Memorial Day Weekend Thus Far

My weekend started off (Friday) with a lovely night in while my Mom and Step dad went out for the evening.Before the late hours of the evening, I went to my cousin Breana's softball game. It was such a great game, and Bre was pitching! She has several strikeouts and her team came back in the last inning to tie it up, but then they made silly mistakes and lost by one run I think. Other than her game, that was my night. Lately I have just been wanting to stay in because it helps save money which is always a good thing, and because there just isn't much going on in town.I am pretty sure that my body is still recovering from not sleeping for the past four years of my life. I am enjoying the days when I get to sleep in, but I know that soon I won't be able to do that with having a job and everything.

Saturday was a such a great day. I got to go food shopping with my Mom for our BBQ and spend some time talking to her. We had Mom and Pat's friend Bruce from work over, along with his girlfriend. We had BBQ chicken and Tandoori chicken! We had potato salad and slaw and some grilled vegetables. It was such a great time to relax and laugh. We told stories to each other, and we sat by the fire. It was a cool night so it was great to have the fire to warm us up. After we relaxed by the fire for a while, we decided to go inside and play Wii!! We did the sports fitness test and went wakeboarding! Overall is was a great night full of laughter and good conversations.

Sunday started off with my morning Irish tea and some breakfast. I hung out with my friend Megan. She went with me to look for a guitar. We went to the Guitar Center where she got her guitar last Christmas. I was just going to look and see if I could afford any of the guitars they had. I went in there a few days early with my Mom and none of the workers asked us if we needed help or anything, and there weren't many people in the store. I was a little afraid that this time the same thing would happen on this day, but that was not the case. I had the best employee help me out. He understood that I was just starting out and I wanted to save money and not spend an arm and a leg! He took me into the playing room and I told him that I wanted an acoustic/electric and that I wanted to stay under $200. The employee, Kyle, picked out a few guitars and asked me to play and see if I liked it. I told him I didn't know how to play anything, and then he taught me how to do a chord!! I was so excited. He was very nice and he didn't make me feel like I shouldn't be there or that I wasn't good enough to play the guitar. He made me feel really excited and offered good advice. In the end, I decided to buy a guitar! I got an Epiphone classic model for $100. Then I bought a soft case for it for $50 and a tuner for $20 and some picks for $4. So my total cost for all of that was $189! I also paid $4 for a two year warranty for my tuner! As I checked out, my mom texted me and told me she was going to a friend's house later. I responded by telling her that I was currently buying a guitar. I was so excited. It was a weird and exciting feeling to walk out of the store with my guitar!!!! It was all mine and I paid for it myself. I have always wanted to put music first in my life, and I have never done that. I figured now that I am a college graduate and I have started a new chapter in my life, I should put music first in my life, and pursue music a little more! I know that learning guitar will be really frustrating, but I have already had several friends be so welcoming! I have had friends offer to teach me different things and give me websites for tabs! I think that all of my friends are really excited and supportive! I know that some of my friends didn't know that I even wanted to play and learn, but I can't wait until I get better and can play songs and sing while playing! I really feel as though my dreams are going to come true. I would love to play in coffee houses with my own songs and be able to play the guitar AND sing!!!

I will be blogging more about my success and struggles with my guitar soon.I now have a guitar and am so exciting to eventually be able to share my love of music and feelings in my own songs! I want people to enjoy my playing and singing and I know that that day will eventually come with a lot of practice.

I'll try to post a picture of me with my new lover, my guitar<3 soon!