Sandmen's Vacation Highlights

[The Sandmen]

Posted this on facebook. But I only have some of you on Facebook. So now let's all pretend this is Facebook and now this is here for the 0-1 of you who might give a shit. All else, nothing to see here, carry on my friends



Vacation Highlights (in note form)
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Day 0 - Prologue
- Passport has not arrived.
- Time of departure for Florida: Thursday, 7:00pm.

Day 1 - Thursday (Night)
- 4:00pm - Passport arrives.
- 7:00pm - Long drive to Florida begins. Pets in car for drop-off at parents.
- 7:05pm - Raine: "Mom...I'm bleeding". Excellent start.

Day 2 - Friday (Night)
- Stay at hotel in Georgia.
- First day in probably 2 years without having toast & peanut butter at least once.

Day 3 - Saturday
- toast & peanut butter withdrawal.
- arrive in Florida.
- Grocery shopping; acquire bread and peanut butter!
- go to Florida Panthers last regular season game. They play Carolina. The Panthers win, and the tickets were dirt-cheap.

Day 4 - Sunday
- Head to Beach/Ocean. Rip current warning in effect. Really cool, pully waves. Breeze nice and cool, but the sun secretly burns you anyway. The sun is a jerk in Florida.

Day 5 - Monday
- 6:00am - Wake up to leave for Disneyworld.
- 10:00am - arrive at Disneyworld.
- 10:03am - fall in love with everything Disney.
- 9:00pm - ride "it's a small world".
- 9:15pm - feel delight.
- 10:00pm - leave Disneyworld
- 2:00am - delight wears off.
- 4:00am - get back from Disneyworld.

Day 6 - Tuesday
- Visit Sandoway House; touched stingray without its permission. Sandoway staff and local Law enforcement didn't mind. Note to self: do not live at Sandoway house.
- Visit Barnes & Noble. Unimpressed with prices irreflective of their online prices.
- Resent Barnes & Noble indefinitely.

Day 7 - Wednesday
- 11:00am - Visit Kennedy Space Center
- 12:00pm - experience awe & wonder.
- 1:00pm - experience awe & wonder.
- 2:00pm - experience awe & wonder.
- 3:00pm - experience awe & wonder.
- 4:00pm - experience awe & wonder.
- 4:15pm - leave Kennedy Space Center.

Day 8 - Thursday
- 10:00am - avoid heat.
- 12:00pm - continue avoiding heat.
- 1:00pm - finish reading The Crow (special extended edition)
- 2:00pm - maintain policy of avoiding heat.
- 8:00pm - attend Florida Panthers vs. New York Islanders Playoff game.
- 8:14pm - Become Florida Panthers fan.
- 10:00pm - Feel shame and humiliation of being a Florida Panthers fan.

Day 9 - Friday
- Start long drive home.

Day 10 - Saturday
- Continue long drive home.
- 2:00pm - stay at epic suite because they pretended we were bowlers.
- 9:00pm - watch UFC with the inlaws while eating pizza.

Day 11 - Sunday
- 4:30pm - arrive home.
- 9:00pm - start this silly write-up.
- 11:20pm - finish this silly write-up.
- 11:21pm - go to bed
- 11:22pm - stay up until 5am for no reason other than idiocy.

[The Rocketmen]

Love it. Expected some drama, but otherwise a fun read

[The Sandmen]

After the passport drama, I think I was drama'ed out. Like...I didn't know if I was going to be sitting in a car for 30 hours until 3 hours before we were supposed to leave, haha. Like, when I woke up that morning, I didn't know if I would be spending the night at home all by myself or in a car with 4 other people. It's a really weird feeling.

[The West Coast Knockouts]

That's actually one heck of a trip. Glad you enjoyed it ! How cheap were the playoff tickets ?

[The Sandmen]

Apr 19, 2016 3:04:20 GMT -5 The West Coast Knockouts said:

That's actually one heck of a trip. Glad you enjoyed it ! How cheap were the playoff tickets ?

We got the $35s, but they still only went as high as $200.

[The Mighty Ducks]

nice hope it rocked