Crispy

My big brother came into town. His sister-in-law had a time share that they were willing to use. They stated at the Holiday Inn Orange Lake Resort in Orlando. They were celebrating their ten year wedding anniversary!

So after they celebrated their anniversary we came up to spend the night with them. The resort they stayed at had everything on the grounds. There was even a Marketplace!! They had like six pools and three water slides AND a lazy river! Friday night we spent just playing in the lazy river and went down a few of the little slides. We at at the bar and grill at River Village (the pool with all the water slides). I had sushi and was completely happy! Saturday morning was check out so we got up a bit early. We loaded everything into the car and went back to River Village (even though you had to check out of the hotel you could stay on the property!). Jason and I rode the HIPPO for an hour. This thing is a blow up water slide, for starters. It is 146 feet tall and 30 steps up. All told we did ten runs in one hour. That's 300 steps and 1,460 feet!!!! My thighs are hurting today. But it was fun bonding time with my big bro.... something I'm not sure we've really done in the 8 or so years we've been back in each others lives. The rest of the day we played in the lazy river. It was just relaxing all around.

The trip back from Orlando was great. No traffic. AC is fixed so we weren't dying! We came home then went out to see Sista Otis at the Queens Head in St. Pete. It's a "eurobar" complete with beds outside. It's a great venue for her but I hate the wanna be light show they play behind her. It was a great turn out though and she was hammin' it up! Totally playing to the audience. I was happy to see so many people show up for her. Jason and Christina weren't huge fans of their food as it's European but they had fun nonetheless. We didn't stay for the whole show cause Adrian and I were burnt to a crisp. Poor Adrian could barely allow me to put aloe on her! We're both still pretty hot today so there will be nothing but t-shirts worn until the red goes away.

This week should be chill. Homework, maybe a tattoo sometime later on. We're just trying to breathe while we're still here, not get too anxious or excited, and plan the best we can. We should know about her loans and my unemployment this week so *fingers crossed* everything goes well our plans of leaving end of June should stick. I'm feeling positive about it.

Cali - here we come!

Saturday... What a day.... spend more time with you!

I woke up this morning with a drunk headache and I haven't been drunk in months. I don't know if it's the gall stone or the mass in my colon, or maybe it's just the Crohn's infection flaring up, but alcohol truly does nothing for me anymore. I've tried. One night while watching our friend Sista Otis at a near by bar I had three Long Island Ice Tea's. Now a year ago I would have been past the point of tipsy and happy as hell with that on my menu. This time, I could have driven home. And not in a drunk "I'ssss fiiineeee I thwear officer. I'ss not brunk at the liiiitlest bit" kinda drive but I was truly not even tipsy. Sure I still drink once in a while because I truly am one of those people that likes the taste of alcohol. But I more drink like you would if you had a craving for a Jamocha Shake from Arby's.... just cause it tastes good. I didn't drive that night as I've learned my lesson well. I'm still paying for it. But I could have nonetheless.

So here it is a beautiful Saturday morning. And I just wanna go back to sleep. Our friend The Lilo is coming to visit us from Orlando tonight so going back to sleep is not in order. I am having my morning coffee and will follow it with some Mother's Day cookies (a gift from my furry children) then off to the laundromat to do laundry and fold my unmentionables out where everyone can see them. I can't wait to have my own washer and dryer back.

Upon return we shall clean the entire house in hopes that our friend will feel comfortable and happy staying with us. He's really in town to see his mom tomorrow for Mother's Day so I'm not sure if he's staying with us or not. I'm just happy to get to see him. He's hilarious and I've never met him except online. Apparently Adrian kissed him in high school but doesn't remember, poor guy. She probably broke his heart and can't even remember who he is. But it should be a good evening nonetheless. We are going to see Iron Man 2. Oh the movies with a bunch of geeks! (I'm secretly excited to see the movie. Although I never followed comics I saw the first one and liked it)

Tomorrow I get to see my mama for Mother's Day. That seems second nature to most but I haven't seen her in over a year and since we currently live on opposite sides of the country it's a total blessing. Thank you Interstate Batteries for having a work conference 40 minutes from my home on a day when I would truly miss my mama terribly. We are going out to dinner and I just get mama time. I haven't been this excited in months!!

Here's to laundry and a clean house. Oh goddess give me strength.