A well deserved (maybe?) vacation

So i typed this before i left for New Braunfels (obviously). But it never got published, so here it is...

So I leave in about an hour for New Braunfels.

YAY!!

I'm genuinely excited about this. Just anticipating this trip (with all my church homes!) is making me the happiest I've been in about three days. (I suppose from my previous post you can understand why.)

We're going tubing on the Comal River (I hope I can handle it. I'm still pretty tired from having a deadly(not so much anymore) illness.) Then we're hitting up, of course, Schlitterbahn. :) I love that place (I didn't want to retype it.) It's amazing. And I get to spend time with amazing people. I'm giddy (you think i'm joking.)

I'm usually not a giddy person(lie). But I'm excited. I really am. Not only do I get to get out of the house, I'm getting out of the CITY for a few days. Hopefully I wont spread my infectious disease to everyone. I would feel bad(lie).

Now I'm back and I guess I'll add my report on the whole thing.

The ride there was pretty ordinary. We mostly just chilled, slept, talked, whatever.
We stopped at the Gristmill in historical Greune, Tx. It was pretty cool. I had fun there :) I ordered a salad that was humongous. I couldn't even finish it, haha. We got to walk the city, which was cool. Funny shops with cute shirts that i didn't buy. lol

We get to the Resort (T Bar M Ranch) where they make us wear these orange livestrong bands that say T Bar M Ranch on it so they know we belong there. I still have mine on my ankle, haha.

The next day we wake up early, eat breakfast outside (coffee with cereal and a waffle). We head to the Comal River, which is colder than the all get out, and have a fun time there. The first round we were on the river, everyone was joking around, spraying water guns and throwing splash balls. It was really fun. We stopped and ate lunch, sandwiches. Yummy :) Then we went back for round too. This one was a little more chill. I actually fell asleep for the first thirty or forty five minutes. It was a nice nap that resulted in a ghetto sunburn from where my shorts moved up. I have a red stripe on my legs, haha. It was all pretty chill, and i'm so glad i got to float the river with everyone.

We went and ate dinner at a place called Mamacita's. It was a great mexican restaurant. They had these vegetarian fajitas with portabello mushrooms that were just to die for. :) For desert we had Cheesecake Factory cheesecake. It was delicious. But while we were there, it started raining cats and dogs. Hurricane Dolly had finally struck ground.

The next day, we were debating on whether or not we should go to Schlitterbahn, or do something else. It was decided to go to Schlitterbahn as originally planned. It was kind of angry at first, but when no signs of hurricane showed i grew to the idea. I was happy we had gone, because our summer intern, Nikolee, had never been. So I was glad she got to go.

We had a fun time, but out of nowhere as we were riding the Black Night (amazing!) it starts pouring. We decided it was time to get in line for the Master Blaster (only the most fun ride at Schlitterbahn), so we start the trek up the stairs. About halfway up we hear thunder crack, but decide to take our chances. We get in line and then they close the line down. So we descended and headed back to the group.


We decided to leave, so we waited till the rain stopped and chunked the deuce.
We ate lunch and soon after that an adult was all gung ho for going back because there was a gap in the bad weather. So a few us went back.

First things first, we HAD to get the Master Blaster out of the way in case we had to make a quick get-a-way. We did that, which is just awesome, haha. it's always fun. After that, we all went on the Wolf Pack. That was fun too, especially when our tube almost tipped!

After Wolf Pack, we decided to chill in the Torrent, this river with a wave machine. Krista(a friend of mine) and I were almost out of the river part and nearing the big open pool area when there's an almost simultaneous crack of lightning and thunder. needless to say i flipped out. I don't think I ever swam so fast in my life, I mean I was taking people down trying to get to the shore. Most of the life guards were pretty chill, but this one was totally 'hulkin out' trying to get people out. He was running around screaming "Get out of the water!" and waving his hands and pointing. It was funny to watch when we got under an umbrella.

After our crew had gathered, we chunked the deuce again. A third attempt at schlitterbahn happened, but i stayed at the hotel and napped. It was nice :)

We went and ate pizza after that, and then chilled at the hotel.

We woke up bright and early and chunked the deuce to New Braunfels and Krista and 2/3's the Yeager team. They were going to stay an extra day because they arrived late.
We pull into lufkin around four-ish and stop by cory's house to check it out and say hey. Cory hadn't made it on the trip because he had business to attend to, but we sure did miss him!

It was a great trip, but i'm glad to be back. :) It would have been better if it hadn't been for Hurricane Dolly