On another note, I did graduate from UF with my Master's in Science. Since graduation I haven't been doing much. I started off my summer in Miami to visit a friend who was visiting for a week and to see my family. I had a lot of fun especially being able to see my cousins. Most of the summer i've been living in Gainesville and working very few hours in a lab at UF, but in about three weeks I'll be moving make to Brandon with my parents. I'm almost dreading the move since I won't really have my own space and because I will actually have to start organizing for the move. Its gonna be a long 2 months figuring it all out.
Memorial weekend was a weekend to remember. I went down to Clearwater with my friend to my boyfriend's sister's beach house. That Sat we went to a Rays game and one of the players threw me a ball and I caught it! They all said he threw it to me since I was dark skinned like him lol. I was just excited so it was fun. After the game, they had a Hall and Oates concert which was also a lot of fun but also funny to watch the people rock out in the crowd. We spent most of the weekend hanging out on the beach with friends and my bf's family which I love. They are just so generous and fun. Then Mon night was the backstreet boys concert! My bf got me tickets for me and my two friends (Jen and Carly) which were 3rd row seats. Once we got inside we were soo excited to see how close we really were, and we found out that we could stand up and get in front row. Needless to say I was in heaven for that night. I know BSB is not well known anymore, but they still make amazing music and I loved them since 4th grade so it was definitely a dream come true. I even got to hold hands with all of them and they sang to us. We got a few great pics from our camera phones that I'll have to try and attach later.
It's been a late night for me since I was finishing up some packing for my trip to Texas. My family and I are driving to Texas for a wedding. I am very excited since I love visiting my family there and since that was were I was born. I haven't been there in a couple years so it will be interesting to see how much the town has grown and changed. It always brings back memories of my childhood of being on my godparents farm and playing with the goats and chasing the guinea fowl...which I still do everytime I visit lol. I guess thats were my love of animals first started, and I'll always be chasing after or playing with some type of animal. This trip came at the perfect time since I will get to see my hometown one more time before I move away for 5 yrs. It is were my life first began and remembering where I came from keeps me grounded and makes me who I am, and now I have another new life journey to look forward to in about 3 months which will also shape who I am in the future.
Well it's late so I better try and get to bed because tomorrow and Friday will be very long days since the trip is about 15hrs or more depending on stops and such. We plan on leaving in the afternoon or early evening but knowing my family...we run on Cuban time so I'm guessing we will leave later than expected.
