We're not moving Saturday.
24 July 2008
23 July 2008
Busch Gardens
Last weekend we went to a theme park called Busch Gardens in Tampa. Busch (the beer company) offers free tickets once a year to military members and their families to visit any of their theme parks. We took advantage of it last year, when we were in Cocoa Beach and this year we never really got a chance to go again until last Saturday. Well, we found out it wasn't such a great idea to go on the weekend in the middle of July. It was unbelievably hot, sweaty and humid. There was a ridiculous amount of people there and overall we just didn't have that great of a time. We were there for nearly 3 hrs before we made it on a ride. As soon as we got there we went to get on a ride and they wouldn't allow any bags of any sort, not even my little camera bag. So we went in search of a locker, and there were no empty lockers to be found. He had to walk around the entire park to find one. Then 2 of the rides broke down while we were waiting in line, which was very frustrating because we had already been waiting for at least 45min for one of them (our favorite ride, Sheikra.) It was so irritating! I felt bad for the people though that got stuck on the ride at the very top of the coaster. That must have been awful in the heat!
We ended up leaving the park fairly early and went to dinner at Chili's, where we ate an immense amount of food.
Dan and his CG friend Lara
Asia Elephant18 July 2008
The packing begins....and pictures from Coltyns visit
Well, I'm just about to really begin packing. I've kinda been putting it off all week by doing other errands. How do people move all the time?? The task of fitting all of our stuff into boxes is kinda daunting. Maybe that's just because we have lots of random things everywhere!!
Here are some pictures from earlier in the week when Coltyn was visiting.
So happy to be going to his gaming tournament!
Yeah brother, you should be happy that we drove you all the way to Orlando and back!
Being goofy!
Brother and Sister
A face we saw in the sky on our drive back from Orlando. Neat!
Coltyn at Clearwater Beach
Always, always texting!
Here are some pictures from earlier in the week when Coltyn was visiting.
So happy to be going to his gaming tournament!
Yeah brother, you should be happy that we drove you all the way to Orlando and back!
Being goofy!
Brother and Sister
A face we saw in the sky on our drive back from Orlando. Neat!
Coltyn at Clearwater BeachAlways, always texting!
12 July 2008
A date is set...sorta :)
Well, we've almost officially decided we are leaving Clearwater on Sat. Jul 26th. Who cares about the CG. So, we have only about 2 more weeks here and we are just starting to realize how much stuff we need to get done. Dan has already put in for his leave and we have somewhat mapped out our trip back to Oregon. We will get to see quite a few people along the way and I am super excited for that! We are going to try our hardest to get out of our apt lease by the end of the month and we'll pack all our stuff into storage. Most likely Dan will have to fly back to Florida in August to either go back to work (ugghh!!) or if he has to be here to finalize paperwork etc (yay!)
So I have a busy 2 weeks ahead of me. Good thing I don't have to work any more! I also want to try and squeeze in as much time w/friends as possible.
Also, very RANDOMLY my little brother Coltyn came to FL to visit for a couple of days. It's a pretty funny story, but I'm sure I'll elaborate later once I post pictures. Yes, my camera for some reason decided to start working again. It's kind of strange.
So I have a busy 2 weeks ahead of me. Good thing I don't have to work any more! I also want to try and squeeze in as much time w/friends as possible.
Also, very RANDOMLY my little brother Coltyn came to FL to visit for a couple of days. It's a pretty funny story, but I'm sure I'll elaborate later once I post pictures. Yes, my camera for some reason decided to start working again. It's kind of strange.
09 July 2008
July Happenings
Well, we've been busy and very unbusy the last couple of weeks. Every day is pretty much consumed with us wondering in amazement how we are still here. But in the inbetween time we had a nice 4th of July weekend. I had to work, but we headed to Clearwater Beach afterwards for a picnic dinner with some friends from our church. It turned out to be a really beautiful, relaxing afternoon. We played with the kids, chatted and swam in the warm water. Afterwards we met at a park nearby the causeway and watched the fireworks over the water. The fireworks were pretty decent and it was hilarious watching all the little kids cover their ears each time a firework went off!
