Fun While Melting in Florida

Brian and I started our month off by flying to Florida to visit his parents and surprise his mom by coming! Since we were in the middle of a surprise, we didn't have anyone to pick us up from the airport and instead of paying $50.00 for a 20 minute taxi drive, we paid $4.00 for a 2 hour bus ride. Wonderful public transportation. I think school and public transportation are the only things that you would like to buy in hopes that they have the least amount of time/work associated with them. Everything else you buy in hopes of having hours worth of fun. Public transporation was interesting. I guess we got to see all the "sights" (meaning the industrial areas of Florida) on our lovely ride. When we finally got to the restaurant where Brian's parents were eating, I walked up to their booth and asked Diane if the seat was taken. She looked up at me like I was an idiot and with the expression, "Of course it's......" and then she recognized us. She just laughed and gently shoved Brian several times while asking what we were doing there. It was pretty funny!

Saturday we spent going to timeshare meetings in the morning while the parentals were trying to convince us to never get one. Well, we bought one! Just kidding. (That was so my in-laws s could have a panic attack). :) Although it would be fun and they look pretty nice, I'd rather not have one and save my pennies. The rest of the day we spent at Sea World! Boy oh boy was Sea World fun! We had never been, so we went to all the shows, all the galleries, and saw almost all of the animals. It was pretty cool for me to pet a stingray since I've only ever seen them while snorkeling and scuba diving. After being at Sea World, I've decided that I want a pet whale. Good thing Brian is an animal person because he could go for it if we had a bajillion dollars and if we owned an ocean. :)

Monday and Tuesday we spent at DISNEYWORLD!!! I love Disney! When I go there I become the most giddy little girl and I feel like I'm about 5 years old again. However, Disneyworld has one thing that Disneyland doesn't have.....sweat! I think I sweat more than I ever have in my entire life and it was absolutely miserable at times! It rained everyday we were in Florida, so everyday was muggy and overbearingly humid. Anyway, Monday was mostly spent at Animal Kingdom. The greatest thing at Animal Kingdom was the Everest rollercoaster! It was such fun and I love thrill rides for sure! It was nice there because everything is like a jungle and it's where we had the most shade and I'm not a happy person if I get too hot. We also rode some of the rides at Epcot that night. To be honest, I was not a huge fan of Epcot at first. It has some pretty ghetto rides, but we didn't go to the country portion until the next day. We also went to Magic Kingdom on Monday night and there were too many people there. We just went on a couple rides and then made our way back home, exhausted.

Tuesday was our Hollywood Studios day. I can't even begin to describe how much more fun the Tower of Terror is while sitting by Brian, who is afraid of heights. Not only was it hilarious to hear him scream like a little girl, but his face in the picture at the end still has me laughing. It is my favorite ride still, but I love being married to someone who hates the scary rides! Awesome! Now, Tuesday was so freakin' hot and there was no shade. Remember how I'm not a happy person when I get hot? Well, I was not being the happiest camper in the woods that day and I was pretty miserable to be around. My poor family (sorry guys)! I thought my skin was going to melt off and boil in the asphalt before I would have a chance to run to the nearest air conditioned building. Luckily I didn't end up fainting or anything and it did start raining later on so I was able to cool off. We also went to Epcot again and went to the circle of countries, which is definitely super cool. I can imagine it being the farthest thing away from happiness if I were a little kid, but now that I'm older I really enjoyed it.

Something else of note is that my fear of flying has increased. Goodness! Has anyone watched the news lately. Plane crash in New York, plane crash in Brazil, plane crash here and there. I'm freaking scared of another plane crashing...while I'm on it, not to mention we had the WORST turbulence I've ever had while flying. Brian and I really thought we weren't going to make it this time, so we're both very grateful we made it home in one peice.

Well, I hope you enjoyed our vacation report and our pictures :)