Weekend with Friends.

I actually had a whole weekend off.  Not used to having that as I bust my ass working 7 days a week.  Sometimes working 9 hours a day and sometimes working 16 or 18 hours a day, depending on the schedule from the part-time job that I have.  

This weekend, I had some friends come in from out of town (Texas) for Jazz Fest.  Friday night was so much fun.  As a "local" one does not usually go down to the French Quarter as we spent our teenage years down there drinking illegally.  Until you became 18, which at that time, back in the day, you could drink legally at bars but you could not purchase alcohol at the store until you were 21.  Weird law.  Anywho, I went down and met a friend and her family.  So much fun just people watching.  Oh the sites.  Met some locals but most were tourists.  

Saturday, I spent the day laying out by my pool.  The water was freaking freezing, but it was a beautiful day and I took advantage of same.  Then ended the night with eating boiled crawfish at a neighbor's house and then going to bed early, snuggling with my Noles.

Yesterday, more fun... laid out by the pool for a couple of hours, then went to a childhood friend's house.  It was there that I got talked into maybe going to the 610 Stompers cruise that is in early September.  Her husband is a Stomper.  There is also a pub crawl as well.  I may do that as well.  Funny thing is that I'm not drinking nearly close to like I was, if at all.  I have fun at these events people watching if anything.  I like the sober life way too much.

Booking a girls' trip to Biloxi for Memorial Day weekend.  Looking into a few other long weekend trips as well.  Something that I am learning about myself is that I love to travel and now that I have the means to, I can do it and enjoy it.  There is a whole world out there to explore and nothing is holding me back.  Time to get that passport too.  There is more than the United States that I'd love to see. Life is too short to not enjoy and I got a second chance at doing it.  Going to take it all in and enjoy the journey.