The Good Life

I did something for the very first time.

Go-Karts.

Yes, I had managed to go 19 years without ever riding/racing Go-Karts. After all, the beach is really the only time you are around those kinds of places, and I would much rather spend all my time on the beach, with the occasional putt putt excursion at night.

But my daddy got it in his head that he wanted to take my brothers and I to race Go-Karts. I may have felt a little trepidation, but I couldn't let my super-cool 17 and 15 year old brothers smell it because then I'd lose what few cool points I have and thus face years of relentless teasing. So I manned up and got on that Kart.

Of course, Little Miss Cautious Me was in last place on the first course. I lagged behind, braking on the curves or when I started going too fast. The second course, Daddy made me drive the Kart in front of his in line, hoping that would give me a boost. Um, definitely not. But, I did gain a little more courage on that. I stopped braking on the curves! Yay! And I got ahead of Grayson at one point, but then he caught up again.

The third course, aka the Course of Mind-Boggling Heights and Sure&Swift Death, was a whole another story. Mama encouraged me to speed ahead, do it for the girls, etc. Nope. First you drove up this spiral, then you went down a little curving hill, then you flew over this drop-off, curved down the hill, and started over. I don't THINK so. Naturally, I rode the brake almost the whole time. After the first run, I just started laughing. I waved at Mama and sang to myself the rest of the time. I went slow and steady, enjoying the drive, singing songs from The Band Perry and Carrie Underwood. It was rather enjoyable.

We went back and did that second course again. This time I was ready. I had my sea legs, or Go-Kart legs, so to speak. It was on. I didn't brake a single time! AND I beat Grayson! Yep, I did. He got ahead of me at one point and kept trying to cut me off, but I got brave and swerved in front of him (as my life flashed before my eyes) and BEAT HIM!!!! I started employing his own tricks on him and I won. Yes sirree!

But it was a really fun day. We had gone to lunch together as a family in Gulf Shores, then went Go-Kart racing, and then we went to the outlet mall! Yeah, that's more like it. My parents bought me a whole new wardrobe, basically (Thanks, Mama and Daddy. Y'all are the best!). It was a really fun day and great time as a family before I head of to school.

Now I'm working on hall decorations like a mad woman. Actually, I'm procrastinating by blogging. But I couldn't blog about the summer without recounting the eventful day where I conquered Go-Karts and beat my brother! (Because trust me, I doubt that I will ever beat him at that again)