charleston was a good time. the service was great. i spent a lot of time with adam and aaron which is always a blast. i'm almost certain we're going back this weekend. yay. it should be fun. i saw a shooting star today. it was so pretty...i made a wish :) Kristen and i found a box of pictures we were going through and kept coming across the horrible cousin picture. it was taken at the worst possible time for me and Bethany...in our early braces, huge bangs, middle school phase aka the ugly period. lol. they had so many of them. every few pictures we would find another in the box. it was so funny. i hope that thing never circulates. so yeah, i am happy. not because of the shooting star or because i had an awesome day with mom and Bethany...i'm just genuinely so very happy. i haven't felt this way in a long time and i'm loving it. loooooving it. for a long time i felt like i constantly had a burden and more things to add to the weight on my shoulders...i let things build up and allowed things to be that way. it's such a release to just let things go and give whatever is happening permission to run it's course while preventing it from ruining your days or bringing you down at the same time. acceptance of things you cannot change is the best thing in the world if you protect yourself and your feelings while in the process of accepting whatever it may be. this isn't the happiest i have ever been, but i know i'm on my way to that feeling. i'm very much looking forward to it. i'm planning for a roadtrip and i need some suggestions. i haven't done a lot of traveling in my time at all so any input or ideas will be greatly appreciated. i just want to have fun and be able to make tons of great memories. i'm pumped about it because this will be my first real roadtrip. today whenever i went grocery shopping with Bethany we bought some Chiquita mini's. they are the cutest things i have ever seen. definitely buy some. i talked to Chase for the first time in forever tonight. he gave me a call and we talked for a bit. he's doing really well which makes me happy. he's a great guy and he deserves all the happiness in the world. he cracks me up. we had the most hilarious discussion about why we hate gross fingernails on the opposite sex. hahaha. he's the Ron Burgundy of my life. he's kind of a big deal. i love salsa doritos. they are awesome. Bethany and Chris got me hooked...i'm for sure addicted. Matthew likes the ranchero ones...aka raunchero. he likes anything that kicks his breath up a notch. lol, he's such a skank. i watched Laguna tonight. i'm on team LC. so happy she stood her ground to skuzzy Jason. he gets on my nerves along with Jessica. there are so many guys and girls just like the two of them though. lame. it's 457am and i'm beat. i can't wait to coze up in my favorite bed (Bethany's guest bedroom bed) and go to sleep. it's so comfy...it knocks me out almost as well as the Benadryl did the other night. hope to hear about some good road trip destinations... ~Holly