I've taken up running as of recent, and ran my first 5k race on Oct 15, 2011. It was the Fight for Air race on Folly Beach. Ran it in 36 minutes and 10 seconds. Very proud of myself since that was my first run. I followed up on Thanksgiving morning with the Turkey Trot here in Charleston. Ran that around downtown Charleston. Finished that race in 35 minutes and 15 seconds. So I decreased my time by almost a whole minute. Go me!!! After the race was over met up with my friend Tammy (she'd done the race as well) just to celebrate together a little before the rest of the day's activities took place. After a tiny celebration headed towards home to begin preparation of not only the Thanksgiving meal but the arrival of my best friend for the weekend.
My soon to be new roommate, Nikki was gracious enough to pick up Deanna from the airport so I could keep cooking. They arrived at my house at about 1:30. It's been 4 months since Deanna and I had gotten to hang out. So a bestie weekend was WAY overdue. The rest of the day was pretty low key. Nikki, Deanna and I all celebrated Thanksgiving together. We had a pretty awesome spread of food. Later that afternoon we headed to the movies to see Breaking Dawn part 1. Very disappointing by the way. Well as the day was coming to a close we headed back to my place for a little dessert before Nikki had to head home since she was working the next day. I made a Pecan Cheesecake...all I can say was YUM! After a long day Deanna and I settled in for the evening and passed out from exhaustion quickly.
Friday morning was a big day. Deanna's first Starbucks run in a while, then we headed downtown to do some sight seeing and take lots( I mean LOTS) of pictures. It was a beautiful day, couldn't have asked for more perfect weather. Deanna and I walked around the battery. Took lots of pictures. We decided to get a little creative with some of them. I taught her how to "plank" and then we decided to start "Tebowing" as well. As we continued to walk we headed down Waterfront park along the harbor. You never out have guesses that it was almost the end of November considering it was so nice outside. We saw a pod of dolphins swimming and that was pretty cool.
About this time we were getting hungry so we decided to head back to the car. I took her to California Dreaming for lunch, We had Butter Croissants and this amazing pasta dish. Shared of course, and we still have left overs. After lunch we headed back downtown so we could do some sight-seeing. Well this time we decided to hit up the shopping district. Bad idea for parking, it took up the better end of an hour to park, and that was on the very north end of King Street. So we began walking. Didn't do any shopping however took lots and lots of pictures. We were looking for Christmas presents, but ended up empty handed. Well again we were getting hungry and so decided to head to dinner. We stopped in at Hominy Grill where we were lucky enough to get a table only under the stipulation that we be done in 45 minutes since we didn't have a reservation. That was odd because I've never had to have reservations there. Well had an amazing dinner then decided to head to my house and relax for a while as our night wasn't even close to being over yet.
Well after relaxing for a couple hours we decided to head downtown to see what kinda night life Charleston had to offer. (I don't go out much, so I wasn't sure myself) Well considering it was Thanksgiving weekend I think a lot of people were away because downtown wasn't as hopping as I've heard it can be. We still made the best of it though. Found this nice little bar called The Brick, which was playing some pretty good dance music, because we all know how much Deanna and I LOVE to dance. We didn't hand out too long however because the night was young and it was getting very hot in there. Next we headed to a few more places. None of which really had the get up and dance type atmosphere. We did however cross paths with a couple cuties.
Stephen and Houston were there names. Both a couple guys in the Air Force. Out on the town for a fun night as well, there was dancing and talking and even a mini massages going on. I had to see what kinda mad skills these guys possessed. They were actually quite good! lol We did end up hanging out with them for the remainder of the evening but I think they were pretty disappointed when I told them they couldn't come home with us. That however did end our Friday.
Saturday we woke up, got ready and headed to breakfast at Charleston Cafe with Nikki. Had to be kind of quick as she was headed to hang out with our friend Holden so they could go bowling. This was Deanna's and my designated "relaxing" day because after breakfast we headed to the beach. I took her to Sullivans. She still couldn't believe it and the fact that it was warm outside as well and it was almost the end of November. We spent a couple hours here just walking around, talking (cause that's what we do best), and drawing in the sand. A little later I took her to Menchie's for frozen yogurt, which of course she absolutely loved. We then headed to Folly Beach. It was a tad colder and a lot more crowded on this beach. We didn't stay too long but while we were there we ran across a wedding, and a really cool sand castle.
Once we decided to end our beach excursion. We headed back to the house. Talked for the better part of an hour and then decided it was time for dinner. I took Deanna to Home Team. Which by far has the best BBQ in Charleston. I'm going to persuade this girl yet to move to Charleston ASAP, and I'm going to do it with food. Lol
Well the weekend was coming to a close and we were both dreading the next day. Because we knew that that meant the vacation was over. But on the bright side we get to spend a little bit more time together when we're back in Colorado for Christmas.
Sunday morning was hard, had to have Deanna at the airport at 5am. My best friend, and one of the most important people in my life was leaving and having to go back to her life. But while she was out here she has a 5 year plan which involves moving to Charleston by the end of it, if not sooner.
Well that was how November ended. Got lots of exciting things going on in December. I can't believe 2011 is coming to a close, more quickly than is started to boot. I'll be traveling back to Colorado for the Holidays, to get some much needed time in with family and a few friends. Also I'll be celebrating my 27th birthday and then getting ready to move at the end of the month. I can't wait to see what all this new year has to bring!!
