Last Friday, my mom and I left for a 5-day trip to visit some friends of mine that I've met online. We left shortly before 1000 on Friday, and arrived back home about 1900 on Tuesday evening. All in all, the trip was amazing. It was fast, and we didn't have enough time anywhere, but what time we had was tons of fun!!
Friday night we arrived my friend, Hannah's, house around 1900, where they had dinner waiting for us. We got to meet Mr. Greg and Miss Amanda, and their younger kids, Matthew, Caleb, Samuel and Noah. As it turned out, Matthew and I fit together like a hand in a glove. We have spent less than 2 days together, and we're finishing each others sentences. It's like we've found our missing twins...except he's a couple years younger than me. Other than that, though, if I didn't know better, I would say we're long-lost siblings. Now, we're just long-separated siblings. ;) Thank God for Skype and texting!
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Saturday morning we drove from IN to OH, to visit my very good friend, JP, who I met over three years ago, in an online Biology class. We arrived there around 1500 on Saturday afternoon. JP, his older brother, Nathan and I hung out that afternoon and evening. We stayed there over night, then joined them for church the next morning, where they were playing a worship set. After that, we all went out to eat at the Golden Corral, then mom and I returned to IN for our trip to Kings Island amusement park on Monday.
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| Nate, myself, and JP, outside of Golden Corral. Always so hard to say goodbye!!! |
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Monday morning we left Hannah's house at 0600, and embarked on our 2 1/2 hour trip. Once there, we met up with the others that were joining us - about 35 of us total - then Matthew and I spent the rest of the day avoiding roller coasters, while the rest of the group spent the day riding as many as possible....for some very strange reason! We got back from the park late, but stayed up in their livingroom, recounting our experiences to Miss Amanda, who was not able to join us.
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| Matthew and I listened to Country music the entire 2 1/2 hour trip from their house to the Kings Island amusement park. We treated the rest of the passengers to our own version of it, as we sang along with the earbuds. Hannah and Amanda, in the backseat, each borrowed one of our earbuds for a couple of the songs. |
Tuesday morning came way too fast, and it was time to say goodbye. I was very proud of myself, as I did not cry...but it was a close call. Thanks to Matthew for his assistance in psyching myself out. And yes, there is much talk of another trip to be coming soon. :)
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| Hannah |
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| Our group photo, before heading off to meet the rest of the gang |
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| Matthew, while we were waiting for our group to get off a ride... it was a shot just begging to be taken! |
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| My favorite picture from the weekend...a quick snapshot that somehow completely captured his personality |
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