Spring Break 2010

Spring break is always a time for friends and fun. This past spring break my girlfriend, some friends and I rented a house in Myrtle Beach, well, Pawley's Island, but close enough... It was a bit hectic getting out of Wilmington the Sunday that our rental started, we had planned on leaving fairly early as to make it to the house around 3. The plan changed multiple times and I wound up having to drive back to my house to get something, then I had to pick up my friend at his house. His brother was using the big duffel bag so he had split the things he was taking on the trip into 6 different bags. Upon fitting his stuff and mine in the trunk I was beginning to worry that our other two passengers, my girlfriend and her sister, wouldn't have enough space to put their luggage.
We picked them up and managed to jam everything into the trunk, but just barely. Then we simply drove to Myrtle Beach with relative ease. We pulled over to get some Wendy's on the way and were called by the group of people coming from Charlotte. They were already there and unpacking. We were only about 10 - 15 minutes away so we finished our food and drove to the house to meet with everyone. The final car of people arrived and everyone spent the evening relaxing and talking.
Throughout the week we did several different things, we went to Broadway at the Beach but didn't make any purchases due to our general lack of funds associated with being a college student. We went to the beach, though it was kind of chilly, it was still fun. Thursday it was raining but we used that opportunity to go see the Alice in Wonderland movie with the new style of 3D glasses. The lens for these glasses was rounded and it seemed to have hues of different colors when you looked through them. They were somewhat reflective on the front and also had a new security device to prevent theft. I was skeptical of these glasses seeing the weird colors on them but as soon as we entered the theater with our large popcorn and drinks, we could see that the 3D and picture was flawless. My eyes didn't tire or hurt from trying to see the backgrounds, everything looked amazing. While Avatar might have been the most immersive film experience I have to say Alice in Wonderland with these glasses was the best looking.
We also went to Barefoot Landing, ate at California Pizza and actually shopped, also one of our friends got a new piercing at the 4:20 Store. We ate out a couple times stopping by one of my favorite restaurants from my childhood, Friendly's. It was delicious. Our nights there were quite entertaining as well. The week flew by and before I knew it, we were waking up Sunday morning earlier than I expected, not knowing that the time change had occurred. I wound up driving my girlfriend and her sister back to Wilmington before heading into work at the Calling Center. Rough end to a righteous break. Hope yours was awesome too.