Living in Dc so many years has def taught me a couple things, one of them is to get the hell outta here when its Independence Day! lol! Waaayyyyy more annoying tourists than usual! There is just so much traffic and congestion everywhere.

This year I went to a beach in Delaware with a few friends (well about 5 or 6 carloads of  friends). We left early in the morning, the weather wasn't so hot (in the 80s), and cruised on up there. No traffic at all, very scenic routes- lotsa farm land. The drive there and back were very pleasant.

The beach itself was wonderful! I thoroughly enjoyed myself! Took lots of pics, played in the water, lay on the sand and chit chat with my girlies and collected quite an impressive number of sea shells. Sigh, oh how I wish I could relive that day....

Ok so maybe i'm crazy but this situation creeped me out. I figure this character is a socially awkward person who may have been trying to hit on me...or a psycho who was hoping to kill me and eat my eyeballs for dinner....either way...it was creepy.

Heading home, after a long day at work, I picked up a couple  groceries.Walking home with my bags...I heard the man behind me whistling a tune.  I continued walking, not paying any attention to it. He asked to help me with my bags, I politely declined.

He asked where I was coming from. Not in the mood for talking, I wondered whether or not the groceries gave any clue as to where I was. I simply muttered "work". He commented that I must've had a long day and its so hot outside, surely I should want help. I told him no. He insisted it would be his pleasure to help and "he thinks we are walking the same way anyway". Feeling like I might be too mean and he was right, it was hot and I was tired....I said ok and handed him a bag. He went on to ask if I take the alley home. I said no, only main roads. He explained that I should because its faster. I told him no. He laughed and started to walk towards the alley with my bag. Infuriated, I told him to stop right now and hand me my bag. He stopped in his tracks, looked at me, handed me back my bag and said "next time I'll get you earlier" and winked.


oh sigh apparently the freaks come out in the day too...

My carnival weekend began with my bestest bud in the world traveling to hang out with me :) I spent her first day with her in Georgetown. We toured the whole place from the waterfront to the bridal shop (she's engaged by the way).

Then my cousin joined us for lunch at Olley's Trolley in Chinatown/Metro Center. Olley's Trolley is a cute little vintage burger joint where you can enjoy a plethora of hot sandwiches, greasy well seasoned fries and a mean fruit punch! Its decorated with many cool antiques such as a horse statue from a carousel.

We wrapped up the perfect day with a Machel Montano stage show at RFK stadium. It was greeaatttt :) hahahaha

DC CARNIVAL WAS GREEAAATTT!!!! I had soooo much fun! Covered in paint and a lil mud, dancin down the road. Not a care in the world; just smiling in the sun. Ended the parade with a curry goat roti in Banneker park wid my girlies and some ice cold water. Food was devoured in 0.3 seconds! lol

Still oh so tired, I took my painted self on the metro and went home. Struck up some good convos about carnival weekend with some cool passengers along the way. Once home--took the longest shower in the world!!! It felt so good I thanked God for water when I came out. (not lying) And then I passed out in my bed. ahhhh twas a great day indeed...my  age is revealing itself though- my whole body is tired and achy...as for my feet-they've def seen better days! lol but it was SO worth it.

Sorry i'm taking so long to write lately, life has gotten a lil busier for me. Any how, i'm sure your entertainment caused by my silly adventures/misadventures more than makes up for it. So last weekend was my friend's...lets call her Licious...birthday. She requested that a bunch of us celebrate her bday by spending the day at Virginia Beach. Little did we know...what lay ahead....


I swear the beach isn't even on planet Earth! We drove forever and a day!!! We hit sooo much traffic, its really not even slightly believable. The a/c in the car was broken and unfortunately rolling down the windows only produced more heat...sigh...I  couldn't tell whether I fell asleep or fainted from heat exhaustion...

HOWEVER, I must admit that not only did we have an amazing driver who did her best to get us there quickly and safely but we also had a BLAST once we got to the beach! OMG! It was soooo fun! I loved it! We jumped around in the water as the waves crashed into us, knocking us over. We sat around on our towels, drank some brewskies, painted our nails and joked around. We also played soccer on the sand and watched a kiddie beach volleyball tournament. It was the most fun I have had in a while.

The Ride Back...
The ride back was um crazy....for lack of better words. Everyone including our driver was dead tired, no joke. So as she drove, she decided to pull over and take a power nap at a gas station parking lot.  I woke up to my friends screaming, bright lights flooding the car and our driver speeding and making a wild u turn in the street. I asked what happened. Apparently a man in a red pick up truck parked beside us in the lot and watched us sleep. Now he was tailgating us with his high beam lights on. I. was. scared. He revved his engine and sped up to our rear as if he was going to hit us but didn't. We turned and he turned, we sped up, he sped up. We went on the highway, he went on the highway. Luckily after some time had passed, he exited. The rest of the drive was thankfully uneventful. Once, home, all I could do was collapse on the bed. Making it back home felt oh so good.