This is What She Saw

20 August 2014

Nashville Vacay day 1: Why are there religious billboards everywhere?

Hello, lovelies!!

In an earlier post (or was it my last one??), I remember mentioning that the gals and I planned a trip to Nashville. Well, we are here right now. We had some lovely adventures on our first day that I will blog to you about. Starting now.

Y'all know when you're heading south when you see billboards about Jesus and your salvation or impending damnation every half mile.

Maybe even less.

Comforting...

What you didn't know is that you would be seeing billboards of the world's largest underground zipline tours every half mile located in Louisville, Kentucky, usually paired with the salvation/damnation signs. TBH moment here: Whitney suggested ziplining during the planning process of our trip, but I was reluctant due to a fear of heights. So, what on earth made me suggest (me, yes, me, the person who was adamant to not do such an activity--my friends don't know that part...yet) we go ziplining in the world's largest underground ziplines? (Thinking back now, I think Whitney suggested it after seeing some of the boards, but no one heard...)

Oh, well, it was probably because of the one million billboards we saw advertising the Louisville Mega Cavern. I don't know why I went along with this or even opened my mouth about it or have any idea as to what happened to the rational part of my brain--even after reading the sign below. Like, who wants to zipline through hell? Okay, maybe not literally (although, can you imagine the lawsuits that would occur if that were the case?), but the setting was enough! RED lights everywhere and a won-der-ful tour guide with a deep demonic-sounding voice.

Welcome to hell...

So why did I not put together that if--if--we did fall, we would be falling 70+ feet to solid rock and not softer dirt were we to go ziplining above ground in trees?

Ugh.

Despite my banter about not being rational about the whole thing, I had an awesome time! No, seriously, I did! The sites were beautiful and breathtaking--in some cases, literally. I definitely had to employ some deep breathing methods on the longer lines. The two suspension bridges we had to cross weren't as bad as I thought. They were the ones, though, that you normally see Indiana Jones crossing--but they weren't as bad as zipping through the air. But, now that I think about it, what would I have done if a plank came loose? Uh...

Let's not think about it. Instead, let's take a look at how happy Whitney and Sarah looked after completing the course!

Don't they look happy? And adorable?

That's what I thought. ^_~

From Louisville, we drove straight to our chalet--um, well, we detoured at DQ where Nour had the cutest popcorn shrimp I have ever seen, and Whitney and Sarah had the most delicious and chocolate-y blizzards to date. And then we drove straight to the chalet.

Our drive is a story in itself best saved for later...and so it shall be saved...for later.

For now, check out the vlog! Link below.

♡SamiJoie

29 July 2014

Anon, who are you???

posted by SamJoy Jordan em: anonymous questions . plans . summer getaway . travelling . tumblr . vacation

A while back (on Tumblr), someone anonymous asked me as to why my Do You Wanna Build a Snowman song wasn't showing up. Going through my asks, I'm wondering why on earth would someone want to view that?? Hahaha! I mean, really, I really really really suck at singing. I'm terrible.

(And, yet, I post videos of me singing. There's gotta be something wrong with me, right?)

And now I'm wondering who it was. Anyone wanna come clean? I won't hurt you, I promise!

Anyways. Moving on.

No, really. I won't hurt you!

My gal pals and I have been planning our getaway trip for this summer--our very first one! Haha! It's going to be awesome when we get started, however, it was a pain to plan. We had to meet up online since I'm from out of town just to put our heads together. We spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out where we were heading--I think it took us about two hours before we settled on Nashville. Meeting up online to do this was a bit of a challenge since I couldn't hear everyone when we were talking. It would be Sarah and Nour in front of Nour's laptop while Whitney was off to the side searching possible destinations and activities. I could hear Sarah and Nour just fine since they were in front of the screen, but Whitney was coming out all garbled. I could have complained, but Whitney looked extremely comfortable where she was at and it was late at night. Comfort is a big deal late at night, even for us night owls.

In the end, we finished everything in about three-ish hours? But it was a painful three hours since we started at around 10pm and finished close to 2am. I was snacking throughout the whole chat, which probably wasn't the best idea considering I slacked on my workouts last week along with my healthy eating. Hehe.

Ugh, guys, guys, guys: I cannot wait to go on this trip! I'll finally have some awesome stuff to post since what I've been doing at home is just cleaning, finding a new apartment, and finalising things for the upcoming school year. New videos, new posts! I am tingling with so much excitement! Especially since I've never done anything like this before.

Wait. Whut? Aren't you, like, 21?

Well, yes, yes, I am.

I worked my buttocks off all throughout high school and before that to ensure that I would look great to colleges. That was my choice. Also, I was a *little* sheltered, but, for the most part, I'm okay with that because it ensured that I could get into practically any college I wanted to since I put in all of that effort. (Okay, maybe not Yale or Harvard, but Stanford expressed some interest in me! That's something, right? [If not, please don't stab me. Just prod me, eh?]) So I wasn't out a lot like most kids at that age, big deal. I turned out okay.

Right?

Don't answer that. :P

I'd love to hear from any of you one what you've been up to all summer or will be up to!Tell me all about your shenanigans. Also, I'd love to know who that anon was!

<3 SamiJoie