Kicking Off the Fourth and The Bachelorette

I love the Fourth of July weekend!!! I did get some time off from my "part-time" job (which I've decided I think I work more hours at than my full-time job). I got a whole three day weekend (it's amazing how wonderful it is after you've been working hard). So we decided to enjoy the time off by going out on the boat (which is coincidentally the doctor I work for's boat, he is Emily's father-in-law). It is on lake Austin (note: NOT the same as Lake Travis). This is a picture I took of the 360 bridge that goes over Lake Austin, such a beautiful bridge!

I couldn't help but bring Andy Samberg's "I'm On A Boat!" You have to listen/watch that if you plan on being on a boat ever again in your lifetime! It will really change your whole outlook on boating in general. If you haven't seen the video you must! It is the funniest thing ever. But it was kind-of funny when I made everyone on the boat listen to this song (I didn't tell them before hand what we were listening to). The three guys on the boat are all in Emily's husband's band. So to force them to listen to a song is risky. But it turned out they loved it (because it is such a GREAT song).

But his dad owns a banana boat for the grandchildren, which we decided to take full advantage of. Except, it is made for children and not adults. We let two of the guys try it out first. It looked awkward and funny just watching them! They quickly realized that two full grown men are not meant to ride such a boat. So just one of them, David rode it. It was still hilarious!

Emily and I rode it next. My O.C.D. of my personal possessions coming near water in strangers hands got the best of me, so sorry, you have no pictures of us. But imagine seeing this, two full-grown girls on a kiddie banana boat with Emily's arms reaching OVER my legs to hang on. She swears that once when we hit a particularly big bump that her face collided with my butt. It was not an awkward position at all. Let me tell you.

Maybe we are good at balance (but it is more like I was in fear for my life because Emily's husband insisted on driving the boat at speeds a banana boat is not meant to reach) but we never fell off! After he slowed down and stopped turning sharply, we even tried to get knocked off by raising both arms in the air, but it didn't happen. So out of boredom (and for myself, personally, out of fear) we eventually jumped off.

We then made our way to the tree swing. The same tree swing that Emily once met Owen Wilson on (apparently he told her it was his favorite). One of the guys, Anthony, did partake in the swing. I was tempted, but I am now at the point in my life where I have embraced the fact that I really do NOT like jumping from heights. Kiddie banana boats are about as much danger as I can handle. Tree swings are a no go. Unless Owen Wilson would've showed up, then you would've seen the most enthusiastic tree swinging enthusiast you've ever met. But he wasn't there, so I stayed in my safe retreat of a boat and enjoyed watching from a distance Anthony's tree swinging experience.

After the lake we went to Maudie's for lunch/dinner. It was conveniently located next door to a Goodwill Store, which after drinking on the boat all day and a margarita at the restaurant, we decided to go shopping at. I have only shopped at that store twice, first to buy a shirt for the "Nascar" date party our sorority had and the other time to buy an eighties bridesmaid dress for a such themed bachelorette party. I have never been in looking for the heck of it. I was a little grossed out by what they sold, not going to lie. Will someone ever really buy an old worn-out bra, a 90's cell phone (that apparently won't even work anymore) or a popcorn popper that is missing some of its most important parts???

But I was about to die of laughter as we stood in line to buy Emily a really cool old book and her husband and another guy made a show out of taking the clothes off a manikin. The workers were facing us and didn't notice, and we were trying not to laugh. But it was the funniest show I've ever seen. My ability to get my camera out of my purse in a timely manner failed me. So all I got was a picture of them on a bench just after the manikin molestation (they removed themselves quickly afterwards to outside before things really got out of hand).
We capped off the day by going to Lustre Pearl Bar. That is the same bar that I blogged about in the "Day O' Games" post. It is a really cool bar. But it got a whole lot cooler as I was waiting in line to buy another drink and another random girl informed me that the bartender was one of the guys that got cut from this season's Bachelorette. I usually watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette, but leave it to this season to be the one I haven't been watching (due to my DVR not working until sometime next week when they will FINALLY come fix it and my lack of time to watch it live) and here I go running into one of the final nine guys of the show!

Anyways, I don't know what Robby looked like on TV, but in real life, he was hot! All I know about him from the show (which is all things I found out about the next day when I googled him) is that he had a one-on-one date with Jillian and didn't impress her. So she quite literally booted him off the train they were on! Damn, a bit harsh Jillian! Were you looking at the same guy I was? Because no one THAT good looking should be kicked off the train (not being given a rose, understandable, but no need to insult the guy)!

I tried to lay the flirting on thick with Robby. I am not sure that he caught my flirtatious advances though. I am not sure why, with lines like "Can I have a Cape Cod" and "Can I close out my tab," I don't know how he didn't ask me out on a date right there on the spot!

But hey, that's cool. Because from what I remember of Jillian from last season's The Bachelor (I really liked her and was so excited that she was the next Bachelorette), I respect her decision and insight on this Robby guy. If he ain't good enough for Jillian or my over-the-top sexual advances, then he ain't good enough for me either!!!

On a side note, to those of you who do watch the Bachelorette and/or were in my sorority in college. You might find interest in the interview The Bobby Bones Show (an Austin morning radio talk show) had with this supposed "in a relationship and only on the show for the fame creepster" Wes. For my old sorority sisters, Amy Moffitt (married now, so now has a different last name that they do not reveal on the show, nor her old last name for that matter) is one of the DJ's on the morning show. They interviewed Wes this morning, as well as sometime last week. Going into the interview both times Amy hated this guy, but by the end of both interviews Amy was apologizing to him and loved him. Apparently it is due to ABC's unjust editing that he came off looking the way he did. If you want to listen to The Bobby Bones show interview with Wes podcast, here is a link. Or you could go to The Bobby Bones website and find it from there.

Needless to say, I am pretty ticked that my DVR stopped working and I haven't gotten to watch this seasons Bachelorette. I have three great reasons to be watching (love of Jillian, meeting Robby, Amy interviewing Wes), but yet I am not. Dang you Time Warner Cable and your stupid malfunctioning DVR!!!