Times with Old Friends

So this past weekend I got to spend time with an old friend. I went over into central Michigan to visit Troy and Carrie McCaman. Carrie and I went to high school together in Hobe Sound and I was also in their wedding. This picture is of their boys, which were great fun for the weekend. They go as follow: Trenton (8 yrs), Tyrell (4 yrs), and Michael (6 yrs). Carrie and I spent the weekend getting caught up and talking about old times. I even got to a hold a gun for the first time, they are a hunting family. I do believe I will be receiving shooting lessons next time I am over there.

Border Crossing

Let me tell you about my experience this weekend with crossing the border. I left to go to Canada on friday night after working ten hours that day. I got to Port Huron and the bridge wait was an hour and a half long, so I got off and went to dinner. I was hoping that the traffic would get lighter and then I would go across, my plan did not work. So I ended up getting a hotel in Port Huron for the night and got up at 5:00 am to start out on saturday. No problems the rest of the way. I came back on sunday afternoon, because I needed to bring my car the the dealership again on monday morning. After driving from Stevensville all the way across to Sarnia and not stopping I got to the bridge. They held us from being able to pay the toll charge for about 10 minutes and then let us across. I ended up having to stop right at the international line and wait. Let me tell you that I really needed to go to the bathroom, two sodas after driving a number of hours was really becoming urgent. Finally after an hour waiting I got up to the booth. He looked at my plate (which is for FSU) and asked where it was from. I told him Florida and he said "No, the florida plate is a picture of the state." I explained that it was from the university that I attended. He looked my name up in the computer and then said, "Sara, what do you got for me." I handed him my green card. He then asks me to roll down my back window and looks in saying "Not much in here." His next question was what did I do for a living and after I told him, he then asked if I thought that he needed speech therapy. Next question is if he can see my ring that I wear. He wanted to know if it was a genuine black pearl and then informed me that it should be worth some money years down the road. And then he let me go, needing to really go the bathroom. Never once did he ask me my citizenship, purpose for the visit, why I was going to Michigan, nothing that they usually ask. How crazy was that.

Sore

So this weekend I did not have anything planned. I decided to go and get a massage. After you drive across the country, your arms and shoulders can be a little sore. So I went for a massage. I think that my mas sues had to take some aggression out on someone, so it was me. I like the deep tissue, but I have black and blue marks on my neck and shoulders. So when it was initially relaxing, I am now in pain. So here I sit, listening and watching church on the Internet and sitting in pain. That is all for now.

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

Okay, so I am a day late, but I was in Canada so I was unable to put a post up. We went to a barbecue that evening and got to watch some wonderful fireworks. Plus it was Canada's 140th birthday this year. Ty and I saw these hats at a store and thought that we needed to look festive. Oh, by the way, Happy 4th of July to all the Americans.