Aug 5

Good morning all!

What am I doing up at 4 in the morning? Well I was washing and drying clothes so I could take clean clothes to FLORIDA! That's right, I'm heading to the Sunshine State. Well our flight leaves out of Grand Rapids at 9 am and I guess you're supposed to be like 2 hrs early which would put us there at 7 am. Not early enough? Well its a good 45 min drive from my house to the airport so we need to leave our house by 6:30 am. So my predicament last night/this morning was if I should stay up and sleep on the plane and be dead to the world OR sleep for 3 hrs. In case you haven't caught on, I chose the first one. Matt, my brother, was gonna try and stay up with me...I've lost track of him. Last I saw him he was asleep on our dining room floor. My guess is he found a more comfy spot.

I'm quite excited for our trip, its just too bad my sister, Mary, won't be able to come. She has to play in a quartet for a wedding. My mom, brother and myself will fly down on a flight and my dad will come later on a different flight since he has free miles. He will only stay till Saturday since he has to preach on  Sunday. The rest of us will be in sunny Florida till next Thursday. That's right people, one whole week.

The only thing I'm worried about on this trip is the flight down. I managed to throw my back out a good 15 mins ago and my back has spasmed like nothing else. Hopefully I'll be able to sit on the 2 hr flight and actually be able to stand up and look like a normal person when we land in Orlando. I should be okay....especially if I take some meds. Gotta love the ibuprofen.

While I ramble on about tonight and its excitement, guess who just released a new song. If you guessed Taylor Swift, you'd be right. Her song, Mine, is good. Kinda sounds like her other songs, but I still like it. There's also a free song on iTunes this week I would highly recommend, Breathe by Ryan Star.

Well, one more hour now till more people wake up and we are on our way to grand ol' Florida. I'll make sure to get some pictures on here of my adventures...as long as I remember to take them. :)