Friday was a double dose of newness. I started off with the colonic, as you may have read in the previous post (Such A Wonderful Suite Retreat). Then later this evening I met up with Marbelly, my college suite mate, and we went to Johnny Utah's in NYC to experience a ride a mechanical bull. Now this wasn't something I've always wanted to do or even thought of doing, however it was recommended by one of my friends (Latanya Blue) and so it made the list. Upon arriving, we saw a crowd full of people enjoying happy hour and that already had out nerves going. We needed to do something to kill time in order to muster up the guts to get on the bull in front of hundreds of people, so we decided to have dinner. I ordered the shrimp fajita and Marbelly had the skirt steak fajita, which she really enjoyed. I personally didn't care for the food, there was no freshness to it at all. :\
Moving on to the fun part, after eating we signed up to ride the bull. Still a little bit nervous, however backing down wasn't an option so we flipped a coin to see who would go first. The coin was flipped and I called heads and heads it was. Lucky me, I was up first and to my surprise I lasted for about 1 whole or so. :) It was a fun experience, it does leave your legs a little sore afterwards. I'll probably never do it again, just because....lol. I'm also glad Bells was able to experience it with me because it was something she had on her bucket list. :)
Below are some quick snapshots and the videos of the bull riding. Hope you enjoy.
I look sleepy in this picture and didn't want to post it, but belly demanded I do so. :\
Today was another great day and this time I spent it with my cousin Kameelah and friend Tiffany. We embarked on the journey to Sayreville, NJ for a 1/2 hour training and 1 hour trail ride at Legacy Riding Stables. The staff was friendly, the horses were beautiful and the scenic trial of fall colors were refreshingly amazing. We even saw a few deer while we were out on the trial. The name of my horse was Brandy, Tiffany's was Sherman and Kameelah's Chino. Tiffany was assigned the biggest horse because her legs were the only ones that could fit around Sherman; he was massive. LOL Just a little bit jealous, I'm still believing in Jesus for my extra two inches in height. ;)
After being with the horses for an 1.5 hours we worked up an appetite and decided to head to Cheesecake Factory, Yummy. The food was plentiful and I just couldn't stomach it all. I'm look forward to having leftovers on tomorrow. :) I love Tiffany's face in the photo below, I caught her on her going in on the bread. I don't blame her it was pretty good and it was nice and warm, even better with some butter. #Delicious.
The girls also surprised me by having the staff sing Happy Birthday to me. :0) for me? That was the look on my face in the first picture, well sort of :). Then I made my wish; I wished for..............
I had a great time hanging out with my girls. Thanks ladies for taking the journey with me and thank you for lunch/dinner. I had so much fun.
On top of going to "Brazil" on yesterday, I also attended the Women's Christmas Party hosted by my church, www.alfwc.org. It was my first time ever attending and I'm not sure why because I had a great time. I was accompanied by my aunt, Kyma, which was also a first because her and I have never hung out together one-on-one. I know thats a bit sad. Lol
There are so many amazing women at my church; beautiful, loving, caring and most importantly total Jesus lovers. How could one not aspire to be better, to be free spirited, to be comfortable in the skin that God has designed for one. I love it and I'm loving this journey.
Hope you enjoy the photos, including my soul train line experience (if the video actually posts). LOL #BloggerApp
Blessings Always,
Samiyyah
P.S. loved the Salmon. Yummy
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