July was a lovely month, minus a few medical issues. I was working 40 hours a week and able to schedule my own hours however I wanted. I didn't hate my job or my co-workers. I was able to take Zumba. I took turns cooking delicious meals with my cousin. I drank a lot, but classy like, never excessive, mostly wine & wheat beer. My cousin got married; I was a bridesmaid and sang (singing is a blog in itself). I spent tons of time with different family members, mostly my triplets, and was able to see my closest friends multiple times. The highlight of it all was going to Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo to spend a half an hour up close and personal with 3 snowy Bengal tiger cubs.
I've wanted to blog about a few of the aforementioned events, but i was always exhausted or feeling ill. So, I will do a mini breakdown of those events before I write about the topic that urged me to start writing tonight.
My family loves parties. My grandparents had 6 children, 4 boys and 5 girls. Between siblings, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, aunts, and uncles, the house was always full. This has been carried on to my dozens of cousins. Needless to say, we love a good wedding. Food, drink, music, and dancing.
The St. Charles Streetcar Band was live entertainment for the wedding. It's my uncle's band, their big season is Mardi Gras because they ride along the parade route in a wooden streetcar playing oldies and a little jazz. The family fondly refers to him as Uncle Sax. I've always felt really close to him because he is both a musician and an artist. He raised 6 kids, sending them all to catholic schools, by living on his arts. When I worry about the career path I chose, I think about him. If he could do it with a huge family, I too will get by.
We went to Gulf Shores with little to no planning for the sole purpose of spending $50 to play with baby tigers. Shiva, Tibet, & Mohan. I've always wanted to work with big animals so I was extremely excited to cuddle with these babies. Their color made me even more excited because I grew up loving Suri the white tiger from Audubon Zoo. Of course, the female decided she wasted to practice her hunting skills on me. She repeatedly attacked me, and was quite sneaky about it. Still cute though. The scars were well worth it.
Stephanie's favorite animal is the Lemur which only cost $10 to encounter. There were four 3 month old soft, cuddly, energetic lemurs. They were pouncing around the enclosure using our shoulders as levers and eating treats from out hands.
The sad part about Gulf Shores was that it rained all day. We were right by the beach and couldn't bask in the sun and lay on the sand. At breakfast time, it looked like a hurricane was coming through. The sun came out around 6:45 when we were shopping at the outlet mall miles away from the cost. It was a very enjoyable trip anyway. A very expensive little overnight trip.
My last little goodbye was supposed to be a group of is going to Latin night. Stephanie loves dancing salsa, meringue, and others. Alex and Rebecca like to dance as well. I like to dance, but despite my appearance I'm not very good at Latin dances. Anyway we got all dressed up and went to this really cool wine place in the warehouse district called W.I.N.O. (wine institute of new Orleans)
It's a nice place to go for wine tasting because you can buy wine by the glass, half glass, or ounce. It's self serve wine dispensers and there is cheese, breads, olives, and various dips available to purchase to eat with your wine. There was a very nice atmosphere, clam and relaxed. It can get a little pricey, but no more than going out got dinner. (and personally, going to dinner gets old) I wish I had discovered this place before, I love it. After wino we decided to go back to Toni's house and play Headbands, but the tiredness took hold of us soon.
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