Warrior Dash

So I don't know if you guys remember, but Alex and I went to Warrior Dash a few weeks ago with our friends Ryan and Jenny Russell. In case you don't remember:

Well I finally got around to washing the clothes from the Warrior Dash, after abandoning them to the patio for the last couple weeks "to dry". First, I decided to take it to the laundromat because, why would I want to wash those muddy clothes in MY washing machine? When my clothes were finished washing I peaked inside to examine the clothes, and they still had some dirt and sand on them. Disappointed with the inadequate washing job, I put the clothes in my bag to take home for a good old fashioned hand washing. When I pulled all of the clothes out of the washing machine I was surprised to see that the bottom of the washing machine was COVERED in sand. It was practically a sand box. Oops.

So then I brought it home to be hand washed, and this is what was in the bath tub AFTER that first cycle at the laundromat:

Gross right? So after that they went into our washing machine, to be soaked, pre washed, heavy duty washed, and just for fun maybe even run through the "permanent press" cycle.

Moral of the story: If you go to Warrior Dash, wear clothes that you are willing to throw away after.

Happy Easter!

Hey all, Happy Easter! I must say, one impressive thing about the South is how big of a deal Easter is. I mean, I got Good Friday off! It's really a shame that adults aren't allowed to participate in the gigantic easter egg hunts that the churches down here put on, I would love to come home with a basket full of colored eggs and other treats. Speaking of coming home with treats, we went to a crawfish boil and came home with a GIANT bag of crawfish tails, so I decided to whip up a little comeback sauce, Mississippi style, and fashioned us some Crawfish Po'boys. Yum.

So this party that we went to, it was a blast, but it was in the evening time and I did get some mosquito bites, and my right foot is swollen and numb. See:

Disgusting right? It actually hurts to walk. Ugh. I can't stop looking at it. 

So anyways, I'm super excited cause my lovely friend Shannon O'Connor is coming to visit me in 9 days! I'm excited to show her around the Bayou, drink some yummy daquiris, and eat some "adult ice cream". We will then be heading to sunny So. Cal. and along the way visiting the Carlsbad Caverns and Meteor Crater in Arizona. Needless to say I'm pretty pumped, although clearly not pumped enough to pack ... better get to it ... maybe after another glass of sweet tea ...