That is certainly what will happen to it, if it does to me again what it did to me yesterday. <<< I hope that sentence made sense. I had a terrible time with this site yesterday.......everytime I tried to get on, I would get timed out or it would just freeze on me. I finally got to the page to reply and typed for a good hour telling all about my trip to Florida & then when I tried to include a picture, I got the blue screen of death that said that my computer had become unstable and I would need to shut it down completely............so I lost my whole post!! I was soooo mad
I just shut the stupid thing off and didn't even get back on it until today. I really hate it when you work on a great post (I think it possibly could have been nominated for an emmy or at least get one of those trophy things with the popcorn in it that MTV gives out) and then WHAM! *poof* It's gone. But I digress.......and must go on.
The trip to Florida was wonderful with one exception: the trip down there. Picture it: Siccily-----1842 Woops!! Sorry--that's from the Golden Girls<< I am watching too much lifetime television!
Ok, this is for real. Picture it: 1:30am in the morning-Thursday, July 25th. All the family meet in the Bi-Lo parking lot. Here is the "convoy". Fil, mil & dh's grandmother and aunt are in the front. "We" --- me, dh & boys are in the middle, followed closely behind by the sil, bil and neice. So, my fil has this wonderful idea that we should all carry motorola hand held radios so we can "communicate" during the trip. Well, at first this doesn't seem like a bad idea. If "communicate" means----tell us when you need to stop for gas, bathroom breaks, etc. Apparently my idea of "communicate" and their idea of "communicate" are very different. Because what this actually means is <<let's tell every boring story we can think of about childhood, ghost stories, blond jokes, keying down on the radio when a song comes on the radio about farts and the ever annoying "Is the drip asleep yet?">> "Drip" is my fil's adoring nickname for me.
At several points during the trip down there, I started to.........A) "Accidently" drop the radio out of the window. B) Leave the radio in the bathroom at one of the many rest areas we stopped at. C.) Pluck out my eyeballs with a spoon and throw them in the back window. or D) Just deal with it and demand that we leave at a later time than everyone else when we come back, because I just can't take a "radio" trip back. "D" won out----we left about 3 hours after the convoy did.
So, we finally get there and no one has died------so I consider this a good thing. So we go to check in, and they don't have three rooms side by side. Bummer.
YEAH RIGHT!
My dh--God love him, volunteers to take the room at the other end of the hall. So everyone else has adjoining rooms at one end & we are at the other. Thank you......thank you......thank you Lord.
I did go to the pool a couple of times. I felt alot more confident since I have actually lost a little weight and it also made me feel better that there were at least three women at the pool bigger than me. (Always makes you feel better, doesn't it?)
The view from our room was spectacular.........we were oceanside and it was glorious to wake up every morning to that beautiful sunrise just resting right above the ocean. I have lots and lots of pictures to share with you guys..........I wish I could include them all on this post.
One day we were down there, we went to Daytona USA. I'm sure all of you know, but for those of you that don't, I am a HUGE racing fan, so we had to go there. This is the track that the legend Dale Earnhardt died at.........so that in itself made the visit special. We took a tour around the track, which was great. Then we came back inside & viewed a movie that gives you an idea of what it's like to race the Daytona 500 in stereo sound (it was awesome) and I think me and dh both shed a couple of tears during it. Then we rode the simulator.........which was AWESOME! But the best part of the whole day for me, were things that most people never even think about. #1. I slid right through the turnstyle. I did not get stuck or have to turn sideways.
#2. I fit comfortably in the individual seat on the tram and the seatbelt fit with no trouble and #3. I fit comfortably in the individual seat on the simulator and had no trouble when the lap bar came down. I'm not so sure I could have said that 60 lbs ago, so that was a victory in itself.
My mil did keep the boys for us one night while we were down there so me and dh could have some "alone time". Now, before your minds go to the gutter........remember, I was on my period, so no silly string was involved.
We just went out to dinner and walked on the beach at sunset. It was wonderful and perfectly romantic until dh, in all his manly glory said, "Everytime we go on vacation, you on are your period. I never get any when we go out of town." No, no girls. You can't have him. He's all mine. What a keeper!!
Food was good...................REAL GOOD!
I did not stay OP the whole time I was down there. It is very seldom I take a vacation, so I did splurge a bit, but I did make better choices than I normally would have, and I did drink a lot of water and walked a lot on the beach, so all in all, I would consider it a success.
Well, I hate to write a book and run.........but this computer is starting to act whacky again and if I lose this post, I may just have to run amuck and kill something............probably it! I will try to stop back in here later tonight if I can. Welcome to all the newbies.......this is a great place. Vacation is wonderful, but it sure is nice to be home.
