Nashvegas, Oklahoma! :)

So.... my first weekend of being unemployed was filled with a trip to Nash, Oklahoma, to a friend's ranch. Aaron, me and a LOT of law students hung at the Crites' ranch from Friday-Sunday!!! :) Honestly, it was the exact thing I needed... away from everyone and everything....a good time with friends, pool table, hot tub, shotguns, etc... Read on.... :) The Crites' were the BEST hosts ever.. seriously.. cooking us meals.. (amazing meals, I might add)... setting up air mattresses...hanging with us...I see why they moved from the city to Nash. I dont think I've laughed so genuinely at such a good time in a LONG. TIME. Look at me!! LOOK AT ME!!! I totally learned how to shoot a shotgun!!! :) I didnt post the pics of me ACTUALLY shooting it b/c I look like a total chick.. Whatever... It was AWESOME!!! Everyone kept complimenting Aaron b/c he had never shot before either... yet was a natural. Seriously.. I couldnt even AIM at the damn clay piegons and he didnt miss but maybe TWO the whole weekend. Whatever, Cali boy.

Saturday night, the Crites sponsor a HUGE poker tourney in their game room/barn. All the law students, some townspeople and family friends all participate! I even learned to play Texas Hold Em.. and stayed in for awhile!!! I was pretty damn proud since I'd never played. They set up about 8 tables and keep whittling down the winners to one final table. (I lost so I could get in the hot tub...well..that and b/c someone took all my chips. Whatever)

I like this pic.. They have 40 acres.. and it's GORGEOUS. We rode around the ranch in a 1950's army jeep! It was awesome!! :)
The boys...with guns.. (go figure) :)

Pictured: Lance and Aaron decided it was a good idea to play football in the barn.. so we could see Lance's "quick feet" from his college football days... I wish I had the video.. b/c a little bit of drunken football led to Lance on the ground in a daze.. Freakin hilarious!! Some of the gang at breakfast in the Crites' house.. :) Mrs. Crites made AMAZING cinnamon rolls for all of us! They were many of the things that contributed to feeling like I gained 20 lbs this weekend.. lol!!

Finally, the little cafe we ate lunch at on Saturday was so itty bitty and charming.. in that "Im not sure I wanna use the bathroom here" way.. but seriously..AMAZING food. They didnt even have menus!! Options were: burger. chicken fried steak. burger. lol!!!

All in all, people kept saying I seemedm more relaxed, looked more relaxed, etc... So.. I guess I either looked REALLY uptight before...or I'm headed in the right direction, huh?! :)