*brushes off dust*
So... I've had alot happening this month! Figured with maple going through a server check (dam them, did not know in time to close my shop!) I could actually write about it.
Two weekends ago my mom came to Florida! Our boss in MN had won a trip and because she wasnt feeling the best and wanted to feel better for her trip to Mexico thats coming up, she gave it to my mom and Julie. They spent Wed - Saturday at the Don Cesar in St. Petersburg. That place is AMAZING!!! Expensive pink palace right on the ocean. Totally out of this world. I had an awesome time seeing my mom again. We took alot of pictures, and we also went to Busch Gardens, where we took even more pictures. (Note to self, upload them to webshots!)
Instead of taking the taxi to Busch Gardens, we rented a car. A very sweet 2008(or 2009?) Dodge Caliber. It didnt even have 40 miles on it. I just have to say the glitter and glamor of a shiny new car faded fast. It took about three blocks to figure out the "Auto-Stick" feature, and that i was trying to drive the car in 1st and that i had to toggle it back and forth to go between drive and its overdrive. And the back window has blind spots almost as horrible as the Magnum. Its turning radius can be compared to a very large truck or rv, and I almost got us into an accident pulling a U turn because i assumed it would turn like an actual CAR. So what if it drove smoothly? Alot of other cars do. In the end it was nothing more then a fancy peice of crap!
Busch Gardens was really awesome. Much cooler then Univeral by a long shot. We did not go on any of the rides, inless you count the safari train thing. We walked around looking at all of the animals and taking pictures. My mom took my picture infront of one of the Budweiser Clydesdales, we looked at the Showjumping Hall Of Fame too. That was nice but it looked bigger from the outside then it really was. I think my favorite part of the trip (aside from the horses) was when we saw the lions. OMG LIONS! They were all sitting on a hill, nice for pictures with a camera with decent zoom. We took some pictures and moved on to the hyenas, but came back once a few lionesses started moving around. One walked RIGHT up to the glass where we were standing, then got in the truck bed on the one side of the enclosure. They have it set up to where there's two safari trucks you can sit in, one has a view from the front window, the other out the back window, with the bed accessible to the lions. She just SAT there watching us from the bed, and when we got our turn to slide in the truck for pictures her face was right up against the glass, like not even 6 inches away from mine, and she was just looking right through me. Had to think of the Lion King of course, it was awesome. They have the most beautiful eyes.
We were tired when we got home, but no real time to rest. We went out to dinner and then Adam showed up and got to meet my mom! They liked eachother, so thats a good thing ^_^ We took even more pictures, and Saturday before they left we walked around on the beach for a while after returning the stupid new car. XD Mom suggested we check out John's Pass (or John's something...?) After we leave, and thats what we did. Really cool pier with shops and restaurants. I wanted to go on the dolphin watching tour but adam thought it was going to rain. We ate pizza instead and walked around, even though we were both really tired. It looked like rain so we left early and got back over on our side of Florida before dark.
I have more to write about, but i'll save this last weekend for a later entry. (Tonite, not months from now!) I just need to work on my math homework. ^_^
Two weekends ago my mom came to Florida! Our boss in MN had won a trip and because she wasnt feeling the best and wanted to feel better for her trip to Mexico thats coming up, she gave it to my mom and Julie. They spent Wed - Saturday at the Don Cesar in St. Petersburg. That place is AMAZING!!! Expensive pink palace right on the ocean. Totally out of this world. I had an awesome time seeing my mom again. We took alot of pictures, and we also went to Busch Gardens, where we took even more pictures. (Note to self, upload them to webshots!)
Instead of taking the taxi to Busch Gardens, we rented a car. A very sweet 2008(or 2009?) Dodge Caliber. It didnt even have 40 miles on it. I just have to say the glitter and glamor of a shiny new car faded fast. It took about three blocks to figure out the "Auto-Stick" feature, and that i was trying to drive the car in 1st and that i had to toggle it back and forth to go between drive and its overdrive. And the back window has blind spots almost as horrible as the Magnum. Its turning radius can be compared to a very large truck or rv, and I almost got us into an accident pulling a U turn because i assumed it would turn like an actual CAR. So what if it drove smoothly? Alot of other cars do. In the end it was nothing more then a fancy peice of crap!
Busch Gardens was really awesome. Much cooler then Univeral by a long shot. We did not go on any of the rides, inless you count the safari train thing. We walked around looking at all of the animals and taking pictures. My mom took my picture infront of one of the Budweiser Clydesdales, we looked at the Showjumping Hall Of Fame too. That was nice but it looked bigger from the outside then it really was. I think my favorite part of the trip (aside from the horses) was when we saw the lions. OMG LIONS! They were all sitting on a hill, nice for pictures with a camera with decent zoom. We took some pictures and moved on to the hyenas, but came back once a few lionesses started moving around. One walked RIGHT up to the glass where we were standing, then got in the truck bed on the one side of the enclosure. They have it set up to where there's two safari trucks you can sit in, one has a view from the front window, the other out the back window, with the bed accessible to the lions. She just SAT there watching us from the bed, and when we got our turn to slide in the truck for pictures her face was right up against the glass, like not even 6 inches away from mine, and she was just looking right through me. Had to think of the Lion King of course, it was awesome. They have the most beautiful eyes.
We were tired when we got home, but no real time to rest. We went out to dinner and then Adam showed up and got to meet my mom! They liked eachother, so thats a good thing ^_^ We took even more pictures, and Saturday before they left we walked around on the beach for a while after returning the stupid new car. XD Mom suggested we check out John's Pass (or John's something...?) After we leave, and thats what we did. Really cool pier with shops and restaurants. I wanted to go on the dolphin watching tour but adam thought it was going to rain. We ate pizza instead and walked around, even though we were both really tired. It looked like rain so we left early and got back over on our side of Florida before dark.
I have more to write about, but i'll save this last weekend for a later entry. (Tonite, not months from now!) I just need to work on my math homework. ^_^