"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Monday, April 25, 2011

Arizona

~Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.
~Charles Kuralt

It's been a while. I spent the weekend in Arizona! Well, twelve hour drive Thursday... Twelve hour drive Sunday...

My mom's family lives there so we got to visit with them. Well, some of them. Everyone has busy schedules so we didn't get to see them all. I'd totally post pictures but everyone was opposed to being on Facebook so I didn't figure an unprotected blog would be okay either...

We usually do the same things when we go-but it's about being with the family. We always to go swap meet-haha, we usually end up going in the middle of the day-which is so hot! I got an MP3 Player-hopefully I don't break this one too... but if I do it was pretty cheap so it won't be as big of a deal. My parents got me a taser for when I walk back to my apartment at night. It makes me feel better that I'll have it if I need it-but even just the sound scares me.

We also spent several hours at the mall. Maybe it's just cuz they're somewhere else, but the malls in Arizona are so much cooler than ours are here. Haha, and we ate so much. And not always the most healthy. I almost never drink soda either-but I had a lot this weekend... Haha, but I justify such things because I was on vacation.

Two days goes so fast! It seems like we'd just gotten there when we left. But that's how it always goes. Twelve hour car rides? Not my favorite. And I'm never even the one driving. I get motion sick if I try to do anything except sit and stare out the window. And sleeping is just not comfortable in the backseat of a truck. Pretty sure I pulled a neck muscle :) It seems like a dream that we went-but it was a lot of fun :)
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