We FINALLY got to sleep in today. It truly was nice, especially after last nights festivities. Today we just decided to take it easy, maybe go back to the park. We grabbed lunch at a place called Brueggers which was delicious and sat there for quite a while chatting. From there we decided we wanted to go back to the park we found the first day and set out on foot.

In that process we walked through Vanderbilt University to just see the campus. It is ridiculously beautiful. And I mean ridiculous. Talk about a prestigious looking school! I love my campus, but it makes CSUN look totally lame in comparison.

Onward we walked and stumbled upon a Barnes and Noble where we got distracted from our park mission for about an hour. We finally found ourselves at the park and it was beautiful. They had an event going on, similar to concerts in the park. Again with the live music! They have a replica of the Parthenon here that they seem to be very proud of..

On we walked past the Parthenon. Only to find ourselves run into a beautiful lake. This park has proven itself to be huge! Everyone sort of split up and went their own ways around this park. I walked off on my own in hopes to find a bench and update this blog! As I am walking down the path, I notice a boy begins to follow me. As I carry on and he continues to follow, I turn around ready to confront him when he says to me, “why can’t we be lovers?” Completely caught off guard, all I could respond with was, “What.” He replied with ease, “I don’t understand just why we can’t be lovers.” I could only begin to laugh and ask if it was a joke. In debating if I should just keep walking or how to respond, the boy begins to laugh and tells me he is making a YouTube video of him trying to pick-up girls using N’Sync lyrics. I kindly ask him if it has proven to be successful thus far and he says, “No, not really” and all I could seem to respond with was “I can’t imagine why” we both laughed and he actually asked me to sign a waiver and if I was willing to be in his YouTube video (his friend was filming from afar). I signed his paper and we talked a bit. His name was Tommy and he was from Kentucky, living in Tennessee, about to move to California. The kid looked like he was 17 years old telling me this. He said he went to film school in Tennessee. Come to find out upon asking his age he tells me he is 23. Twenty three!! He looked like a 17 year old boy in High School. Any ways, he carried on his merry way and I moved along to find a place to sit. I found a lovely view.

So I am sitting here, enjoying the view, the quiet, and the next thing I know it starts to poor. Not just rain, but POOR. I couldn’t move but only laugh. I have no shelter or rain coat, what else is there to do but embrace it? I ran to find Laura and Jackie who were running to find me!

All we could do was laugh, run and enjoy the moment. We began to walk, aiming for the Barnes and Noble where we found refuge until it stopped raining and we eventually walked back to the hotel. It was so much fun and a moment to remember. Now, I just finished watching the first of the Stanley Cup playoff games, the Kings lost 😦 But there’s more! We are waiting for will and Flavia to return where we will all go and get some dinner!