Abbley Road Trip 2009

Last week I returned from my 6 day road trip with Abbie- from Florida to New York. Between moving and traveling- I haven’t had the chance to blog. Now that I’m back to my routine, I should be more consistent.

So- I’m dying to share our vacation- I won’t bore you with all the details – just the highlights

1st Stop- Orlando: to visit Abbie’s friend Jason and Sue
•At the winery Sue forgot her ID and had to drink juice at the wine tasting.
•Drank margaritas and played Seinfeld Scene It (how to be a winner and a loser at the same time)

2nd Stop- Savannah:
•Haunted Pub Crawl- had some beers- scared the oldest man in our group and forced a friendship on another couple on the tour (they hung out with us the rest of the night)

•Our first bar had a punching bag machine where a guy put in $50 ($1 per punch) we ooohhh and ahhhh at his macho-ness so that he would give us a few shots.

3rd Stop- South of the Border – the pictures explain it all

4th Stop- Raleigh
•Had an awesome 4 star hotel- bought popcorn from the movie theatre, champagne from Target and watched a movie in our room on our huge HD TV screen.

5th Stop- Shenandoah Valley
•Forgot firewood, food, water and music.
•Drank 2 bottles of champagne and played Last Word all night
•Couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night because there was a rat in the wall
•Shenandoah Scenic Highway- it was so foggy we couldn’t see any of the scenery.

6th Stop- Luray Caverns
•check out the pictures – amazing place
•Abbie’s favorite part of the trip – the garden maze

Last stop- New York – Abbie’s home for the summer.

One mans trash...

I haven’t been blogging because I’m in the process of moving… again. This time I am moving into a fully furnished apartment- forcing me to condense all of my belongings to fit on one warehouse shelf and one bedroom closet. For the past 5 years (or more) I have been lugging the same crap from apt to apt. Half of it isn’t even mine- ALL of my furniture for instance- was the original property of a former roommate. Now **!!!EVERYTHING MUST GO!!!**

Last night I went through my cedar chest that my grandfather made for me. In it lies crap that I have kept since elementary school.  I found diaries from 3^rd grade, yearbooks, various trinkets and whatnots that once had a special meaning. I also found my National Physical Fitness award. I have no idea what the awards around my neck are for- or why I have kept these sunglasses. All of it is now in the trash though- well not my fitness badge- that’s going on the fridge. 

say what?

Abbie and I have been doing this for the past two days. It makes me laugh.

party poopers

A friend from high school wrote the following as his Facebook status:

 “Oh boy....Cinco De Mayo.......Yet another excuse for Americans to get drunk and act like morons.....no wonder we are falling behind in the world....we take all of the other countries holidays and use them as an excuse to kill brain cells”

Well old friend of mine, sounds like you could really use a cerveza. Get over yourself- there is nothing wrong with having fun.

Speaking of… I treated my man to dinner last night and you bet your ass we drank Margaritas.