Mountains

This past weekend, including Friday, was great. I had an amazing time with everyone that I spend time with and I wish that I could go back and do it again.
On Friday, I started my day with a bubble bath. It was so relaxing and I was able to have some peace and quiet before my even more relaxing weekend. Afterwards, I went and picked up the mail in Travelers Rest. I knew that my mom would want for me to do that. Then, I came home and watched 'Pulse'(in my reviews). It was pretty creepy with me being a computer geek and all. Then I called up David to see when he wanted to go and see 'High School Musical 3'. We ended up going to the show that started 30 minutes from when I called him. I picked him up from his house and we went to the Hollywood 20 theatre and watched out special Disney movie(in my reviews). After I took him back home, his mother and I talked for a while before I left to go to Eli's house to watch yet another movie. We ended up watching 'The Strangers'(in my reviews). It was pretty scary and I didn't want to walk out to my car by myself.
The next day, I woke up and helped to clean the house so we could leave for Blowing Rock in North Carolina with my family. This year, Eli was allowed to come with us which made it even more special for me. In fact, Saturday was the day we had been together for 2 and a half years. That was even better. He came over close to 1:30pm or so and then we blew off the deck and did a bit more vacuuming and we were on our way. My dad was unable to come this year so we had an extra seat in the back of the van. Eli and I sat back there and listened to the 'Sneak Preview Christmas Weekend' on Magic 98.9. He fell asleep close to when we crossed the NC border. When we finally got there, we immediatley changed into our bathing suits and went to the pool. The pool at Chetola Resort is an indoor heated pool. It was cold and we jumped right in. There was also a hot tub and a sauna there so we were sure to use everything we had access to. After swimming, we went back to the condo and got ready for bed. My mom ordered pizza and we watched a movie. The movie was great, but I fell asleep towards the end of it. Eli and I were allowed to sleep next to each other on the floor with Nelson. Nelson is my cousin Charlie's husband. I slept through most of the night, but woke up once kind of scared from the previous night's movie, 'The Strangers'.
In the morning, we left for Boone to go to the 'Dan'l Boone Inn'. We got there in time for breakfast and there was, surprisingly, no line. We all sat at our table and they began to bring us our endless supply of breakfast foods. I ate all of the grits and biscuits my tiny tummy could hold. By the time we were finished, we had eaten pretty much 7 bowls of everything. After leaving, my mom wanted to drop by her friend, Vicki's hotel. She owns a hotel just barely half a mile from Chetola. We went in and Vicki was there. Mom invited her to come back to the condo and have some hang out time. We finally got back to the room and got our bathing suits back on and went to the pool again. Eli and I only swam for a bit before we showered and got dressed to go on a walk around the grounds. We walked all around the lake taking pictures. We found a magical little place that looked as if it had been pulled out of a fairy tale book. We took alot of pictures there. When we were done with our walk, we were freezing. We went back to the room and packed our things ready to leave again. We piled into the van to begin our long trip back home. We stopped by the magical gazeebo again to take some last pictures of the family. Eli carved Kenzi & Eli surrounded by a heart into one of the beams of the structure for us to find next year when we go again. I can't wait!
The weekend was perfect and Eli and I enjoyed every second of it together.