Wonders10
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Thursday May 17:
Today was the day I was leaving for Walt Disney World. Youd think one would be bouncing around the house in excitement because of it. But not me. Yes, I was going to Disney for 3.5 days and seeing a friend I hadnt seen in 2 years, but I had a long nervewracking day ahead of me.
It was the first day for me to see my new speech clients. Well, one wasnt new for me but I hadnt seen him for close to 2 months. The other one was brand new and I was completely freaked out and nervous for our session.
Turns out I had good reason to be.
They went horribly. Absolutely positively horrible. My supervisor kept butting in to do it for me. I sat there wanting to cry and wishing it was 4pm.
Then my final session ended at 4. Finally. Now on normal days I usually high tail it out of the clinic to get home. I hate it there. The whole building screams stress to me. So on this day especially, I was itching to get out of dodge. I needed Disney to take me away (remember those calgon commercials Calgon, take me away!)
The good news is the entrance to the Turnpike is literally 5 minutes from the clinic so I was on the road in no time. And despite my fear that Id be in terrible traffic, it wasnt that bad at all!
**Random thought: To keep me busy, I listened to some of my Disney park music on CD. Do any of you have the Magic in the Streets Album? It is the CD with all the parade music on it Share a dream come true, the MGM and AK parades? Well if you do, Id like you to get it out. Go to the AK parade music and wait til the end when Donald shows up for his part. Go ahead and play it. Then come back to me. Ill wait.
Ok, so is it me or does Donald say How the H E L L you doing? in his opening line?
**
I was making great time. Amazing time. And then it rained. Right around mile 200 (my exit is 249). Great. But luckily it stopped and continued to just drizzle on and off until I got to my exit! I made it!
I called Amanda to tell her Id be there in a few minutes and she said shed meet me in the lobby.
Finally I saw the arches. Of course, I forgot to get my camera out of the bag and there were tons of cars merging onto the road with me so this is the lovely shot I got.
In no time, I was pulling into Pop and hugging Amanda in the lobby! Yay! Now the fun can really begin!
We decided to drive over to our building, 50s building #2, where I could unload my car. A couple shots of our building:
Then we were off to Publix. We went to the older Publix on the corner of 192 and 535. In addition to grabbing some subs for dinner, we also got potato chips and cookies, soda, water, and Beer. The necessities.
Now I decided since I had no change for the toll (which didnt accept SunPass), we would go the old way which means the way we would head to Disney when we were CPs. I thought about just going the way I knew would get us there but then I thought, nah, Ill just follow the signs.
Big Mistake.
About 20 minutes later and a detour around the All Star Resorts, I finally made it back to Pop.
After a quick detour through the lobby for a spoon for Amanda and a birthday button for me, we were on our way to the room.
The plan for tonight was to head to Pleasure Island and meet up with a friend of mine who also used to work with me at Epcot. Amanda and I both had to shower and get beautiful and eat so it took a decent amount of time. We finally got in line for the bus around 10:30. And we actually made it to PI somewhere close to 11:15. And then we still had to buy tickets. Which, thanks to the DDE, got us ½ off admission for both of us!
We quickly found my friend, Aaron, who took us to Mannequins where he was to buy me my birthday drink. It was some special, cant remember the name, but it had Cranberry juice, vodka, triple sec and sweet and sour and something else. Good but sweet. So while we are waiting at the bar, a very, umm, happy, young man notices my bday button.
And decided to buy me a shot. Of Tequila. Petrol (sp?) Tequila.
**I do not do shots. I have never been a shot girl. Cant do them and have no desire to do them.**
But now here is this stranger, who just bought me a $10 shot so I have to drink it. I got almost all of it down. Aaron finished the rest.
Then Aaron decided we needed to do another shot because he and Amanda want to do one with me.
Uh-oh.
Hi Im Shannon, and Im drunk. And Ive been here less than 15 minutes.
I needed to get out of there ASAP before more happy men decided to buy me drinks or shots so we headed to the Beach Club for some music. And a mini photo shoot:
Ok, this is a weird pic. No idea what he is doing to my neck, but I liked it because you couldn't see all my chins
:
Then we booked it to 8Trax where we got our dance on (and maybe had a couple more drinks). We closed the night here and headed outside.
Aaron was in no condition to drive so he was coming home with us to Pop. He was fine with that and we were on our way to the buses.
We get to the exit of PI and I turn around Whered Aaron go?
He was literally right behind us. I had just seen him. Granted it was crowded and we all had imbibed quite a bit, but still, he was right behind us. I was only concerned that he decided to drive anyway which I'm sad to report he has done in the past (not while I was around). So I kept texting and calling him on his cell when finally he tells me he took a taxi home because he had lost us.
At least he didn't drive.
So that meant Amanda and I needed to book it to the buses which looked to be a good 3.8 miles away. We made it and were the only ones on the bus!
Which means it's picture time!
Up Next: Honorary Citizens and it is not going to rain...
Today was the day I was leaving for Walt Disney World. Youd think one would be bouncing around the house in excitement because of it. But not me. Yes, I was going to Disney for 3.5 days and seeing a friend I hadnt seen in 2 years, but I had a long nervewracking day ahead of me.
It was the first day for me to see my new speech clients. Well, one wasnt new for me but I hadnt seen him for close to 2 months. The other one was brand new and I was completely freaked out and nervous for our session.
