Getting Road Trip Ready...

Saturday after work the Boy & I will be making our way to Florida by... CAR!  That's right, we're going on our very first road trip!  Interesting, huh?  Think we won't bitch each other out on the way there? Hope not, but lets just say he's in for a treat, having never driven past... Virginia, something tells me he's probably going to lose his mind once we reach The Carolinas and how straight and boring the ride is going to be.  You'll see.  

I mapped out our trip on Google Maps and the total mileage comes to 1,109!! Ahhhh!!!!!! 

Check it out!

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I haven't really let myself look at it the map much because it's just overwhelming and after just looking at it, I nearly had a spazz attack!  Could you imagine doing that cross-country?! Granted it's also something I want to do at some point, I'm just not sure when... and it's not like I haven't driven down to Florida before, I have.  It's been a long time, and for that reason.   Today I did manage to get a few things out of the way in order to get the car ready, not that much is needed but still, you never know and in the process I was almost scammed, or something like it.  I brought my car to Town Fair Tire for an alignment only to be told just seconds after I got there that I really only needed new tires.  Now an alignment cost about $69, and a new set of Bridgestone Turanza EL400 are about $150 each maybe even more.  Make's you wonder exactly what he really thought I needed, or what rather what he wanted from me!  Anyhow, I got my oil changed at Honda of Westport and after their 19-point inspection it turns out that my tires are just fine for now, the only thing that mattered or I should start thinking about soon are my brakes.  Thanks Mr. Town Fair Tire... it looks to me like you weren't really being all that fair to me by trying to make me spend $600 dollars on tires that obviously don't need to be replaced yet. 

More to come on the prep stuff...

Since we plan on doing the drive in a straight shot... I've gotta find ideas and stuff to keep us entertained, places we can stop for great food, and possibly things to see along the way that don't always look like this

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Today was a good day

Ahh... Sunday.

This was probably one of the most active Sundays I've had in quite sometime, make that the most active weekend.  I worked Saturday of course, after that I headed over to Waterbury to Help out the Boys Dad get his things out of the house since it's finally sold.  There's a lot that goes on in my mind when I think about everything and anything to do with that part of my life, or rather the Boys life.  As uncomfortable as it felt to actually go there I still went, I went to help out, I went to be there for them, being a part of their family now for such a long time I think I'm allowed to say that it affects me just as well.  It obviously isn't the same, but it still does.  Anyways, I'm not going into that right now, as I said, more on that later. 

As you know, no trip to Waterbury is complete without stopping for some good home cooking at his Grandmother's house.  I think I finally fell in love with slimy seafood again!  We had linguine with clams, and mussels, which were by far the best tasting mussels EVER!  Leave it to his Grandma to hook it up with everything under the sun, even amaretto, not that she did, but if you'd let her, she would.  

Today was great though, and probably one of the ways I'd like to spend every Sunday for the rest of the summer.  We all got up fairly early this morning, which the exception of the Boy, who apparently needs more sleep than others, such a prissy bitch.  Anyways, once we were all up and ready, we headed to the beach, again... the Boy and I were late in meeting the rest of the D-10 because... he was being a... Princess.  We spent a few hours at the beach, literally baking ourselves under the sun.  I think it's safe to say we all look like tomatoes right now, some of us have marks from where we assume we were stung by a couple of jellyfish.  

After a day at the beach we ended up at Red Lobster, what are the odds?! I mean!  =) I'm kidding.  I had an orgasmic dinner myself, called Hawaiian Isles Shrimp & Salmon.  The delicious entree consisted of Crispy jumbo coconut shrimp, paired with spicy pineapple-glazed fresh salmon topped with toasted macadamia nuts and coconut.  Served with wild rice pilaf and pina colada sauce.  I fell in LOVE with the salmon, and the pina colada sauce was... saucy enough to drink!  Everyone knows you can't eat something so good without the perfect drink, and today I had a Sunset Passion Pina Colada, one of my favorites!  

Our waitress ended up being a 10 with everything, from service to friendliness and even comfortable enough to be funny with us when it was needed.  Her name was Tina and she had recently moved up here from down south with her husband.  Both her husband and her are looking for an accountant, so the Boy made himself a new contact since being an accountant is basically what he does for a living. 

All in all this weekend was good, I found time to relax, enjoy myself and the company of others as well as do a couple of fun things together that we all enjoy. 

Beach + Robeks = Happiness

I'm So Exhausted!! Today I spend the entire day at Sherwood Island. Every Summer I try to turn myself into a beach bum which isn't really all the possible if you're not living at the beach, or rather, on the beach. I figure I can get close enough by going once a week maybe twice religiously if I could on weekends, and living so close to the shore should make me more beach bum like. As you know Wednesdays are my days off, and I've realized that I'm not satisfied with my days off unless I'm out and about, or at the beach, or just doing something. There have been a few times where I've just stayed home and just felt miserable by night cause I hadn't done anything. I realize it is my day off and it's purpose or part of it is to relax, but honestly I have a hard time relaxing. Especially considering the fact that I've been home alone now for nearly a day and it's too darn quiet, it's nice, but just too quiet. The Boy's away on business, his sister is on vacation and so is our housemate, who's in Maine. This should give me time alone where I can actually think about things, and what my next moves are going to be.

So there I was laying out on the beach, getting my Vitamin D for the day, which for the most part was quite relaxing until I had a few visitors coming my way. I saw them off in the distance and knew they were regulars at the park, but today they were getting closer, and closer, and closer until they finally had me surrounded. I'm talking about GEESE!! I had never seen SO many this close!

They weren't afraid of me or anything, at one point I think I was more afraid of them, or just this one particular goose that was literally eyeing me the entire time. I don't know what he wanted, or expected from me. I didn't have any food out, nor do I think I look like food either... scary! I should make myself an "I survived a goose attack" t-shirt.

I don't really know what I'm doing for dinner tonight, or soon. Earlier I had stopped by Robeks Juice and had myself a South Pacific Breeze Smoothie that was ab.so.lute.ly delicious! I think I would do anything for a smoothie, I don't kid when I say that either. Why didn't I go with a large?

Last night I went out to the gym around midnight and didn't come home until after 1AM. It wasn't so bad, I like going later simply cause there's no one else there and its just, less intimidating, not that it is all the time, it's just nicer to have it all to myself. We'll see what happens tonight, should I stay or should I go?

Sun Burn!

View of the sky, obviously

  
Yes! 

I know it's rather unhealthy to be glad about getting burned by the sun, I just can't help it!  It actually makes me feel like summer is here!  Laying out under the bright sun and puffy white clouds was AMAZING!  If you're as big a fan of beaches as I am along with sun bathing, than you understand exactly where I'm coming from.  

 

View from Sherwood Island's East Beach

Connecticut beaches aren't tropical but they'll do, even if you sometimes can't see your feet through the water, and it's more green and blurry than clear and blue.  I love it!!!

View of... yeah. You get it.