cathead27 (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cathead27) wrote,@ 2008-10-14 13:27:00 |
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VACATION TWO:
friday: fly to chicago. ate giordano's at suzi's parents' house. i got a little upset that they were trying to do things "special" for me and my eating habits, i know i have a terribly limited diet, but i really don't like people making a big deal about it or point it out... i hope i didn't offend anyone. after dinner a bunch of people met up at estelle's - cedric gets the award for coming the furthest for no reason but to see me. and possibly to get out of his house where a 3 week old baby was residing. after drinks, stopped at ross and jovia's to say hi to her, then they drove us back out to the PR. slept there as comfortably as possible on a twin bed. i'm glad we drank, or it would've been tough getting to sleep.
saturday: car rental went super smooth, except that the seatbelt sensor was broke so it kept beeping thinking i wasn't buckled in. suzi had to tie me into the seat every time we got in the car instead of using the seatbelt latch. picked up my grandma and took her to breakfast for her 80th birthday - we went to Red Apple, which was very good, but they make all their healthy, hearty breakfast meals so good by adding butter. Delish, but probably not the best for us. on the way to indie, saw the best highway exit ever - it was for two towns named - seriously - Whitestown and Brownsburg. i realized that indie might be in the east time zone. shit. so we lost an hour of travel and i had to change and wash up at the church. i shaved in a stinky rest stop too, so i could get to the church looking halfway decent. marcus's service was looong and ritualistic but very light hearted, and his reception was awesome - great music, and his family is ridiculously cool. we wasted time afterward at a meijer where there was mini bananas - genetically engineered midget bananas. really. - and these bubble car shaped shopping carts that kids ride inside that had TVs in them for the kids to watch. i wish i could fit in one so bad.
sunday: drove to nashville. again forgot about a time change (do not do road trips along time zone lines) and got there too early so our room wasn't ready and we had to take a weird handicapped room where the whole bathroom is a shower. though yaknow, i could poop and take a shower at the same time if i wanted to. toby and lauren's wedding was on a plantation, which was a pretty cool place with lots of old buildings. saw tons of people i hadn't seen in way too long. toby's cousin found out i work on guitar hero and totally freaked out, which was cute and made me feel good. after talking excitedly about it for like 15 minutes, he finally asked "do you get money to work on it?!" yes, i do. "MOM!!! HE SAID HE GETS MONEY TO WORK ON GUITAR HERO!!!"
monday: no time zone issues. had IHOP that was probably the least greasy best tasting ihop i remember ever having, and then went to the nashville zoo. the group "clique girlz" was on our flight back to LA, and their manager or some shit was a terribly annoying name dropper who wouldn't shut up all flight, but otherwise everything yesterday was great.
now i'm back at work, and i have to pee.
-tim.
friday: fly to chicago. ate giordano's at suzi's parents' house. i got a little upset that they were trying to do things "special" for me and my eating habits, i know i have a terribly limited diet, but i really don't like people making a big deal about it or point it out... i hope i didn't offend anyone. after dinner a bunch of people met up at estelle's - cedric gets the award for coming the furthest for no reason but to see me. and possibly to get out of his house where a 3 week old baby was residing. after drinks, stopped at ross and jovia's to say hi to her, then they drove us back out to the PR. slept there as comfortably as possible on a twin bed. i'm glad we drank, or it would've been tough getting to sleep.
saturday: car rental went super smooth, except that the seatbelt sensor was broke so it kept beeping thinking i wasn't buckled in. suzi had to tie me into the seat every time we got in the car instead of using the seatbelt latch. picked up my grandma and took her to breakfast for her 80th birthday - we went to Red Apple, which was very good, but they make all their healthy, hearty breakfast meals so good by adding butter. Delish, but probably not the best for us. on the way to indie, saw the best highway exit ever - it was for two towns named - seriously - Whitestown and Brownsburg. i realized that indie might be in the east time zone. shit. so we lost an hour of travel and i had to change and wash up at the church. i shaved in a stinky rest stop too, so i could get to the church looking halfway decent. marcus's service was looong and ritualistic but very light hearted, and his reception was awesome - great music, and his family is ridiculously cool. we wasted time afterward at a meijer where there was mini bananas - genetically engineered midget bananas. really. - and these bubble car shaped shopping carts that kids ride inside that had TVs in them for the kids to watch. i wish i could fit in one so bad.
sunday: drove to nashville. again forgot about a time change (do not do road trips along time zone lines) and got there too early so our room wasn't ready and we had to take a weird handicapped room where the whole bathroom is a shower. though yaknow, i could poop and take a shower at the same time if i wanted to. toby and lauren's wedding was on a plantation, which was a pretty cool place with lots of old buildings. saw tons of people i hadn't seen in way too long. toby's cousin found out i work on guitar hero and totally freaked out, which was cute and made me feel good. after talking excitedly about it for like 15 minutes, he finally asked "do you get money to work on it?!" yes, i do. "MOM!!! HE SAID HE GETS MONEY TO WORK ON GUITAR HERO!!!"
monday: no time zone issues. had IHOP that was probably the least greasy best tasting ihop i remember ever having, and then went to the nashville zoo. the group "clique girlz" was on our flight back to LA, and their manager or some shit was a terribly annoying name dropper who wouldn't shut up all flight, but otherwise everything yesterday was great.
now i'm back at work, and i have to pee.
-tim.
