broken chair
Well I am at work. Shocking, I know... And my legs are jammed in between the seat and the bench I am sitting at because the chair is broken and I cant lower it at all. I dont know who was sitting here before me, but they must have had twig-like legs.
Anyway...
I am back from Florida, obviously, and with some precious cargo at that. :) Our trip to Disney was really good and we had a good time despite being exhausting, having painful feet, and fighting bouts of motion sickness. The drive back was managable also. We did about 5 hours on tuesday night and 12 on Wednesday. We also spent 2 hours between rush hour traffic and an RV fire. Here are the details of the trip....
Sunday
Went to bed at midnight. Got up at 4 am to go to the airport for my 7 am flight. I didnt realize it, but EVERYONE and their 10 crying children fly to orlando early in the morning. I also sat in front of someone who seemed to have emphysema during the flight. Nothin like a wet hack aimed towards the back of your head for 2 hours to get you excited for landing!
My flight landed around 9 and we went directly to the All Star Music Resort. We checked in but our room wasnt ready so we went right to Magic Kingdom. On 4 hours sleep.
So we were at Magic Kingdom until 11 pm and we had mostly marvelous timing for everything. I think the longest we waited for a ride was a half hour... most stuff was maybe 5 mins, and thats just how long it took to walk the winding pathways up to the ride. Naturally we did the requisite Splash and Space Mountain. We purposely skipped Its A Small World... but definitely went on Pirates of the Caribbean. Around 7:30 we parked our butts along mainstreet so that we could get a good spot for the SpectroMagic Parade... which we definitely did... and for the fireworks. Overall, definitely very good. And Ethan got me funnel cake. Unfortunately, I was ready to have a mental breakdown after the fireworks because I was so stinkin exhausted. We made it back to the hotel, went to our room, and I passed out for a good 10 hours.
MONDAY
Ethan had to go into work on Monday for his exit interview. They wanted me to come in, but I definitely needed sleep much more than I needed to meet them. So I slept for awhile after he left. Ethan got back around noontime and we went to Epcot. Let me just say that THERE WAS NO ONE THERE!!! It was so sweet, we waited for pretty much nothing and it was a beautiful beautiful day.
That being said, the weather was wonderful wihle we were there... hovering around the low 80s, sunny, slight breeze.... It was just gorgeous, we couldnt have gone at a better time. things really seemed to be on our side.
Epcot was great... but I think most of our motion sickness happened here.
We wento n Mission: Space and while it was an extremely cool ride, just as Josh said... about 15 more seconds and both of us would have puked hardcore. By the end of the 4 minute ride, I was praying for it to be over. Basically they use the combination of a centrifuge and a video screen that looks like 3D to make you feel like you are blasting off into space and going to mars. Holy. Cow. It was very very awesome.... but before you get into the ride, the tell you a BILLION times that if you get motion sick, you should not go on the ride. And then they tell you about astronauts throwing up during their training. And they say that if you start to feel gross, do NOT close your eyes, but to keep them open and stare straight ahead! And then THEN! they have motion sickness throw up bags on either side of you when you actually get in the ride. So even if you have never gotten motion sick before, you have already psyched yourself into it. Anyway, it was very cool, but both of us had to sit for a few minutes afterwards to assure that we didnt throw up. I dont think the people at Disney would have liked that so much.
Other than that, we did the standard things... the figment ride, the spaceship earth thing inside the big ball, we looked at the manatees... it was good. we went to mexico for dinner which was yum.... and we explored the countries a bit.
Sadly, one of the best parts of the trip was going to Japan. Why? Because they had oysters that you could crack open to get pearls. You have no idea how long I have wanted and waited to do this. I could crack oysters open all day every day looking for pearls and never get bored of it. Anyway, Ethan picked out the oyster (as some kind of relationship test, apparently) and inside were TWO pearls, both a really pretty grey color. I was soooooooo excited. And I felt kinda bad that this made me so excited. But whatever. I have two awesome pearls. And the Japanese lady beat the drum for me because of it.
Morocco (I think?) was also cool... and I really really really wanted to get a belly dancer outfit. But Ethan said I couldnt wear it out in public. So I gave up on that... but I got a sweet henna tattoo on my ankle instead.
Soon after this, we sat down near mexico. We watched the fireworks, which were good, and got back to the hotel around 10ish. It was a good day, and we relaxed some and went to bed.