Turns out I had good reason to be.
They went horribly. Absolutely positively horrible. My supervisor kept butting in to do it for me. I sat there wanting to cry and wishing it was 4pm.
Then my final session ended at 4. Finally. Now on normal days I usually high tail it out of the clinic to get home. I hate it there. The whole building screams stress to me. So on this day especially, I was itching to get out of dodge. I needed Disney to take me away (remember those calgon commercials Calgon, take me away!)
The good news is the entrance to the Turnpike is literally 5 minutes from the clinic so I was on the road in no time. And despite my fear that Id be in terrible traffic, it wasnt that bad at all!
**Random thought: To keep me busy, I listened to some of my Disney park music on CD. Do any of you have the Magic in the Streets Album? It is the CD with all the parade music on it Share a dream come true, the MGM and AK parades? Well if you do, Id like you to get it out. Go to the AK parade music and wait til the end when Donald shows up for his part. Go ahead and play it. Then come back to me. Ill wait.
Ok, so is it me or does Donald say How the H E L L you doing? in his opening line?
**I was making great time. Amazing time. And then it rained. Right around mile 200 (my exit is 249). Great. But luckily it stopped and continued to just drizzle on and off until I got to my exit! I made it!
I called Amanda to tell her Id be there in a few minutes and she said shed meet me in the lobby.
Finally I saw the arches. Of course, I forgot to get my camera out of the bag and there were tons of cars merging onto the road with me so this is the lovely shot I got.
In no time, I was pulling into Pop and hugging Amanda in the lobby! Yay! Now the fun can really begin!
We decided to drive over to our building, 50s building #2, where I could unload my car. A couple shots of our building:
Then we were off to Publix. We went to the older Publix on the corner of 192 and 535. In addition to grabbing some subs for dinner, we also got potato chips and cookies, soda, water, and Beer. The necessities.
Now I decided since I had no change for the toll (which didnt accept SunPass), we would go the old way which means the way we would head to Disney when we were CPs. I thought about just going the way I knew would get us there but then I thought, nah, Ill just follow the signs.
Big Mistake.
About 20 minutes later and a detour around the All Star Resorts, I finally made it back to Pop.
After a quick detour through the lobby for a spoon for Amanda and a birthday button for me, we were on our way to the room.
The plan for tonight was to head to Pleasure Island and meet up with a friend of mine who also used to work with me at Epcot. Amanda and I both had to shower and get beautiful and eat so it took a decent amount of time. We finally got in line for the bus around 10:30. And we actually made it to PI somewhere close to 11:15. And then we still had to buy tickets. Which, thanks to the DDE, got us ½ off admission for both of us!
We quickly found my friend, Aaron, who took us to Mannequins where he was to buy me my birthday drink. It was some special, cant remember the name, but it had Cranberry juice, vodka, triple sec and sweet and sour and something else. Good but sweet. So while we are waiting at the bar, a very, umm, happy, young man notices my bday button.
And decided to buy me a shot. Of Tequila. Petrol (sp?) Tequila.
**I do not do shots. I have never been a shot girl. Cant do them and have no desire to do them.**
But now here is this stranger, who just bought me a $10 shot so I have to drink it. I got almost all of it down. Aaron finished the rest.
Then Aaron decided we needed to do another shot because he and Amanda want to do one with me.
Uh-oh.
Hi Im Shannon, and Im drunk. And Ive been here less than 15 minutes.
I needed to get out of there ASAP before more happy men decided to buy me drinks or shots so we headed to the Beach Club for some music. And a mini photo shoot:
Ok, this is a weird pic. No idea what he is doing to my neck, but I liked it because you couldn't see all my chins
:
Then we booked it to 8Trax where we got our dance on (and maybe had a couple more drinks). We closed the night here and headed outside.
Aaron was in no condition to drive so he was coming home with us to Pop. He was fine with that and we were on our way to the buses.
We get to the exit of PI and I turn around Whered Aaron go?
He was literally right behind us. I had just seen him. Granted it was crowded and we all had imbibed quite a bit, but still, he was right behind us. I was only concerned that he decided to drive anyway which I'm sad to report he has done in the past (not while I was around). So I kept texting and calling him on his cell when finally he tells me he took a taxi home because he had lost us.
At least he didn't drive.So that meant Amanda and I needed to book it to the buses which looked to be a good 3.8 miles away. We made it and were the only ones on the bus!
Which means it's picture time!
Up Next: Honorary Citizens and it is not going to rain...
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Itll get better!
Question: was it an actual shot glass? When I first moved down here, I was floored by the fact that they dont allow shot glasses in bars. So a shot comes in an on-the-rocks glass. Who the heck can down one of those???
this ride and only remember smiling and laughing the entire time. Which is why it came as such a surprise to see myself looking like this in the picture:
i hate to admit it, but i'm an ex-raver. sad, isn't it? oh, the memories. i just realized that was about 11 years ago.....
but it was fun while it lasted! everyone joked at our wedding that we'd drop the lights and have johnny (one of DH's groomsmen) dance to techno with glow sticks for the pre-wedding entertainment. that would've been a unique wedding experience!!! nowadays i'll dance to whatever makes my groove thing move......cause i like to move it, move it! 
I would still be in bed 
