Sweet Southern Pearl

Today is Elvis Presley's birthday!   Some people may not care about this, but to me, it's like a holiday haha.  Elvis Presley is my favorite singer/artist/entertainer, whatever.  It all started when I was thirteen years old.  During the summer of 2002, I saw a preview for the NEW Disney animated film, Lilo and Stitch.   One of the songs in the preview really caught my attention.  It sounded like a woman singing it, but I couldn't tell haha (I later found out it was Wynonna Judd).  I didn't hear the song again until I was getting ready for my first day of 8th grade, listening to the oldies station as usual (I've always been an oldies nerd, even at a young age).  I heard the song again, but this time Elvis was singing it! I had no idea what the name was, though, and I couldn't even remember any of the words - just the tune.  So I thought I'd never find it.  I hadn't really been an Elvis fan before then, but Full House was always my favorite ...

So today was a great day. I had breakfast at McDonald's with Zachary. I felt Christmas in the air. Well, not temperature-wise... It was like 70some degrees, and it. Was. Amazing. I got to relax, watch TV with Honeygirl and the door open to let the fresh air in. I found out I got an A on my American Humor paper.  And my teacher left a really nice comment on my paper.  It was very encouraging. I took a nice nap. I had fun in my education technology class.  Cool people.  Cool teacher. (That's not to say I won't fail it. Fingers crossed.) I laughed with my brother at work. I found a pearl in my oyster at work. Got an email that said "Joe Don Rooney has requested to follow you on Twitter." He's one of the Rascal Flatts...yeah. Oh, and Thanksgiving break...that starts tomorrow! And I had a  f a n t a s t i c  hair day. Not bad for a Monday :) Lots to be thankful for! God is soooooo good. What are you thankfu...

Today (Sunday), my friend Katie and I headed to Mt. Airy to watch a Civil War reenactment.  The drive to Mt. Airy is so beautiful.  I love the beach the most, but you just can't beat the mountains in the fall.  It was nice and cool, but not cold , so that was good.  It's gonna take me a while to get used to cooler weather, though.  Anyway, we made it to Mt. Airy, but couldn't find the reenactment, and the lady at the visitor's center was super rude to us about it, so we just decided to go shopping.  After calling my dad and getting directions, we drove to the Virginia state line (second Sunday in a row we've gone to VA haha) because it turns out the reenactment is actually a few miles out of Mt. Airy, right on the VA border.  Well, we still couldn't find it, so we just went to this cute restaurant called the Mayflower and had some delicious seafood (as if I don't eat enough of that already).  Our day didn't go completely as planned, but it was...