WE'RE BACK
At 2004-04-13 on 1:10 p.m.
WE'VE MADE IT BACK HOME FROM OUR LIL SPRING VACATION!! WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND HAD GREAT WEATHER~THAT ALWAYS HELPS!! I FIRST OFF WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A BELATED HAPPY PASSOVER AND EASTER!! I'LL TELL A LIL BIT ABOUT OUR TRIP AND TELL ABOUT THE SECOND HALF OF IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME~I HAVE SO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON AROUND THE HOUSE!!
WE LEFT LAST SATURDAY MORNING~ME,MY HUSBAND,MY SON DOUG AND OUR NEPHEW DAULTON~MY OTHER SON WES HAD SCHOOL AND WORK AND HAD TO TAKE CARE OF THE DOG!!
WE PICKED DAULTON UP FROM MY PARENTS HOUSE AND LEFT AROUND 10AM-WE DIDNT GET A MILE DOWN THE STREET BEFORE MY MOM STARTS CALLING THE CELL PHONE-LOL-DAULTON FORGOT HIS SKATEBOARD-MY HUSBAND WAS LIKE SO HE'S NOT TAKING THAT BIG THING WITH US-WE GOT IN ABOUT ANOTHER MILE BEFORE SHE CALLED AGAIN-I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT DAULTONS MEDS AND TOOTHBRUSH IS IN HIS SIDE ZIPPER ON HIS SUITCASE-I WAS LIKE OK IM SURE WE WOULD OF FOUND IT-SHE CALLED AGAIN AND WE DIDNT PICK UP!! LOL
WE HEADED DOWN I-10 TOWARDS TALLAHASEE,DOUG WANTED TO GO TO THE FSU GARNET AND GOLD SPRING GAME-WE MADE GOOD TIME AND GOT THERE ABOUT 12:30 WHICH WAS A GOOD THING CAUSE THE GAME STARTED AT 2 AND WHEN WE GOT TO TALLAHASEE WE GOT STUCK IN SOME PARADE-LOL-I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THE PARADE WAS FOR!! WE MADE IT TO THE STADIUM BUT THEY WERENT HAVING THE GAME THERE SO WE HAD TO FIND OUT THE FIELD WERE IT WAS AND WE DID AND WE HAD GREAT SEATS AND I MUST SAY I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE THERE-I HAVE BEEN A HUGE FSU FAN SINCE I WAS A LIL GIRL AND TO SEE BOBBY BOWDEN IN PERSON JUST MADE ME A HAPPY GIRL,IT WAS A PRACTICE GAME BUT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL TO SEE OUR NOLES FINALLY IN PERSON-WES HAS A COUPLE OF FRIENDS ON THE TEAM SO IT WAS NEAT SEEING THEM OUT THERE!! IT WAS HOT AS HECK TOO SITTING ON THOSE METAL BLEACHERS-I GOT MY FIRST SUNBURN OF THE YEAR!! DOUG GOT HIS PICTURE MADE WITH SOME PLAYERS AND HE WAS HAPPY!!
WE THEN GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AFTER GETTING A LATE LUNCH~DREADING THE LONG DRIVE THRU PENSICOLA-IT TAKES YOU FOREVER TO GET THRU THAT TOWN-THAT IS THE WORSE DRIVE IN FL. TO US~ONCE YOU GET THRU THERE THE DRIVE GOES BY FAST!!
