Eric Church & Norfolk VA Weekend

NORFOLK VIRGINIA GET-AWAY WEEKEND

What a great weekend! This weekend Josh and I went to Norfolk, VA to see Eric Church. Eric Church is Josh's favorite country singer. We were supposed to see him in Raleigh the week of the state fair, but the tickets were sold out. Since he couldn't see him then, I looked to see when he would be playing somewhere relatively close to Fayetteville and Norfolk was the only place. So we decided to go see Eric Church and make a weekend out of it. Norfolk had the festival of lights on Saturday the 22nd, so I thought it would be great to stay there for the weekend to see that as well.

The concert was great! Josh and I both had a great time. Eric Church is a great artist and has some great songs. It was one of the best concerts that I've ever been to, and I know Josh had a lot to do with that. After the concert we went downtown to a sports bar and had cheese fries with ranch! The diet was out the window but I could care less, as life is just too short.

Saturday Josh took me to Virginia Beach. It was only the third time in his life that he had been to the beach. We walked the beach for a few miles, just taking our time and enjoying the scenery and one another. We got some great pictures of the ocean and of us together. Josh was trying to find seashells during our walk, but there were none to be found except some broken ones. He was looking for the "perfect" seashell, one that wasn't broken. However, he found one and decided not to get it because it was broken, but I thought it would be cool to keep it as it didn't matter if it was perfect, just that we had something to remember the day by. Right before we left we hit the jckpot of seashells and we collected a few of them. I showed Josh what a razor clam was, an oyster shell, and explained Quahogs to him as well. It was really cool.

After our beach excursion, we went to the Pirate exhibit. Not something that I would usually do, but I have to admit I really enjoyed it. The beginning was really depressing, as it discussed the slave trading and how the slaves were treated back in those days. I was about to cry, it was really sad. Then it changed to more of the pirate stuff and that was really cool. The coolest thing was seeing hundreds of pounds of silver coins. There were a lot of coins!!

After the exhibit we grabbed a bite to eat and then headed to the parade. Again, we were close enough to walk as everything was only 5-10 minutes from the hotel. The festival of lights was a little weak. The only thing they did was to light up the buildings. But it was cute none-the-less. Then they had a parade. It was cute for the first 45 minutes, but then it got really repetitive. There were at least 10 JROTC teams out there. It was funny to watch them trying to march and stay on foot. It reminded me of my boot camp days, and Josh was just shaking his head at how bad some of them were, lol. We left the parade early because I was about to freeze. My teeth were chattering I was that cold. We went back to the hotel and I took a nap while Josh got to watch his football team (Nebraska). We were both exhausted and passed out by 10:30pm.

Sunday morning I woke up before him (as usual, but I am learning to let him sleep in). I walked downtown to the Starbucks to get him some Apple Cider as he doesn't like coffee, and something to eat. The walk was really relaxing for me and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Josh liked the fruits from that labor, as I mentioned, he loves Apple Cider.

We left Norfolk at 11am to go back to Fayetteville. On the way we listened to Dane Cook, one of his favorite comedians. This guy is really funny. Then we stopped in Smithfield so he could get me a coffee cup to remember the weekend by. What a sweet, great guy. I ended up getting a travel mug that had tractors on them, as it reminded me of a song that we listen to. The coolest part was that I didn't even have to explain the reason why I chose that cup, he already knew. After that we went to Wilson's Leather to look at some jackets, and then went to Reebok so I could get some new sneakers. I now have a pair for Josh's, a pair for the car, and a pair for my house. How awesome is that!!!

Once we got home Josh told me not to worry about cooking, as he had a surprise. That amazing man cooked me breakfast for dinner. Pancakes, eggs, and a bagel with orange juice. He even did the egg whites for me, as he knows I like them. Also, he used the sugar free syrup I like instead of the regular kind. What a considerate man!! This was a great way to end a great weekend.

I have never really done anything like this before, just going away for the weekend like that. It was something that I always wanted to do, but never have. I am so glad that we went and that Josh had such a good time. I look forward to many more weekends with him, and many more fun times. I have the greatest boyfriend ever!!!!

What a sexy man!!