Sunday, October 11, 2009

The Time I did A Whole Bunch Of Awesome Life Changing Stuff And Then Didn't Blog About It For A Long Time

Hi. I know its been a while, and I almost resorted to deleting this sorry excuse for a blog. I mean, whats the point? My last post was in...April? But then I was like, no Bethany, no. Your fans have not forsaken you. You must not forsake them. So with out further ado, I give you what I've been up these past months.

Firscht of all. I got MARRIED!!! To Blake. We got MARRIED.










Then, we went on a honeymoon. To the Bermuda Triangle. It was gorgeous. I was looking through all of the pictures I took and NONE of them portrayed with accuracy the beauty which we beheld there. SCHERIOUSLY! The Caribbean is sooooooooo pretty.

It took some getting to get there. We had two layovers before actually landing at our destination. When I first glanced over our itinerary I was a little dismayed to learn that there would only be 20 minutes between the time we landed at our last lay over in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and when our final flight departed but I didn't really worry too much about it. When we got to Ft Lauderdale they wouldn't let us get on our last plane because apparently, it's illegal to book an international flight without at least an hour for the passenger to board prior to leaving. In the end the airline gave us money for food and a night in hotel and put us on the earliest flight to Freeport the next day, but not before they lost our luggage. We spent three hours at the airport in Florida while they tried to find our checked bag, which incidentally was full of thawing chicken (Food in The Bermuda Triangle is EXPENSIVE).

In any case, we got there a day late with a bunch of thawed chicken we had to eat quickly that was supposed to last us all week.



There were so many underwater caves. Maybe it was because I have watched too many movies, but whenever I saw one like the one show above, I had amazing daydreams about pirate booty buried deep inside which could only be found during low tide. I'm convinced it was in there. Too bad I'm not SCUBA certified, and that it was high tide.




This was the view from our bungalow.

It stormed almost everyday. It was awesome.



I wish everyone could love flying. I do.

Lincoln Memorial
Don't be mad, but I think Washington, D.C. was my favorite part of all my travels recently.

Arlington National Cemetery
Washington Monument



J. Edgah Hoovah! At Congressional Cemetery

Jefferson Memorial

Casa Blanca (Blanco? I dunno, my Spanish is rusty)




Magnolia trees at the Smithsonian Castle

The Smithsonian Castle

Unfortunately, I drove from coast to almost coast and only managed to take about...four pictures. I think it was because we did it in such a hurry and we were so ready to be home. BUT!! I had a moment at the Mississippi River, and captured the following moment on digital media.
Well, there it is. Everything seems so small when viewed after the fact. The last few months of my life really have been larger than life. The hardest, longest, weirdest, saddest, best months of my life.
In closing, I would like to tell you all that the correct spelling of the word is "GRATEFUL" not "GREATFUL" which is how I spelled it in the approximately 75 thank you notes I mailed out yesterday.

3 comments:

Molly Scarbrough said...

my heart leaped for joy when i saw you updated. my life is complete.

Anonymous said...

I too thought I was in a wonderful dream when I saw you updated. And I really did laugh out loud when you talked about misspelling grateful. I misspelled tomorrow well into my early 20's. P.S. Hoover wore woman's underwear, and that's why you took the picture. High five.

Hanie said...

Glad you did not forget your fans. Thanks for sharing the photos. Looks like you had a great time. Have fun livin' it up in St. Johns :)