Message from Julie

I was on the highway to New Jersey. My spring break in Virginia Beach was officially ended the moment I stepped into the car. It's never been easy for me to accept the fact that vacation's over. I don't think that's easy for anyone, as no one has said a word since the beginning of the journey. Half of them are asleep on the backseat.

I didn't want to sleep because my friend who was driving would be bored. To entertain myself, since no one had the intention of starting an interesting conversation, I pulled out my cell phone and went on Facebook. A message from Julie. I just accepted her friend request the night before. I was wondering why she would add me on Facebook a year after she graduated from FDU but I accepted her request anyways. Then why would she message me? I don't even know her personally in school. I checked her message and it said,

Have you been to Virginia Beach lately?

How does she know! Isn't she in Germany now? I remember she was very good friends with Pia and she must have heard from her that we were going to Virginia Beach for spring break. Did she come to Virginia Beach to meet her? Then why not ask Pia! Pia was driving another car in front of me. With all the doubts in my mind, I replied,

No, I just left Virginia Beach two hours ago.

It was almost in two seconds she replied,

What a shame. I found your debit card while walking on the beach yesterday. Would you like me to mail it to you? 

Wait... what? I checked my pocket, I had my student ID and State ID. I opened my purse and my wallet was there but not my debit card. I checked her profile again and realized that she's not the Julie from school. She really looked like her on her profile picture. By this time, my friends in the back seat who were sleeping had woken up by my "What? Wait... Really!" Before I know what to reply, another message from Julie arrived,

I was trying to save you some trouble by giving it back to you. I have no intention of using it.

I was moved by her honesty. I thanked her and told her that it would be easier to just cancel this card. She offered to cut the card and dispose of it properly for me. What's more beautiful than an honest soul I asked myself. After a few minutes, she posted a picture of my card having been cut into tiny pieces on my timeline.

I showed Pia this picture when we stopped for lunch and I gave her credit for everything because she knew Julie from school and that's why I accepted her friend request. After telling her the whole story, she said,

What a great way to know someone! 

I wasn't upset for losing my card, instead I was excited for knowing someone who would go out of their way and do such good deed for a stranger.

 

"First Times" During Spring Break

Spring break was awesome fun. It wasn't long enough though...

I enjoyed many things during Spring break, and I had some FIRST TIME experiences that made the break memorable.

I mentioned the road trip in my previous blog posts and to be honest it was awesome! I was so excited before departing and in fact everyone was. We had two cars, 8 people totally, driven down to Virginia Beach. We drove through the whole Delaware and it was interesting to see the towns and houses and how different they are from New Jersey. We made three stops on the way and I met some interesting people there. I was ordering a Softy ice cream  from McDonald's and the guy who was taking my order asked me "For here or to go?" I replied "Any difference?" He laughed and said that he had to ask that question for every order he takes and he wasn't sure if that applies for ice cream orders also. "It's my first week" he said. Small talk like this lightens up my day.

We took Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel to Virginia Beach. It is a bridge that connects Virginia's Eastern Shore with the Virginia mainland at Virginia Beach near Norfolk. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel showcases the mighty surge of the Atlantic Ocean, the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay, and the soaring grace of an engineering marvel. The picture on the left was taken in the tunnel. 

During the break, I went for Mini Golf for the first time in my life and I loved it! I never thought that I would enjoy golfing because it's not competitive like track or basketball. But Mini Golf is actually really relaxing and fun. 

The last "first time" is that I saw sunrise and sunset in one day. I always loved to see sunrise and sunset, and I think that they are the prettiest stage of the sun, but I've never seen them in one day. One reason is that it's hard for me to get up that early and still be awake when the sun sets, and another reason is that I've never been in a great location that I can see both clearly. In Virginia Beach, I saw the sunrise by the ocean on the east and sun set by the bay on the west.


"First Times" is memorable. I'm glad to have these first time experiences through out my break. Of course I have also caught up with my sleep and had amazing meals. Anyways, school had started and hope you all are refreshed from the break! Have a great week!