Easter Break

So the thing I am most excited about this week is SODA. I did this thing called the 40 days of where I only drank water for 40 days to raise awareness about the global water crisis. This was incredibly hard for me because I drink 2-3 cans of soda a day plus at least one cup of juice. It was so hard for me to stick to this but I did it! And I’m proud of me for that. I’ve learned that I definitely need to cut back on the amount of soda I drink because I think that borders on unhealthy. So from now on I will commit to at least try to drink less soda. But I don’t know how that’s going to work out because at exactly midnight today I grabbed a 24 fl oz bottle of ginger ale & downed it in like 15 minutes. It has 264 grams of sugar in it but I don’t know if that’s a lot?

Anywhos, I had a really good weekend because I went home! I had so much fun at home plus it was a nice weekend so everything was just perfect. I got home Friday night at 8 & got to hang out with one of my best friends from high school. We went to Plaza Azteca (best Mexican restaurant EVER!), and then just hung out for a little while afterwards. Now Saturday was the fun day, besides having an allergy attack. I woke up & went to the new Peninsula Town Center, which is now the big thing to do in Hampton. It’s a new outdoor mall that just opened while we were on spring break. It’s really nice & fancy, plus it was a good weekend to walk around. Then I went to one of the beaches in Hampton. It was such a good day for that! I had fun just laying out on a towel by myself & relaxing. It was fun for me to do these things by myself because most of the time I’m doing stuff with other people so I definitely enjoyed my Lauren time. I got to sit out at the beach on my towel, read my women’s studies book, and people watch. Sounds like the perfect afternoon to me! After I left the beach I went back home & had my family birthday party (I’ve been celebrating for like 5 days). My mom got me a delicious red velevet & cake batter ice cream cake. It was sooooo good. I wanted to bring it back but I don’t think it’d survive the almost 6 freaking hour bus ride! Uh, but it was fun seeing my family! Then Sunday was Easter Sunday & that was fun because I got to go to my church back home. I try to go to church here but white people just worship differently then black people. It felt good to be back in a lively atmosphere to praise God, not just some sermon with Christian Rock. And after an Easter dinner at Wendy’s (my family didn’t want to cook & an 8 piece at KFC is $20, outrageous!), I hopped on the bus & rode the bus 5.5 hours back to tech & to the real world. BUT, on the bright side, there’s only like 5 weeks left!