TUESDAY
We went to Animal Kingdom, the new park, and overall I wasnt that impressed. We went on the new rollercoaster, Expedition Everest, which was cool... and a Dinosaur ride (though we didnt get caught in the middle of the ride like I wanted to... ive always wanted to get stuck inside a ride, dont ask me why).... but other than that, it was kind of like a zoo. And I would rather just go to the zoo instead of pay millions of bucks to go to animal kingdom. I think its awesome that Disney is making a preserve out of their land, and they definitely should do it... but I would rather go to a zoo to see animals. They definitely won for the best music (all african and caribbean and asian) and the coolest show. There were these African guys who were totally ripped and did this crazy acrobatic stuff that I was way impressed with. it was very very cool. We also went to see Its Hard To Be A Bug, which is similar to Honey I Shrunk The Audience in Epcot. I wont spoil the little suprises if you ever go. But it was good.
This was the hottest day we had, topping out at 86 or so, but Animal Kingdom is really really shady (and I dont mean in a scary way) so we didnt mind the heat. We were only at the park for like 4 hours... then we left to start driving home.
We drove just into South Carolina and stayed at the most ghetto Ramada ever. But it was a bed, and that was good, and hopefully we wont get mold infections from the bathroom.
WEDNESDAY
We drove a good 12 hours, stopped at South Of The Border for lunch, got stuck in rush hour traffic in DC and then an accident around Baltimore. Theres not much to say about it all.... it was a lot of driving.
So we made it and now we are home... actually, Ethan isnt, he went to his sisters graduation yesterday and they were planning on coming back tonight, but his brother Elliot got a flat tire so they are waiting on AAA. I dont think they have left yet and they have a decent 7 or 8 hour ride. That was the trip and I am hoping to get some pictures up soon... we didnt take a lot of pictures of "stuff" cuz I dont reallyl ike scenery pictures.... so we took some of each other and I will get them up when I can.
As far as other stuff going on... I am caught up in a struggle with work to get hours, so I might be looking for a temp job in the near future... And im so pumped for china, I just go the music, and its about 20 pieces, including Mozart's Requiem... obviously I got a lot of learning to do. its couple of hours worth of music... but I cant wait to be singing again, I miss it so much.
and thats about all thats going on. woohoo.
Anyway...
I am back from Florida, obviously, and with some precious cargo at that. :) Our trip to Disney was really good and we had a good time despite being exhausting, having painful feet, and fighting bouts of motion sickness. The drive back was managable also. We did about 5 hours on tuesday night and 12 on Wednesday. We also spent 2 hours between rush hour traffic and an RV fire. Here are the details of the trip....
Sunday
Went to bed at midnight. Got up at 4 am to go to the airport for my 7 am flight. I didnt realize it, but EVERYONE and their 10 crying children fly to orlando early in the morning. I also sat in front of someone who seemed to have emphysema during the flight. Nothin like a wet hack aimed towards the back of your head for 2 hours to get you excited for landing!
My flight landed around 9 and we went directly to the All Star Music Resort. We checked in but our room wasnt ready so we went right to Magic Kingdom. On 4 hours sleep.
So we were at Magic Kingdom until 11 pm and we had mostly marvelous timing for everything. I think the longest we waited for a ride was a half hour... most stuff was maybe 5 mins, and thats just how long it took to walk the winding pathways up to the ride. Naturally we did the requisite Splash and Space Mountain. We purposely skipped Its A Small World... but definitely went on Pirates of the Caribbean. Around 7:30 we parked our butts along mainstreet so that we could get a good spot for the SpectroMagic Parade... which we definitely did... and for the fireworks. Overall, definitely very good. And Ethan got me funnel cake. Unfortunately, I was ready to have a mental breakdown after the fireworks because I was so stinkin exhausted. We made it back to the hotel, went to our room, and I passed out for a good 10 hours.
MONDAY
Ethan had to go into work on Monday for his exit interview. They wanted me to come in, but I definitely needed sleep much more than I needed to meet them. So I slept for awhile after he left. Ethan got back around noontime and we went to Epcot. Let me just say that THERE WAS NO ONE THERE!!! It was so sweet, we waited for pretty much nothing and it was a beautiful beautiful day.
That being said, the weather was wonderful wihle we were there... hovering around the low 80s, sunny, slight breeze.... It was just gorgeous, we couldnt have gone at a better time. things really seemed to be on our side.
Epcot was great... but I think most of our motion sickness happened here.
