Summertime!

So, I should definitely preface this post by saying that I have never been a gardener. I don't come from gardening people. I grew a flower or two. Once. When I was 10. But something about having a yard (and living in a place where it's not 105 all summer) made me think that maybe, just maybe, it was possible. 

So I talked to my friend Madeline and we teamed up to start growing some spinach, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and a few other veggies in my backyard. Not everything has taken (you can see some empty spots back there for sure), but I've been really pleased with the results!

Tomato plants that went CRAZY (this was 2 weeks ago - now they're almost as tall as me and have about 20 green tomatoes growing!) Next time I do a garden, we'll definitely be planting these farther apart!

Lettuce (also 2 weeks ago) - Sadly, this is about dead. It's been growing since March though, and I haven't had to buy lettuce for Eric's sandwiches in months!

Red pepper (with some okra popping up behind there). Once again, two weeks old -- it's bigger now!

Our spinach was great for a month or two, but went the way of the lettuce. It's an "early season" plant. We can probably plant some more in late August!

We also have our zucchini plants going crazy. I'm hoping they'll produce something soon. Oh, and there's a jalapeno or two popping out too!

In other news, Eric and I took a [very quick] vacation to Myrtle Beach a couple of weeks ago. We'd never been to Myrtle before, but it was about what we expected - lots of gimmicky stuff, but still a nice beach. We sprung for a room with a balcony over the ocean. Worth every penny!

We honestly spent about 75% of our time just laying our bed with the door open listening to the ocean while watching cable. We're really exciting, right? LoL. 

We went out to eat every night (that's the point of vacation, isn't it?) -- Hard Rock Cafe, Landry's Seafood, and, our last night a little Chick-Fil-A so we could have dessert at the Melting Pot.

While we're not big on all the cheeky stuff, we did decide to go play a quick round of putt-putt at this goofy place called Mount Atlanticus.

I know, you're wondering how we survived with all of the dinosaurs and loch ness chasing us, right? Haha.

What can I say? We're dorks. (But awesome ones).

Anyway, it was fun to get away for a few days. We have another little "vacation" coming up to Atlanta so Eric can take his last big test of med school. The test part's a bummer, but I'm pretty excited about going to the Coca Cola Factory and doing some shopping while we're there! 

This summer's not near as exciting as the last, well, six or seven (Spain, Mexico, marriage, moving, Europe, Hungary), but I'm enjoying our last summer here with Eric in med school. It's kind of crazy that a year from now he will be a resident! So I'm just going to soak up my time while I've got it... before the real work begins!