The beach is bliss!

And that's all there is to it. It just is. It's bliss. It's awesome. It's a place I wish I could go to every day!!! But I can't, because I'm here, in AZ, where at 7:26pm it's 110 degrees. Yeah, I'm here. Not there.

I drove out to CA Wednesday night and was about an hour away from my destination and ended up stopping to get gas. The location was sort of in the middle of nowhere and it was around midnight. So I stopped, went to the bathroom, pumped my gas, then locked my doors. You know, to make sure the boogey man doesn't come get me or jump in my car. I don't know, it's just a habit to lock my doors. Well, it was really windy. And the wind knocked my driver door shut. And, as a result, my door locked. Not all the way, but enough to lock the door.

That's right. I locked my keys in my car, at midnight, at a gas station, in the middle of nowhere.

I couldn't even really freak out. I was so taken aback by what I had just done. I literally stood there for a good while just thinking 'wow, i just totally locked my keys in my car. there they are, in my seat, sitting next to my purse'. It was comical, so I let out a little laugh. I have NEVER before in my life done that. And of allll the times it HAD to happen, it happened then.

Then I started freaking out. Because I am a chick (damsel) afterall. And after that little stunt, I was definitely in distress.

Luckily, the gas station was big enough to merit having a security guard on staff. So I went back in to the store/cashier and the security guard was nice enough to call a two truck for me and luckily he was able to show up in 10 minutes.

So, here's the part that KILLS me. First off, it took the dude less than 30 seconds to open my car door. I won't even go into details about how he did it because it scares me to know that breaking into someone's car is THAT easy. I kid you not, it took the man LESS THAN 30 SECONDS!!! Then I had to pay him $70! SEVENTY!!!! Sonsabitches!!!!

But my door WAS unlocked. And at midnight, at a gas station, in the middle of nowhere, I was willing to pay as much as was necessary to be on my merry little way. It still totally sucked though!

I did end up having a ball and spending it with my cousin, her hubby (when he was around) and their little 5 year old who I just love love love. She's the cutest thing that ever walked the land. I'm totally biased, of course. But I LOVE her! So we shopped, went to the beach, shopped some more, went out and about while it was only in the 70s and 80s and enjoyed every minute of it. Especially knowing that it was 116 in AZ!

Then the best part - I taught the little munchkin to sing 'I'm on a boat' lol. Then Saturday night, coming out of downtown Disneyland, passing the House of Blues, the song came on and she lost it. So we sang 'I got my flippy floppies, I'm on a boat' alllll the way home. She's a ham and I love her and it was hysterical and if I could figure out a way to post the video from my BlackBerry on here, I would.

And now it's back to another hectic work week. *sigh*