When I found out that Wesley forgot to ask for the 4th of July off and I learned that he had to close at the Bucks Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun night I was not too happy. I had all these plans to make plans for the three day weekend. But yeah I was not going to go out and do anything fun without him because that would have been mean. And I am not a mean person….hmmm….Well anyways here is my weekend in a nutshell…
Thursday Night….I get home from work and work on the project from you know where for about 30 minutes then it was off to the park. High School Bible Study was at the park across the street from my apartment. Couldn’t get any better then that. So I walked over there and there about 20 kids. Thats a great number. Kinda sad that there weren’t any incoming freshman. But that is my goal for the summer to get more of them. I was told Jeff scares them. I don;t possibly know how. Maybe it’s the loudness of all of the Precs….{that stands for pre college}…Well anyways we all sat around talking and enjoying company. Then came food nothing like Carne Asada burritos made by Mr. Vegetarian himself Jeff. They were great… Well after that I walked home and waited for Wesley to get home from work. In my waiting I made brownies and worked on the video…I stayed up until 2:30 that night. I was so rebelious…
I woke up Friday morning…err after noon around 12:30…great sleeping in felt so good….I woke up and made cinnamon rolls for Wesley and I. We watched a little TV and then I worked on the Video. Wes had to leave for work at 3:30 so he left and I watched a little bit more TV. I then pack up my computer and went to the bucks. I visited Wesley for about 10 minutes then I left for the Anderson’s House. I ate some good food and watched all the babies. I was there for about 1.5 hours then I left for the Bucks again. I got there and made myself at home. In my knowing that I was going to be at Starbucks all night I called some friends and told them that I was going to be there if they wanted to come hang out for a little while.
Well around 7:30 my friend Kendra showed up. She is my new friend. She is from Oregon…not just Oregon but from Salem. {here is a little side story about Salem and I. Whenever Wes and I drove up and down in between Washington and California we always ended up getting lost in Salem looking for a stinkin Starbucks. Salem has taken about 2 hours of my life.} Anyways Kendra brought a book knowing that I was working on my project. She just wanted someone to keep her company since her family isn’t here. About 5 minutes after Kendra got there in walks Tasha….Oh my day was made already how could it get any better then that. So Tasha and I just sat there chatting away with Kendra. It was so much fun…then Tasha said hey Sharon lets make me a Facebook. I was like ok sounds good to me. So We started looking for pictures of Tasha on my computer and we came across wedding pictures. She then told me that She had never seen my wedding pictures . I was like seriously so we preceded to look at wedding pictures with Kendra.
About 30 minutes into looking at pictures in walks Garrett. So now there were four of us cramped into the little corner of the bucks. Garrett had is own computer so he was doing his own thing. And then about 30 minutes after that in walks drum roll please…..Denise and Bethany….woohoo…. Oh man great.. now there were 6 of us in the corner of starbucks…about 10 minutes after they came in walked David…7…7 people all there because I said I was gunna be bored at Starbucks while waiting for wes.
Time came for wes to kick us out so we all went into the parking lot and watched the remainder of the fireworks that were being shot off around Camarillo. Oh yeah there is a new Mexican restaurant opening next to starbucks and they were having a party so there was loud salsa music playing…nothing like watching fireworks for the 4th of July while listening to Salsa music…so Californian….
Well when wes got off we got into our cars and we drove to Garrett’s house to watch a movie. When we got there Thomas Smith was sitting there. So we had Me, Wesley, David, Garrett, Denise, Tasha, Bethany, Kendra, and Thomas all watching Juno. It was a pretty good movie. About 30 minutes before the movie ended in walked Jordan and Hannah Bridges. And about 5 minutes before it ended Eric walked in. It was a party. So when the movie ended Denise Tasha and I did our traditional wrestling match which usually ends with me sitting on Denise and me pulling Tasha Hair tie out. Man that is so stress relieving after 8 years. I don’t think I could ever get tired of that. I love my best friends. Well after the movie we all went our separate ways. I left wes there he wanted to hang out with his friends more. I said that was fine as long as someone could take him home. Eric took him.
Well Saturday morning came and I work up at the great hour of 12:30. Man I love sleeping in. Actually I love not setting an alarm clock. However both mornings my mother called me at 10:30 on the dot…grrr…Well I woke up and Wes says wake up Ryan is coming over. So I got up hopped into the shower and then attempted to clean up just a bit. In walked Ryan. It was a nice short visit from Ryan. Wes had to leave for work at 2:15. Well Wesley left for work and I cleaned a little bit more. And then left for Starbucks. I got there and I work on my video for about 4 hours. At 8:30 Tasha, Denise, and Bethany showed up once again and we went to blockbuster and rented a movie. We rented P.S. I Love You. We went back to my apartment and watched it. It was a pretty long movie. It ended about 11:50ish. Then I had to take my friends back to the Bucks for their cars. When I got home wes and I watched a little bit of the old 3:10 to Yuma and then I went to bed.
