WOW!
Yeah, ok, so by now you've all heard about the crazy 3OT-field goal mishap-1am ending Orange Bowl. It was.... crazy! And the trip was well worth every penny.
Update for the rest of the week:
On Monday, there was a Penn State Pep Rally at the Civic Center in Miami. 15 of us donned our matching "blue is the new orange" t-shirts and piled in our rental van. After the rally, we posed for a picture w/ the Lion and became instant celebrities. We couldn't walk 5 feet w/out someone asking "where did you get those shirts? Are you selling them?" It got kinda old after a while!
Then that night there was a Penn State Party at one of the clubs in South Beach. Me, Bobo and Dawn went shopping and got all gussied up for the party. When we exited the hotel and asked the valet for a cab, he pointed to a Chrysler 300 stretch white Limo and said "same as cab". We were like, are you serious?! VIP treatment! So we rocked out in the Limo and told all our friends (who were already there waiting in line) to get their cameras ready when we pulled up. The party itself was fun, there was pole dancing and stages and boxes to dance on. HOTT
The next day we got up early to lay out by the pool before piling back in the van and heading to the Tail Gate. By the lack of FSU (forced sex university) fans in the parking lot, it almost felt like we were back in Happy Valley! Apparently the Orange Bowl peeps weren't prepared for this kind of turn out (we tailgated from noon until 8pm!) and there were not enough porta-potties. So as three of us are standing in a forever long line doing the pee-pee dance and contemplating ducking behind a [non-existent] bush, some guy comes up to me with credentials and tells me he can let me into the Stadium to pee! He flashes his little badge here and there and before I know it, I'm in the blocked off area that is designated for Cierra, the halftime performer!!! I got to pee in her dressing room! She wasn't there yet, so I didn't see her, but it was cool!
The next day we had to get up and pack and check out of the hotel by 11, so we put our stuff in Bobo's car and proceeded to pass out on the beach one final time.
All-in-all it was an awesome - and much needed- little vacation. Now it's back to life, back to reality. Pictures will be uploaded to Snapfish.com soon... I'll keep you posted
Update for the rest of the week:
On Monday, there was a Penn State Pep Rally at the Civic Center in Miami. 15 of us donned our matching "blue is the new orange" t-shirts and piled in our rental van. After the rally, we posed for a picture w/ the Lion and became instant celebrities. We couldn't walk 5 feet w/out someone asking "where did you get those shirts? Are you selling them?" It got kinda old after a while!
Then that night there was a Penn State Party at one of the clubs in South Beach. Me, Bobo and Dawn went shopping and got all gussied up for the party. When we exited the hotel and asked the valet for a cab, he pointed to a Chrysler 300 stretch white Limo and said "same as cab". We were like, are you serious?! VIP treatment! So we rocked out in the Limo and told all our friends (who were already there waiting in line) to get their cameras ready when we pulled up. The party itself was fun, there was pole dancing and stages and boxes to dance on. HOTT
The next day we got up early to lay out by the pool before piling back in the van and heading to the Tail Gate. By the lack of FSU (forced sex university) fans in the parking lot, it almost felt like we were back in Happy Valley! Apparently the Orange Bowl peeps weren't prepared for this kind of turn out (we tailgated from noon until 8pm!) and there were not enough porta-potties. So as three of us are standing in a forever long line doing the pee-pee dance and contemplating ducking behind a [non-existent] bush, some guy comes up to me with credentials and tells me he can let me into the Stadium to pee! He flashes his little badge here and there and before I know it, I'm in the blocked off area that is designated for Cierra, the halftime performer!!! I got to pee in her dressing room! She wasn't there yet, so I didn't see her, but it was cool!
The next day we had to get up and pack and check out of the hotel by 11, so we put our stuff in Bobo's car and proceeded to pass out on the beach one final time.
All-in-all it was an awesome - and much needed- little vacation. Now it's back to life, back to reality. Pictures will be uploaded to Snapfish.com soon... I'll keep you posted