We wento n Mission: Space and while it was an extremely cool ride, just as Josh said... about 15 more seconds and both of us would have puked hardcore. By the end of the 4 minute ride, I was praying for it to be over. Basically they use the combination of a centrifuge and a video screen that looks like 3D to make you feel like you are blasting off into space and going to mars. Holy. Cow. It was very very awesome.... but before you get into the ride, the tell you a BILLION times that if you get motion sick, you should not go on the ride. And then they tell you about astronauts throwing up during their training. And they say that if you start to feel gross, do NOT close your eyes, but to keep them open and stare straight ahead! And then THEN! they have motion sickness throw up bags on either side of you when you actually get in the ride. So even if you have never gotten motion sick before, you have already psyched yourself into it. Anyway, it was very cool, but both of us had to sit for a few minutes afterwards to assure that we didnt throw up. I dont think the people at Disney would have liked that so much.
Other than that, we did the standard things... the figment ride, the spaceship earth thing inside the big ball, we looked at the manatees... it was good. we went to mexico for dinner which was yum.... and we explored the countries a bit.
Sadly, one of the best parts of the trip was going to Japan. Why? Because they had oysters that you could crack open to get pearls. You have no idea how long I have wanted and waited to do this. I could crack oysters open all day every day looking for pearls and never get bored of it. Anyway, Ethan picked out the oyster (as some kind of relationship test, apparently) and inside were TWO pearls, both a really pretty grey color. I was soooooooo excited. And I felt kinda bad that this made me so excited. But whatever. I have two awesome pearls. And the Japanese lady beat the drum for me because of it.
Morocco (I think?) was also cool... and I really really really wanted to get a belly dancer outfit. But Ethan said I couldnt wear it out in public. So I gave up on that... but I got a sweet henna tattoo on my ankle instead.
Soon after this, we sat down near mexico. We watched the fireworks, which were good, and got back to the hotel around 10ish. It was a good day, and we relaxed some and went to bed.
TUESDAY
We went to Animal Kingdom, the new park, and overall I wasnt that impressed. We went on the new rollercoaster, Expedition Everest, which was cool... and a Dinosaur ride (though we didnt get caught in the middle of the ride like I wanted to... ive always wanted to get stuck inside a ride, dont ask me why).... but other than that, it was kind of like a zoo. And I would rather just go to the zoo instead of pay millions of bucks to go to animal kingdom. I think its awesome that Disney is making a preserve out of their land, and they definitely should do it... but I would rather go to a zoo to see animals. They definitely won for the best music (all african and caribbean and asian) and the coolest show. There were these African guys who were totally ripped and did this crazy acrobatic stuff that I was way impressed with. it was very very cool. We also went to see Its Hard To Be A Bug, which is similar to Honey I Shrunk The Audience in Epcot. I wont spoil the little suprises if you ever go. But it was good.
This was the hottest day we had, topping out at 86 or so, but Animal Kingdom is really really shady (and I dont mean in a scary way) so we didnt mind the heat. We were only at the park for like 4 hours... then we left to start driving home.
We drove just into South Carolina and stayed at the most ghetto Ramada ever. But it was a bed, and that was good, and hopefully we wont get mold infections from the bathroom.
WEDNESDAY
We drove a good 12 hours, stopped at South Of The Border for lunch, got stuck in rush hour traffic in DC and then an accident around Baltimore. Theres not much to say about it all.... it was a lot of driving.
So we made it and now we are home... actually, Ethan isnt, he went to his sisters graduation yesterday and they were planning on coming back tonight, but his brother Elliot got a flat tire so they are waiting on AAA. I dont think they have left yet and they have a decent 7 or 8 hour ride. That was the trip and I am hoping to get some pictures up soon... we didnt take a lot of pictures of "stuff" cuz I dont reallyl ike scenery pictures.... so we took some of each other and I will get them up when I can.
As far as other stuff going on... I am caught up in a struggle with work to get hours, so I might be looking for a temp job in the near future... And im so pumped for china, I just go the music, and its about 20 pieces, including Mozart's Requiem... obviously I got a lot of learning to do. its couple of hours worth of music... but I cant wait to be singing again, I miss it so much.
and thats about all thats going on. woohoo.
posted by FireWithin at 4:32 PM
1 Comments:
I'm glad you wrote all this out, because I am so tired that I forgot a lot of it. But it's bringing back all the memories, and hopefully I can update my b to the log soon.
I love you.
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