I also went out with friends on Saturday night. I had so much fun! We went to mexican food for dinner and then headed to St. Pete to go to an amazing Spanish tapas bar/restaurant called Ceviche! So apparently, somehow I missed the whole ceviche thing in Spain. I don't know how this happened? Where was all the ceviche that could have been eaten...by me? Maybe I thought I wouldn't like it, because seafood is now growing on me and I like it much more than I used to. But anyways, the tapas bar totally reminded me of Spain. I think I might have mentioned Spain like 50 times...ooops! So we got some drinks (lemonade!) and hung out and then we were seated for tapas/dessert. My dessert was AMAZING! Afterwards we headed down to the basement to check out a live band, singing spanish songs with the spanish guitar. The music was great and it was hilarious watching all the crazy people dance, but we danced for a song or two. We had a good time!
Of other news, Friday is my last day at work!!!!! WAHOOOO!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!! No more work for me! I'm sure I'll elaborate more on this later (friday!)
We've also have some tentative roadtrip plans, but I think I'll go into that later as well.
Hopefully the next time we post it will be to tell you that we finally have discharge papers....I mean after all..."it REALLY REALLY should be any day now...even though I said that last time" (quote from a Coast Guard officer from a week ago!)
I also went out with friends on Saturday night. I had so much fun! We went to mexican food for dinner and then headed to St. Pete to go to an amazing Spanish tapas bar/restaurant called Ceviche! So apparently, somehow I missed the whole ceviche thing in Spain. I don't know how this happened? Where was all the ceviche that could have been eaten...by me? Maybe I thought I wouldn't like it, because seafood is now growing on me and I like it much more than I used to. But anyways, the tapas bar totally reminded me of Spain. I think I might have mentioned Spain like 50 times...ooops! So we got some drinks (lemonade!) and hung out and then we were seated for tapas/dessert. My dessert was AMAZING! Afterwards we headed down to the basement to check out a live band, singing spanish songs with the spanish guitar. The music was great and it was hilarious watching all the crazy people dance, but we danced for a song or two. We had a good time!
Of other news, Friday is my last day at work!!!!! WAHOOOO!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!! No more work for me! I'm sure I'll elaborate more on this later (friday!)
We've also have some tentative roadtrip plans, but I think I'll go into that later as well.
Hopefully the next time we post it will be to tell you that we finally have discharge papers....I mean after all..."it REALLY REALLY should be any day now...even though I said that last time" (quote from a Coast Guard officer from a week ago!)
19 June 2008
Literally Us
Okay, here is another favorite snapshot. Both of us love this picture for some odd reason. I think because it's so real, I feel as though you can see what we're thinking. It's just so us. It was taken while we were heading to Clearwater Beach in the evening to take pictures at sunset around the beginning of the year. We had a really great time, saw a fabulous sunset and got some really great pics.
14 June 2008
Memories
Since our digital camera is officially broken (we tried to dissect it last night and found out we are not quite intelligent enough to understand what all those wires, circuit boards, etc are) we are going to post some of our favorite pictures that remind us of great times.
Now this picture isn't exactly the best picture or the best memory, rather it's the first one I came across, but it's a delicious memory.
In the picture, we are in Paris sitting on some benched by the Notre Dame cathedral along the Seine River. On a early morning walk to the cathedral we discovered the best little pastry shop. It had the most beautifully crafted pastries either of us has ever seen. Of course, as the indecisive people we are, it took quite some time to select which tasty little treat we wanted to buy. I chose the fruity creme tart above. It was so incredibly cute, I hardly wanted to eat it. But I did. And I enjoyed.
04 June 2008
Another frustrating update
Well, I guess us being discharged is back on....kinda. Confusing to keep track of huh? So we would have been discharged by now, but apparently Dan's paperwork was done very badly, so badly that everything has to be redone. So they told him they are working out all the paperwork and we should hear back in another 1-3 weeks, at least by the end of the month. YEAH RIGHT! We've also heard that the discharge papers might come in OUR mailbox, opposed to the airstation's. So now we are annoyingly waiting for the mail to come everyday. It's the pits. So we've officially stopped trying to plan the rest of our lives. The only thing that is in the works is grad school for me staring in Aug. I feel like all our blogs are about the same thing. Sorry! But anyways, I DID pass my biology tests, so now I'm officially accepted. I'm relieved.
On the other hand, while there is news that we might be leaving soon, we are getting sad about leaving FL, the sunny weather and the people we've met here. We've both met really great people at work and have made fantastic friends at church! But I guess it gives us a reason to come back to FL someday huh?
On the other hand, while there is news that we might be leaving soon, we are getting sad about leaving FL, the sunny weather and the people we've met here. We've both met really great people at work and have made fantastic friends at church! But I guess it gives us a reason to come back to FL someday huh?
