I should, washing, cleaning, etc...the up side is I've connected with so many long lost friends I'd otherwise not see or hear from until you pick up the paper one day and read in an obit. How depressing. On a lighter note, I've reconnect with my cousin who lives in Tampa. Our grandfather's brothers, two of 12 kids. Her grandfather was Emmit Richey. I nearly named my second child Emmit. To know him was to love him. Kristin and I have so much in common. Even after so long. We are so cut from the same cloth. It's nice to reconnect after so long.

It's summer and that can mean only one thing. BEACH. Ahhhh. The water, the crashing waves...Sea spray. The wind blowing and sun beaming down on my face. It's time. Leaving tomorrow for Rosemary Beach, High Pointe Condo just east of Destin. I cannot wait. The "Beach". It's where I married my sweet husband. We had the most beautiful wedding. That day was perfect, or nearly so. Brad was a little drunk when said our I do's....He swayed a little, thanks to his good friend Chuck who flew in from Seattle to make sure he had a 'last round of golf and shots of tequila" at Pink Pony Pub in Gulf Shores. Later that night, Chuck was so drunk he fell into the glass coffee table in his room. That was a nice bill for him I'm sure. My best friend, Carla and I forgot our rings from Beach club girl's room. We had to marry with my best friends' wedding band. I'll never forget it.

The weather that July 26th 2003 was perfect...sun nearly setting, perfect ceremony with all our friends, oohs and ahhs from the balcony as I walked out. The guy we hired to play guitar was playing an acoustic Tesla's Love Song intro. I wish I could go back and do it again.

I hope to live on the beach someday....I arrive and any troubles I have soon vanish. I thank God for creating such a beautiful place, a place I go to for refuge, to clear the cobwebs from my mind....a place where my soul dwells.
Happy Summer.

Do; Get away from it all...go to the beach even if for a weekend. You deserve it.

Don't; Drink Tequila and say your vows. It's all a HAZE!!!

Take care of yourself- and your soul, no one else will.

Nurse Jenny