Spontaneity

Some of my favorite memories are from times when I least expected it. For instance, this past weekend nearly everyone from Auburn headed either home, to the beach, or to a wedding. Our normal summer crew (Carra, Kadie, etc.) hit the road, so I was expecting a very chill weekend full of sleeping, reading a good book, shopping online with Sarah Jane, and possibly catching up on some of my missed TV shows. Little did I know that this weekend I would be in for a treat. Saturday morning rolled around, and after a delicious meal at the Chicken Salad Chik (a request made by the boys), Joe, the master of all things spontaneous, mentioned that we take a trip to the lake. Within 30 minutes we were in the car, bags packed, shades on, and ready for what would end up being one of the funnest spontaneous trips I have ever been on. After riding someone else's jet skis, swimming in someone else's pool (they weren't home...why not?), and grilling kabobs and peaches on someone else's grill, we decided to swim across the lake and jump on someone else's water trampoline. None of this was planned, and all of this was completely 100% spontaneous. So folks, lessons learned:

1.) Grilled peaches with brown sugar and cinnammon are a million times better with a melted stick of butter.

2.) If you ever have the idea of swimming across a lake to a water trampoline, stop and rethink this idea. Water tramps are never worth the trouble. I mean come one, they barely even bounce. 

3.)  If you spend a weekend with Joe Knight you are guaranteed to eat some pretty dang good food. 

4.) Be spontaneous. You never know what kind of weekend you could end up with.