Sunday morning came, and our alarm clocks did not agree with our bodies. We both slept through the alarm clocks. But then at 10:23 came the best alarm clock of all the train. Horns blow right past my window. Scared the sleepies out of me. I got up and i knew there is no way wes will wake up and be ready before church was over so i got up showered and left for church. I was only 15 minutes late. Just enough time to miss the music. I found a seat next to 4 of my 7 Precs…The sermon was good. He talked about a Christian’s role with authority and how we should treat and honor authority and that God’s authority is the ultimate. Well Dad got up and sang God Bless the USA and did fabulous as usual. Its funny how the congregation takes the word of a song literally. And I gladly stand up…up goes the crowd. I couldn’t help but laugh. Laughed in a good way not making fun of anyone. Me and the Precs sat and I sang loud and proud. When the last stand up with the cymbals part came Justin and Travis jumped up perfectly synchronized. It was quite entertaining. Good Job DAD…
After church I went home and I worked on the project and Wesley made me lunch. Wes had to work at 1:30 so it was a quick lunch. So I once again packed up my bag and left for the Bucks after cleaning the bathroom and folding some towels. I was only at the Bucks for about 5 minutes then I went to the church for the AMAZING RACE 2008 BIKE EDITION. I was planning on going to the first day and the last day of this event due to work on Monday and Tuesday. I should up to the church socialized a little bit and Jeff said did you bring a bike. I was like I didn’t know that there was going to be bike riding on the first day. So i called wes and asked him how his bike was he said the front wheel was not on. Then he said it would only take like 5 minutes to put on I said great. Justin and I hoped into my car and drove to my parents house and got the bike. We get back to the church and find out that we dont have the front screws to the bike. I called wes and asked where they were. He said at the apartment. I was like really. I needed to get closed toe shoes anyways so Justin and I hoped into my car again and drove to the apartment to not be able to find the screws or bolt whatever they were. So we called wes again he said look. We looked, and I got my shoes one and we left empty handed. Justin then called Jeff and Jeff told us to call Patti and ask her to bring her extra bikes front tire. Got back to the church and we had a quick orientation and then Patti came with the tire. My hero. We put the tire on and the bike worked great. Oh yeah of forgot to mention I have not been on a bike for about 2 years. I looked funny.
Well we all hoped on our bikes. I think there was about 20 of us total and we all followed Jeff and I was the end of the group. Oh my gosh the ride was so long. Lets just say i think it was about 6 miles long. That is really long for someone who has not exercised in a very long time. We rode all around Camarillo. At least that is what it felt like. When we got back to the church jeff gave us 5 minutes then he asked are you ready for the next event. I was like no….oh well so he gave each of us adult types teams. I was blessed with Travis ELizabeth Victoria Glenn and Cordel. It was quite a team. So we were sent on a scavenger hunt on our bikes and we had an hour a a half to do it. Lets just say the scavenger hunt led us back to my parents house. We needed a picture with a motorcycle, on a bed, on the same bike, doing handstands…yeah thank you mom and dad… Well we made it back to the church with 5 minutes remaining…. woohoo…well after that we all just hung out around the church and decorated our bikes with complete off the wall decorations… it was pretty funny how the bikes turned out. one of the teams got noise makers…go figure it was justin and Pauls team…they are noisy enough with out things to help them. After all the decorating we sat around and some kids with skateboards came on campus, and me being who i am decided to go scare them off. So i grabbed a walky talky and walked over there with my scary group of bike riders Justin Paul and Alexa.{ who duck taped an Ipod player to her bike} So here we come so scary and here come cordel behind them. We looked tough. Then all of a sudden Cordel and Justin were riding right towards each other…two seconds later crash head on. COrdel went flying over his handle bars and Justin just fell over. Trying to hold back the laughter i made sure they were both ok, and when i learned they were fine I could not stop laughing. It was so funny. That was cordels second crash of the day and Justin actually got hit by a car a week prior. Thats what made it more funny. So i walked Cordel’s bike back to where everyone was and paul went and told the kids to get off campus. Cordel had a few scratches and justin was fine. It was a great part of my day. After that we ate more carne asada burritos and it was time for me to go. I went over to starbucks for a few minutes and then I went home. When i got home I worked ont he project for about 30 minutes.
I tried to get out of my seat and I couldn’t walk. I was in so much pain from the bike ride. I have never felt that much pain in my legs before. I then attempted to go brush my teeth and I could not stand. I finally made it into bed and the pain like doubled. It hurt so bad. i could not fall asleep. I finally decided to take some advil. and about 15 minutes later I fell asleep. Concluding my busy weekend. it was great fun.
When I was at garretts I was looking around the room at all of my friends and I realized how blessed I am to have all of them and then when I was with the high school students i realized how greatful I should be for them. I have a good life.
Maybe next time I will get to hang out with my husband
Oh yeah I am going to Disneyland on Wednesday woohooo……
Thanks for reading
-Sharon
I had to put this in, I thought it was funny…
We went to Fright fest…it was fun…food was gross…. wes got sick…Flew….
Tasha Graduated College…woohoo…now she is back in Camarillo and I get to see her…but not for too much longer she is moving…i dont know where to but she does not want to be in Camarillo
In laws showed up randomly….quick cleaning and social during the week not my favorite things to do, but it was fun and wes was way happy…this picture is missing three people….
My Mother….nuff said
Disneyland on Halloween… that was way fun….ate clam chowder….saw cute costumes….slept well the next day 
