"Mmmhmm, you say it sister!" "Amen, amen!" "Hallelujah!" These are just a few of the many things Brynn and I heard on a Wednesday night. Eddie, who we work with, was kind enough to take us to his church, which is Baptist I believe, one night so we could see what it was like. He also agreed to come to our church one week since we went to his. I cannot wait to see his reaction of how.. quiet we are during our meetings.
Unfortunately we got there a little late because he had school so we missed the choir which was what I was most excited for. This night the Preachers wife was preaching instead. I really enjoyed her. For the most part they teach a lot of the same things, just in a different way. Some ways that got Brynn and I feeling a wee bit uncomfortable. It was nothing insane, just really different for us and for those of you who know us well, we laugh at anything, especially awkward moments! At one point in the meeting they asked for us to put our hands on our neighbors shoulders and pray for them. Eddie, who was next to Brynn, put his hand on her and began, along with everyone else in the room, praying out loud. No one was next to me so I leaned over to Brynn trying to force her to put her hand on me so no one else would come over because I would have just lost it! Unfortunately it was too late, Eddie finished with Brynn and moved on to me. I immediately put my hand on Brynn so it didn't look like I wouldn't follow what the others were doing to soon realize that she was shaking like crazy. I looked over at her and she was just dying of laughter with her head down, I could not control it and began to laugh as well!!
Throughout the whole meeting people would raise their hand/hands in agreements and I'd get so confused of why they wouldn't call on them so they could ask their questions. Haha yes I know I'm retarded but I'd forget each time and think, "gosh that's rude, they just want to ask something!" Many other things happened such as, the Preacher got up and would randomly call out peoples names and say that something good will happen to them or that he would like to pray for them and then have all of us reach our hands out towards that person as the Preachers wife whispered a pray in their ear. He would even bust out into song at random times and have us join in. It was really cool and fun and they all had super good voices! Once the service was over, everyone just started talking with one another. So many people came up to us, thanking us for coming, giving us huge hugs and welcoming
us back anytime. I loved it! They were all so kind!
All I have to say is if you ever get the chance to go to a different church, definitely take up on that opportunity. It is something that I will never forget and something I even learned from.
Speaking of something that I will never forget and most certainly learned from as well would be the all nighter we had the following night! Before we came out here we made a list of things we wanted to accomplish and of course an all nighter was on there!
Earlier that day I realized, after watching crappy channels for two weeks, that I could connect my itouch to my computer and stream off my mommy's netflix! It was a wonderful find! We ended up deciding to start the show, Lost! And it's fantastic. We were probably just barely into the second episode when Brynn said, "lets have an all nighter!" I was shocked! For those of you who don't know, Brynn loves her bedtime and usually heads to bed around 9ish but since we've been out here I've managed to slowly push it back but when she said, "all nighter" so soon, I was stunned! We questioned it for about five more seconds then ran down to the store and got, well.... I'll just show you!
Monster energy drinks!!
Yummy yummy in my tummy!!
Our delicious homemade treat that is fantastic!
Oreo, banana and peanut butter!
Trust me, just try it!
We literally watched Lost the whole entire night. Yes, some might say, why didn't you go out and party? Well, that's just not the way we roll!
(Yes, I did just throw this shirt on and take a picture of it just
for the blog since I just said it haha!)
The following day we had work bright and early and our boss, who lives in Atlanta was going to be in. We roll in right on time and he is already there. Brynn is dead! Then there's me, hyper as can be! I'm dancing all around the store, skipping down the streets
handing out coupons, just lovin' life!
Later in the day our boss goes out to take out some boxes to the trash. I decide it'd be quite funny to hide under the table and grab his leg as he goes on by. Brynn sets it up perfectly, placing more boxes right by the table so I can then grab! He comes in, picks up the box and I go for the reach..............and miss! All Brynn can see is my arm squirming trying to get him and she busted up laughing. Little did she know, as I was trying to stretch past a stupid bar, I ended up slamming my face into it making it impossible to reach him. I let out a huge snort but luckily he didn't hear over Brynn! He then just simply walks out and says goodbye for the day!
Later that night we decided it would be pretty epic if we made it a double all nighter! Pretty intense, yes I know! We start the night with a cruise around the town on the scoot while in our slippers, got quite the many comments on those bad boys. Got even more weird looks because of the weirdo that's hanging onto the back of me as she's waving like a homecoming queen (ha which she really was once!) to everyone we pass! My dearest Brynn gets quite delirious when she gets tired as you can tell. We then went to dinner and by then Brynn is basically falling asleep as we are eating. We finally make it back to our place and we get in one episode of Lost and Brynn calls it quits and is out! I managed to make it to 2am making it a solid 40 hours of no sleep. To do so, I did about an hour session of ab and leg workouts and a movie. The following day I somehow woke up at 9 though.
We ended up learning that we really enjoy taking random long naps and did so for the next several days, it took a good long time to recover! We also realized that no sleep equals our first fight... :( it was a sad moment in time but we got over it quite fast,
we were both just real tired!!
Oh Lizzy, your a goof. A goof that I love dearly. That "That's How I Roll" shirt is mine and it fits you so much better. Enjoy it. A picture from the previous post of me is down right awful and I'm upset you posted it. Your All Nighter sounds awful, I am too much like Brynn. I'm glad you are enjoying yourself more and more each day. Love to you!
ReplyDeleteOnly you could stay up for 40 hours and still be happy! You are both crazy and I'm glad your having fun. Lost is fantastic. I don't think I've watched live T.V. forever. Keep up the safe adventures. Love always!
ReplyDeleteI would pay cold hard cash to get a full night of sleep, you are crazy! See you soon! Can't wait.
ReplyDeleteI did do a all nighter once, it was a little different then yours!!! I'm glad that you can scratch something off your list! Hope that all is well, love you and miss you!!!
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