WE HIT ALABAMA AND GOT THRU THERE IN NO TIME AND THE SAME WITH MISSISSIPPI-WE GOT INTO MISS. AROUND 8:30PM AND GOT TO GULFPORT MISS. NOT TOO MUCH LONGER-WE DIDNT HAVE RESERVASTIONS FOR THIS NIGHT NOT KNOWING WE WOULD MAKE GOOD TIME SO WE HAD TO FIND A HOTEL-THE FIRST ONE WAS ASKING WAY TO MUCH MONEY THE SECOND ONE WASNT BAD AT ALL-SO WE THOUGHT-LOLI WENT IN AND BOOKED THE ROOM AND WE FOUND A PARKING SPOT AND PULLED IN AND BEFORE WE COULD GET OUT-THERE WAS ABOUT 5 OR 6 POLICE CARS FLYING INTO THE PARKING LOT-AND I WAS LIKE OHHHH GREAT-JUST OUR LUCK,THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A NO STRESS VACATION FOR THE HORRIABLE MONTH WE HAVE HAD-MY HUSBAND WAS GETTING OUT AND DOUG AND DAULTON STARTED SINGING "BAD BOYS BAD BOYS WHAT'CHA GOING TO DO" AND IM LIKE SHUT UP THEY CAN HEAR YOU-IT WAS FUNNY-IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DOMESTIC FIGHT-WE WENT UP TO THE ROOM AND IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY CLEAN-THE BEDS WERE SMALL AS HECK AND DOUG WAS LIKE-WHERE IS DAULTON GOING TO SLEEP AND I SAID I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING ABOUT YOUR DAD!! LOL IT WAS THEN GETTING LATE AND WE HADNT HAD DINNER YET SO WE WENT TO IHOP AND HAD SOME GREAT BREAKFAST FOR DINNER FOOD!! WE MADE IT BACK TO THE HOTEL AND LAID IN BED TELLING JOKES AND RIDDLES AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN-IT TURNS OUT THAT IM A RE-TARD TO MY CHILDREN-LOL-ALL THOUGH I DO THINK I GOT MOST OF THE RIDDLES RIGHT-I HAD THEM TRYING TO DO THE HARDEST TONGUE TWISTER EVER-LOL-SAYING RED LEATHER,YELLOW LEATHER OVER AND OVER FASTER AND FASTER-IT WAS FUNNY WATCHING THEM TRY TO DO IT!! DOUG SLEPT TERRIABLE CAUSE DAULTON WAS LAYING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM ALL NIGHT AND MY HUSBAND SLEPT TERRIABLE CAUSE HIS HAND WAS KILLING HIM~HE FORGOT HIS MAIN PAIN MEDS. AND HE DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO ICE HIS HAND LIKE HE WAS SUPPOSE TO~I HAD SOMETHING WEIRD HAPPEN TO ME TOO-MY RIGHT ANKLE SWELLED UP TO THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL-I DONT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE BUT IT WAS WEIRD-IT DIDNT REALLY HURT BUT EARLIER IN THE DAY MY HUSBAND SAID I LOOKED LIKE I WAS LIMPING!!
WELL WE WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING AND CHECKED OUT AROUND 9AM AND I SAW THINGS THAT I DIDNT SEE THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT MADE ME HAVE FLASHBACKS FROM A TRIP I TOOK BEFORE-LOL-I GUESS IT WAS THE OWNERS BUT THEY WERE FIRING UP THEIR GRILLS AND COOKING I GUESS BREAKFAST ON THEIR GRILLS,AND I SAW A SHOPPING CART-ITS A INSIDE JOKE BUT ATLEAST THIS HOTELS ROOMS WERE CLEAN AND DIDNT HAVE RUSTY WATER!!!
WE COULDNT CHECK INTO OUR HOTEL THAT WE HAD RESERVATIONS FOR UNTIL 4PM SO WE HEADED TO NEW ORLEANS WHICH WAS ONLY ABOUT A HOUR AWAY!! WE GOT THERE AND IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED AND WE FOUND OUT WHY-THEY WERE HAVING THE LADIES COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME AT THE SUPERDOME ON TUESDAY-IT WAS UCONN AGAINST TENN. WE WERE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND SAW REBECCA LOBO-SHE IS A FAMOUS WOMENS BASKETBALL PLAYER AND WE GOT OUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH HER AND HER AUTOGRAPH-SHE WAS REALLY NICE AND HAVING A GOOD TIME-SHE HAD A FILM CREW
FOLLOWING HER!! WE WENT TO THE FRENCH QUARTER AND DID SOME SHOPPING-I GOT MY VOODOO DOLLS-LOL-I GOT BAILEY(MY NIECE)A PRETTY MARDI GRAS MASK WITH BIG PEACOK FEATHERS AND SHE LOVED IT,I GOT ME SOME MONKEY BEDS-I LOVE MONKEYS!! IT DIDNT STINK AS BAD THIS TIME AS THE LAST TIME BUT DAULTON SAID IT STUNK TO HIM-I THINK IT WAS THE HORSE POOP SMELL HE WAS SMELLING!!! WE WALKED PAST A COUPLE OF GAY BARS AND THIS ONE HAD 2 MEN DANCING TOGETHER AND DOUG TOLD DAULTON TO LOOK AND DAULTON WAS LIKE MAN-THATS GAY-AND DOUG WAS LIKE THATS WHY ITS CALLED A "GAY BAR"!!! LOL DAULTON HASNT REALLY EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE!!! NOW IF YOU ARE A GAY WOMAN-YOU MISSED OUT-THERE WERE TONS OF GAY WOMAN THERE THAT DAY-I GUESS BECAUSE OF THE WOMENS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP!! WE WATCHED A LOT OF NEAT STREET PERFORMERS AND WE WATCHED SOME REALLY GOOD BREAKDANCERS AND I TIPPED THE GUY $2 AND HE FLASHED ME HIS THIGH-IT WAS FUNNY AS HECK!! DOUG SAID THEY AINT GOT NOTHING ON THE BREAKDANCERS IN NYC...
