"Home is where ever we are if there's love there too."

This blog title is a line from the song "Home" by Jack Johnson. I love listening to this song when I start miss Daniel. My home is here right now in Jacksonville, but do love the warm-fuzzy comforting feeling I have when he and I are actually together in the same city. Whether we are all dressed up and going to dinner or just in t-shirts having a lazy day on the couch, I just enjoy being together.

Hmm the last exciting event I blogged about was John Mayer with Haley in Charlotte. Since then, there have been two more been concerts in Dan and mine's summer. Daniel turned 22 at the and of July! Haley and I drove down to Stuart on his birthday and spent the weekend there. Aside from Dan the Man turning another year older, we were there to celebrate someone else's amazing talent.... Dave Matthews! He came to the Cruzan Ampitheatre in West Palm Beach. I've heard that Dave Matthews concerts are generally the intro to a  crazy night.... that otherwise wouldn't be crazy had you made the choice to not go see Dave on that given night. Music was enjoyed, beverages were consumed, lessons were learned. It was an unforgettable night for sure! Below:  Left: Haley, Dan and I amongst the fellow lawn people. Right: Dave himself!

We spent the rest of the weekend having fun in the sun!

And having guitar lessons

All in all, pretty good weekend.

The next concert was at the end of August, which also means that it fell into my first week of school for the fall semester. I could not pass it up because it was MY favorite musical man, JACK HODY JOHNSON!  After my classes on Thursday, I hopped into my car and drove straight from school to West Palm. So worth the stress, so worth it! With just minutes to spare before the start of showtime, I met my sweet Daniel who was waiting for me with food (since I didn't have time to stop and eat on the way). We ate in amphitheater parking lot while it started to drizzle. The light precipitation was not a downer. It cooled us down and was definitely appropriate when watching and listening Jack play Banana Pancakes (a song about a rainy day). The audience was definitely a melting pot. There were couples, like me and Dan, young and old, families with younger children, groups of girls and women. Everyone looked very excited for Jack. He had a few special guest musicians come and play with him and his band. One was G. Love, his opener, who was awesome! If you want to more more about specific technical music details, I'm sure my own music man Dan can tell you. It was an incredible concert!!!! Below on the left: JACK! on the right: Daniel and myself (ignore the macho man look on his face. kthanks.)

 

So in between these two great shows, Dan made a trip up to see me. And since he usually is the one to treat me, I figured I could surprise him with a fun date, my treat! So I put him in the car and started driving to St. John's county. He eventually figured out that we were headed to my friend Sydney's house (because she's the only friend I have that lives in the direction we were headed.) Syd's family however was not there. (With Sydney's permission) I was going to take Daniel kayaking on the creek behind her house. He loved the surprise. It rained a little and I got eaten by bugs, but it was so much fun! I even took him to a jumping dock with a rope swing. It was a new adventure for us. After kayaking, I took him to get one of his fave's for dinner- The Loop n' Bleu Burger at The Loop Pizza Grill. It was a great date and fun surprising Dan :)

Below are pics from our trip to Pulp with Kari for some "fro-yo"

               

Now, I am back to the grind of classes and work. I'm applying to volunteer at Mayo, so let's see how that goes. And amongst everything else, I'm applying to nursing programs and signing up for entrance exams.... let me tell you, its so very fun fun fun. Haha.

-A