The reason we went out to Berea was to see her sister's, Erika's, play. It was called Into the Woods and was an astounding three hours long! Erika did amazing, she was the step-mother in the Cinderella section and definitely was one of the better actresses. Stella's sister was very happy to know that we traveled all the way out to Ohio to especially see her and her performance in the play.
Beyond seeing the play, Stella's parents really treat me like one of their own. We toured around the town, took Zoe for a walk and made dinner together. Time quickly passed and before I knew it, it was already Sunday. I woke up early with Stella's dad to go for a bike ride. Like the last time I visited, I borrowed a bike from her dad's friend, Richard and we also went out with another friend, Dave and his son. I was upset that Stella couldn't go riding with us, but we were able to hold a much more intense pace and even covered about 37 miles. Coming back to the house I found Stella and her mom sitting in the yard just relaxing in the sun and we spent the rest of the day lounging around, going for yet another walk and letting Zoe go swimming. However, on our walk we stopped by a car show. I was anticipating this and couldn't wait to show off my car knowledge and see some classic gear heads. I felt like I really got to know Stella's dad and we talked about how his bias for 50's cars and mine for 70's.
I guess it is getting to the point where I have to explain the title of this entry. On Sunday Stella had the idea of making stuffed grape leaves. She was rather persistent about this and I decided to help her cook. The reason we were so set on grape leaves was because they have a vine in their backyard. The trouble is that the recipe calls for young leaves, meaning at the end of the vine. I volunteered to climb the tree and pick the leaves. First time, perfect, not one issue. We went back inside cooked the leaves and latter found out we needed more. I rushed back out and thought nothing of it and climbed right back up the tree. Things were going really well, I was about 6ft up had about 10 leaves when all of a sudden the branch under my right foot snapped. All I remember was flipping backwards and seeing the ground rush towards my face. Lucky for me my right wrist and right leg got caught in the branches and I was left dangling from the tree. Even better, no one was outside to witness the fall, the only proof I have are some manly gashes over my body. To compliment it I had Stella's sister give me a henna tattoo on my left arm that is a combination of a heart and roses.
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