Wednesday: I spent most of the morning worried and frustrated that Ben wasn't going to make it home in time to catch our flight. He finally arrived to my place of residence shortly after 2pm and it was smooth sailing from there on in. No car troubles (or air troubles) this time around. Arrived at 20614 Queen Alexandria Drive in comfortably warm temperatures, toured my parents lovely Florida home and crashed.
Thursday: Ma, Dad, Ben and I went to Animal Kingdom - which I wasn't too excited about, seeing how I didn't really enjoy it the first time around in 2000 - but Ben REALLY wanted to go... It turned out to be quite enjoyable, especially the new ride: Expedition Everest, a Himalayan-themed runaway train adventure with a giant Yeti who tears up the track!
After some hours at the AK, went drove down to Orlando to pick up Alison, Brian and Loni. Quite the family reunion.For dinner, we hit up Cafe Tu Tu Tango. Definitely recommend this spot - good eats, tasty drinks including an extensive martini menu, live entertainment (we saw a belly dancer and her daughter who hula-hooped like 25 hula-hoops at once), artists, etc...
Friday: Bummed around like retired folk do. Hit up the pool, did a little golf cart driving, ate at a cute lil bakery, toured a winery. Nice and relaxing. At night we played an exciting round of mini-golf - 2 holes in 1 and I took first place out of the 7 of us.
After we returned to Leesburg, I think it was Ben and Brian who put the finishing touches on the Maple Lane puzzle: 
Saturday: Disney! Ali, Ben and I ran all over Magic Kingdom, taking in the classic rides with Pirates (although I despise the fact that they put Johnny Depp in the ride - the movie came from the ride, not the other way around!), BIG Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion and of course Space Mountain. We then monorailed over to Epcot where we rode Test Track and drank our way around the countries. We met up with the rest of the folk in China for a delicious gourmet meal, where I drank two pots of tea to help rid myself of the returned sore throat.
Sunday: Ciao! The fam left Ben and myself to our own devices - we relaxed at the pool till we were slightly toasted and then caught our flight back to the working world.
Now it's back to sick children, sick me and job hunting.
I'm beginning to think that my body is reacting to giving up chocolate for Lent. Those natural antioxidants were keeping me healthy.
Only 4 more days...
Saturday: Disney! Ali, Ben and I ran all over Magic Kingdom, taking in the classic rides with Pirates (although I despise the fact that they put Johnny Depp in the ride - the movie came from the ride, not the other way around!), BIG Thunder Mountain, Haunted Mansion and of course Space Mountain. We then monorailed over to Epcot where we rode Test Track and drank our way around the countries. We met up with the rest of the folk in China for a delicious gourmet meal, where I drank two pots of tea to help rid myself of the returned sore throat.Sunday: Ciao! The fam left Ben and myself to our own devices - we relaxed at the pool till we were slightly toasted and then caught our flight back to the working world.Now it's back to sick children, sick me and job hunting.I'm beginning to think that my body is reacting to giving up chocolate for Lent. Those natural antioxidants were keeping me healthy.
Only 4 more days...
4 comments:
excellent! i think you're right about the chocolate. be careful when you start eating it again- you don't want to go into shock!
you need to post more, woman. what am I supposed to do while I am bored at work?! :)
have fun at ben folds tonight!
Hey, I ate at a Cafe Tu Tu Tango in Miami -- actually, Coconut Grove. I didn't realize there was more than one.
Yeah, Cafe Tu Tu's are all over the place - as should be - because they're so much fun!
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