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Thursday, April 24, 2008
9:17 PM
Okay, note to self: It is NOT a good idea to first gorge one's self on a meal from the Bear Rock Cafe and then immediately take a long walk around the neighborhood. I swear, there really is something to the old rule that says you should wait so long after you eat before engaging in strenuous physical activity. Granted, walking isn't exactly strenuous, but it can be when you've just eaten really heavy food...
Enough complaining. :P My stomach ache will go away in time, and I'm thinking sleep is just the cure I need.
Today is my "Sunday", the end of my weekend, and tomorrow it's back to work. I'm not particularly looking forward to waking up at 6am tomorrow morning, but I had a really great weekend and am feeling pretty refreshed. Yesterday I drove to Daytona Beach to visit my sister and Ryan (her husband). They flew in to Orlando yesterday morning for a week long vacation in an ocean front motel in Daytona Beach. So yes, I finally made my beach sojourn, although it hardly counted as such. It was way too windy and cold to actually venture into the ocean, so we resorted to simply walking along the ocean with sunglasses and tightly closed mouths - lest the sand blow into our mouths and eyes!
I didn't mind the weather though...I was just so damn happy to see Kel and Ryan! I haven't laughed as hard as I laughed with them yesterday since I was back in Ohio. It was so nice, so refreshing, and so damn difficult to say goodbye! I really hope the weather clears up for them, because it would be pretty disappointing to travel all this way, only to enjoy ocean views instead of ocean swims and sunbathing.
As for today...well I made my first trip to the gun range with Dan, Deb's husband (Deb = my coworker and friend). Last week was my no-ammo lesson, when we covered gun safety, grip, and mechanisms. Today I actually got to shoot guns. Lots of guns. I learned how to shoot a revolver, 21, and 9mm (semi-automatic) all in one morning! Yes, I am a bad-ass. :) I think I did pretty well for my first in-range lesson, and even hit the bullseye a few times! The revolver was much more difficult to shoot, because the "kick" was significantly more substantial and the pull a little stiffer. I am such a geek...at one point I imagined myself as Anita Blake, landing a few silver bullets in some rogue werewolf...
Yes, I'm not normal. :) But normalcy is soooo overrated, don't you think?
Dan and Deb are leaving for a cruise this Saturday, and I am house/pet-sitting for them while they're gone. They have three dogs and two cats: Tika, Sterm, and Keira are the dogs; Imp and Myth are the cats. I am REALLY looking forward to some "fur time" because I miss my own "fur children" so much! Plus it will be nice to have a whole house to myself for a few days. I'm especially looking forward to Wednesday and Thursday, my days off, because there won't be any roommates to wake me up ungodly early when I don't have to be up. I was up at 7am both today and yesterday thanks to they-who-speak-loudly. Gosh how I would love to sleep in past 7am just one morning! Is that really so unreasonable?
Alas, tomorrow it's a 6am wake-up call. Work awaits...
Although nothing ever feels like work at Disney World. Not really. :)Labels: beach, food, guns
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Monday, September 10, 2007
10:39 PM
New layout! Once again I'm a lazy ass and am using a pre-made layout. Summer may be ending, but I thought this ladybug layout was just too cute to pass up.
I'm way to tired to write a proper entry, but I promise to update soon with an entry about the beach trip! In the meantime, here's a preview of the insanity that was Holden Beach, DUTCH style!
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Labels: beach, vacation
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