This is what much of Florida looked like from Sunday through Tuesday. If you live in FL, you know first-hand what I'm talking about. If you aren't from FL- you're lucky! I should mention my gratitude though for being kept safe and with power the entire time Debby made her presence known. There are many who experienced flooding, power outages, tornadoes, etc. This storm just lingered and lingered and lingered. I don't remember a time during the day on Sunday where it wasn't raining. I'm not exaggerating. Anyway- I'm thankful Debby has since moved on!
The beginning of this week has moved rather slowly, considering the weather situation. But it was getting hard to stay in- cabin fever sets in quickly after about 24 hours! Monday, the highlight of my day was leaving to go pick up lunch for my roommate and I and putting gas in my car. Sad. Ha!
Tuesday, things started to pick up a bit. {Not really.}
I walked around the mall for a little while. Dayna and I did some more shopping that afternoon. Then we went to say goodbye to our friend Jessica who is moving back to PA to get married and start her married life! Jessica is one of my first Lakeland friends, and also a teacher friend. She started at the school I work at about 3 months before I did. It's fun to have good friends alongside you as you begin your career! Plus, Jessica taught 4th grade and I teach 5th, so I have had many of her students. I wish her the best of luck as she begins this new chapter in her life!
Wednesday was our first day of SUNSHINE!!! It was exciting! Dayna and I renewed our apartment lease recently and with that comes a carpet cleaning so we had that scheduled for today. I was surprised that they were in and out and done in 25 minutes! I mean, I know it's only an apartment, but still! They worked fast!
Later on in the afternoon, we did some more shopping. We made a stop into Sports Authority because Dayna "needed" a new umbrella (supposedly). Well, being the non-athletic girl that I am, I dread going into Sports Authority. It's such a boring store in my opinion. I mean, what do I have to buy there? Golf stuff? No. Baseball stuff? No. Camping stuff? Ha! No. Overpriced clothing and shoes? No.
I digress.
Anyway....I came across these mini display tents while we were there, and I had to snap a pic! I love things miniature in size!
When we got home, I had a little snack. Have you tried this yet? If not, you really should. It's seriously the perfect snack. A little bit of chocolate, pretzels, almonds...it's just delectable!
After dinner, I was ready to go outside again. I'm telling ya, 3 straight days of rain really does something to you. Dayna has been running at a park near our apartment complex and she has been telling me about the monkey bars they have there (for adults). I wanted to check them out, so we went!
On our drive back around the lake, we spotted this gator chilling on the lawn. So of course we walked as close as we could. I'm fascinated by gators.
Our last stop for today was Target. I found these cool shades and Dayna proudly sported them for me. Only she could pull this off. I love it!
I'm thrilled that sunshine is part of the forecast for the next few days! I will be enjoying it!
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