IT WAS THEN AROUND 3PM SO WE HEADED BACK TOWARDS GULFPORT MISS. TO CHECK INTO OUR HOTEL AND WHEN WE GOT SETTLED IN THE BOYS WENT SWIMMING-THE HOTEL HAS A NICE LAZY RIVER POOL SO THEY WENT INTO THAT AND THE WATER WAS STILL FREEZING BUT THEY WENT AND THEN MY HUSBAND DECIDED THAT HE WOULD GO-SO THEY DID THAT FOR AWHILE AND THEN GOT INTO THE SAUNA!! WE THEN WENT AND GOT READY FOR DINNER AND THE CASINOS-WE DIDNT EAT LUNCH SO WE WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR THE FAB DINNER BUFFETT-LOL-AND BOY DID WE EAT-IT WAS SOOOOOO DAMN GOOD-THEY HAD THE BEST CRABLEGS EVER AND THEY HAD A CHOCOLATE FOUNTAIN THAT HAD MARSHMELLOS AND BANANAS AND STRAWBERRIES IT WAS SOOOOOOO GOOD!! WE FELT LIKE WE WERE IN A FOOD COMA!!!
THE BOYS HEADED BACK UP TO THE ROOM AND ME AND THE HUBBY WENT GAMBLING AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN-WE WON ABOUT $100 BUT BET IT AWAY-WE WENT THRU ABOUT $200 BY THE NIGHTS END BUT WE GAMBLE MAYBE ONCE A YEAR SO ITS NOT LIKE IT WAS A BIG DEAL-IT WAS OUR ONE YEAR DEAL TO REALLY BLOW AWAY MONEY ON SOMETHING FUN!! THERE WAS ALOT OF PEOPLE AROUND US WINNING BUT NOT US!!! WE'RE NOT BIG DRINKERS EITHER BUT I HAD ABOUT 8 RUM/COKE WITH LIME AND I DIDNT EVEN GET A TINY BUZZ SO THEY MUST PUT LIKE A DROP OF RUM IN THERE-I GUESS THATS WHY THE DRINKS ARE FREE!!! :)
WE GOT BACK TO THE ROOM AROUND 1:30 AM AND DOUG WAS ACTING LIKE THE PARENT-WERE HAVE YA'LL BEEN,HOW MUCH DID YA'LL SPEND-LOL-YA'LL LOST $200 ARE YA'LL CRAZY?! LOL-LOL-WE SAID SHUT AND GO BACK TO SLEEP!!! MY HUSBAND SLEPT EVEN WORSE AND HIS HAND WAS KILLING HIM SO WE DECIDED NOT TO STAY ANOTHE NIGHT AND JUST HEAD BACK HOME ON MONDAY SO HE COULD GET HIS MEDS...WHEN WE WOKE UP MONDAY MORNING THE WEATHER HAD GOTTON CHILLY SO THEY COULDNT HAVE GONE SWIMMING AGAIN ANY WAY!!! I MUST SAY THAT MISS. HAS THE PRETTIEST BEACHES-THEY ARE SO CALM(BEING THE GULF) AND THE BEACHES ARE SO WHITE AND THE HOMES ARE JUST TO DIE FOR-LIKE PLANTATION HOMES!!!
ON THE WAY HOME WE STOPPED IN MOBIL ALABAMA AND THE BOYS WENT ON A BATTLESHIP AND SUBMARINE AND THEY LOVED IT!! I HAD TO DRIVE HOME CAUSE MY HUSBANDS HAND WAS SO FREAKY-THE NERVES WERE SHOCKING HIM SO BAD THAT IT WAS FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND HE HAD TO HOLD IT DOWN UNDER HIS RIGHT ARM-HE HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT FROM FLYING AROUND-IT WAS FREAKY!!! WE GOT HOME AROUND 11:30PM MONDAY AND MY COUSIN CRYSTAL AND HER HUSBAND WERE SUPPOSE TO BE IN TOWN CAUSE HE HAD BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF BUT THEIR TRIP GOT CANCELED SO ON TUESDAY WE TOOK THE BOAT OUT ALL DAY AND HAD FUN AND GOT SOME MORE SUN!!! AND THEN WED. WE LEFT AGAIN AND I WILL TELL ALL ABOUT THAT NEXT TIME!!! I'VE GOT TO START DINNER LOL AND CLEAN UP!!!
TA TA FOR NOW!!!
PATTI