After church, Lindsey, Katie, Jess, and I decided that we should have a girl date. We were all extremely hungry, so we drove around scoping out the perfect restaurant. We spied Garden City Buffet and decided to stop there because one of Katie’s customers at Piggly Wiggly had told her how good it is. There was so much food! The buffet overflowed with Chinese food, sushi, fruit, dessert, and even brunch items. It was nice to feast on something other than our usual PB&J sandwiches, haha. This was actually the first time that Linds and I had met Jess and it was cool how fast we bonded. Jess and I discovered that our families had both moved to the same area in Minnesota right after we graduated high school and her siblings are 5 and 7 years younger…same as mine.
This afternoon I went to the flea market with Linds and Emily. We got there at 3:14 and most of the vendors were either packed up or in the process of packing up because it closes at 4. We went back to the stand with Special K crackers and granola bars and we all bought some for our stash. We discovered a cute little stand with a sign that read “Twirly Shells.” The lady who owns it is a local who finds shells and sea glass and then twists wire around them in cute swirls that have pearl beads. They are beautiful necklace pendants that are only $5. We spent a good amount of time holding each unique creation up to our necks and looking in the mirror to decide which we should buy. Lindsey and I each bought one and the lady even told Linds that she would custom make her one. The vendor and her husband talked to us about their church history and it was sad because they had had a few pastors who had hurt them and their churches. One pastor had preached that their denomination was wrong and had split the church and taken most of the congregation away to create his own church. Another preacher professed that there is nothing wrong with divorce. They have been looking for a new church, so we invited them to our church and they seemed really excited to come next Sunday.
Our friend Zach was told by a customer that there was going to be a free Tenth Avenue North concert in North Myrtle Beach tonight. Lindsey and I got super excited because we love this band. My roomie back at USF (Lori Rensink) has “By Your Side” on one of her playlists and we listen to it every night before bed. It was quite the adventure figuring out rides because so many people from Project wanted to go. We eventually got it all figured it out and headed out. Linds and I rode in Joel’s van with him, Tailor, Katie, Kiki, Emily, and . It was an interesting ride. Emily ate most of her apple and then told Tailor to throw it out the window for her. He came up with the “brilliant” idea of throwing it into another STP car. Him and Joel wanted to throw it into Elijah’s car, but his window was closed. When we were at a red light, Tailor threw the apple into Zach and Greg’s car. It landed in Zach’s lap and the look on his face was priceless. Luckily, the light turned green and we sped off.
So Lindsey and I had heard from a guy at the flea market that the concert was by North 8th Street at the Boardwalk…we told this to Zach and the other guys who were driving. For some reason they decided to go to Broadway at the Beach instead and then couldn’t figure out why they couldn’t find the concert. We kept telling them where it was. We finally all piled back into the cars. Before we left, Greg decided to get his revenge for the apple…he chucked it as hard as he could back into our van and it ended up hitting me right in the eye. Needless to say, it hurt. Joel made him apologize to me and I could tell that he felt bad. Although an apple to the eye is not a pleasant sensation, I did think it was pretty funny. Especially because of the pinecone incident when Greg had thrown one up into the air and it had smacked me on the head. Then we headed to the Boardwalk to find the concert.
On the way, Tailor got a text from Cory saying that the concert had been cancelled because of the rain we had had earlier that day. We were all really bummed and told him to call Cory to make sure it wasn’t a joke. Cory was serious and said he had heard it from a girl who had heard it from Zach. We called Zach and he said that he had not heard anything about it being cancelled. Our guess is that he had jokingly said it to someone and then they had taken it seriously and then spread it around. Oh well, it made the ride more entertaining trying to figure it out. J
When we got there, Joel and Tailor let us girls out of the van and went to park it. Isn’t that sweet? J The concert was really powerful. I have listened to Tenth Avenue North numerous times, but the opportunity to see them live was breathtaking. There was so much passion in the performance and it was all directed right to God.
Afterwards, we went to Sonic. Linds and I split a Butterfinger shake. Half the price and half the calories. J
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