Lots of fun

Ok, so I haven't posted in a few days, but it's because I haven't been home and I was having lots and lots of fun...and causing a bit of trouble.

So...from about January 21 until today, I've had friends and family in town and we've done all sorts of things.

Friends from Pennsylvania came down for a long weekend with the rat...err...mouse...and we hung out at fun places like the Magic Kingdom, Rain Forest Cafe, and the All-Star Cafe at Disney World, where we sadly watched the defeat of the Pittsburgh Steelers.

I went to Bradenton on and off throughout the week. While growing up, my dad knew several major league baseball players. Two of his better friends from that time played for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The daughter of one of them called me back in October to tell me to keep the week free. Pittsburgh Pirates Fantasy Camp rolled into town. This year, they celebrated the 45th anniversary of the 1960 World Series Champions. Although quite tiring, we had a lot of fun, and one night near the end of the week, Jennifer and I completely got slap happy and created several works of art with photos we had taken around the ball fields. We were a little afraid we'd offend these heroes of 1960, but they thought the pictures were absolutely hysterical. A copy of the bikini girls with Schofield was confiscated and hung in the pros' dugout.

When not at the fantasy camp, I was driving around FL. Jennifer, Jenna, and I went to Siesta Key beach and ate at the Dacquari Deck, they went to Discovery Cove and Sea World, we went to see Arabian Knights, had lunch one day at the Beachhouse restaurant on Anna Maria Island, and went to Epcot and ate at Le Cellier. I have not eaten so much in any given week in my entire life.

My sister, Michelle, flew in on Friday. She joined us in watching baseball on Saturday. She and I were going to go to Key West by boat from Ft Myers, but opted for not travelling, and spent a couple days playing at Disney World and she went to visit some of the relatives over in Lakeland. Today, we went to one of the outlet malls, the RonJon Surf shop in Orlando, and to the White Wolf Cafe in Orlando before I took her to the airport.

Now I have one day to recuperate before going back to work.