4th of July

I spent the 4th of July with most of my college friends - the ones that live in Texas, at least! (I miss you Bethy!) I went to Melissa's house first to hang with her & of course see my "niece" Alex. Melissa & I made some cookies. I wish I would have taken a picture of her mixing the ingredients together, when all the batter was stuck together in the mixer...or when she was trying to put the dough from the shape of a ball into a flat piece with a thumbprint in the middle. It was good times! Then we all went to Nicole's house for her get together. Pregnant Melissa started the party when she reached for her water, all to freak out & spit it in the sink b/c she actually took a sip of Nicole's vodka with lime juice. That's the second time I've ever seen Melissa drink. The first time was at Yong's wedding when we did communion & she thought she was taking a sip of grape juice. Lucky for me, since I was next, she didn't spit the wine back into the thingie (what are they called?). Mina came to town, so that was nice. Yong did her normal thing of trying to pressure me to drink, which I declined since I was driving (when did I become SO responsible???). We finally pressured Nicole to do some dancing for us. Ronnie (Nicole's hubby) threw Yong into the pool (she had her bathing suit on, so it wasn't like she was fully clothed). I'm realizing now I should have had that camera out a lot more than I did! I missed some great shots! Below is a pic of all the girls.

Mina, Brenda, Yong, ?, Nicole, Melissa, me

On another note....have you ever been someplace where something was so funny to you but you had to be MATURE & not laugh? Never mind, Melissa, when you are at weddings & start laughing & can't stop. That's kind of where I'm going with this story. I was at Yoga on Tuesday & it was the last 5 minutes of class, where we lie on our back & meditate (I'm not sure I actually do that, but I am relaxing) before saying "namaste" & leaving. During this time, there is soft music playing, no one talks, we just lie there in peace. At this time, someone let one rip! I almost bust out laughing. This was so funny to me! I blame it on hanging out with 7th graders so often. (I do usually laugh when they make a fake farting sound with their mouth). Anyway-after this happened in Yoga, everyone still stayed so quiet. I was biting my lip & trying to control my breathing. I mean, how does one not do this during all the stretching & being on our backs with our legs in the air, being face down, sideways, whatever...but while we're lying there...I guess the poor person just couldn't keep it in. Wow! I was thinking if that were ME, I'd for sure laugh from embarrassment & have to leave the class. I was also sooooo glad Yong wasn't in that class with me, b/c I KNOW she'd laugh & that would make me laugh.

I'm going to spend the night with Yong & check out her new loft apartment this Saturday night. I'm sure we will get all dressed up for a night on the town. That will make for a good next blog entry, right??? :)

Everyone have a fun & safe weekend &, as Paris said on her myspace (I should really have her as a friend!), "if you are going to drink, have a designated driver!" :)