All right, I've been home from Florida for quite a while now. I didn't have internet while I was there because, one, it costs $10 a day to use the internet at the hotel. That's a waste of money since, two, I wasn't in the room for much of the day. So this blog is a bit behind reality.
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January 3, 2011
Wow. I guess that’s what I should say. Just wow. Or maybe, it’s WoW. That’s better. It probably wasn’t a good idea to go to sleep at 2 AM and waking up at 4 AM for the trip. We got everything ready to go and left the house promptly at 5:10 AM. This trip was different unlike so many other times. First, it was New Year’s. I don’t think I’ve ever gone on a trip on NYD. I think, I’ve been on one on Christmas. But I hardly remember the days that I go; usually, I remember what I see and what I do. The roads were unexpectedly, and somewhat, expectedly clear that morning. I mean, super clear. It might have been because everyone crashed after a long night of partying for 2011.
I crashed at around 6:45. I tried my best to stay up. - To have an extra set of eyes watching the road as my father drove, but that didn’t work out for long. I woke up around 11 AM as we stopped for gas. Surprisingly, we arrived at Louisiana. It was a rather speedy drive there. But then, I remembered that the only reason why we’re here this fast is because no one was on the road. Ah, yes. Nothing but a stretch of road laid down in front of us for miles on end. From then on, I was awake. I ate a few things (just snack-y junk food except for the apple and potatoes). One thing, I despise car trips. Absolutely despise them. It’s not the scenery rushing past us that gets me. It’s the winding road or the bumpiness of it. The occasional swerve left or right, or the turbulence makes me car sick. Blech. And yes, to answer your question, I did get car sick. I knew I would; it was bound to happen. I could feel the ups and downs inside my stomach. Not to mention, my head was pounding. Every sound was multiplied by a hundred. That subsided rather quickly as I fell asleep in the back seat of the Avalanche.
I awoke to another pit stop. We arrived about twenty-something miles away from Mobile, Alabama. Okay, so I felt a little bit better. Sleep usually cures all ailments the road brings. We drove into the night, as the sky grew darker. One memorable moment I always remember going to Florida, is the tunnel. It’s this tunnel that is underwater. Yup. This road leads to Pensacola, Florida. It fascinates me that we are driving underwater, not technically, but in retrospect, we were.
Drive. Drive. Drive. We ended up staying the night at Crestview, Florida. This town is our town. Not really; here is where we usually stay. We watched the OU game in our room. FINALLY! We won! The score was 48-20. I thought I would miss the chance to see my team play at the Fiesta Bowl, but we arrived at our pit stop on time.
We awoke early next day to continue driving. We were about seven hours away from Disney World. I don’t remember sleeping, but I’m pretty certain I did. We arrived to our hotel at around 2:30 PM on January 2. Everything was amazing. We didn’t go to the parks that day, because it would be a waste to go now, and we were extremely tired. And so, we went to Downtown Disney that night to meet up with my brother.
We went around looking at the shops and whatnot. Then, we went to Earl of Sandwich. It is amazing. (It’s sort of like Quizno’s and Subway mixed together but so much better.) Ah, the sandwiches were so delicious. My brother, Charles, got off work and met us there. It was weirdly awkward. I don’t know why. It shouldn’t be since he is my brother. But I guess, it’s because I haven’t seen him in six months that we forgot how to communicate with each other. “You forgot how to communicate with your brother?” Yes. I know; it sounds wrong, weird, dumb, etc. But since he neglects to talk to me via Skype, I forgot how to actually talk to him the way we usually talk to each other. We do text and talk on the phone, but that doesn’t count. That pretty much consumed how our day went. (My brother and I have a weird way of communicating with each other.)
The next day, bright and early, we went to Magic Kingdom. Unexpectedly, my phone’s alarm went off at 7 AM. I forgot that it was set for intersession (I was going to do winter intersession, but then I decided not to so we could go to FL.) and so I awoke at that time. Then, my brother texted me twenty minutes after. Luckily, I was awake from the 7 o’clock alarm. We got ready, and by 8 AM, my brother arrived to our room. Off we go to MK. We took two cars, as usual. And also since my brother had work at 12 that afternoon. It felt like old times being in the car with just him. I miss it. And of course, I missed him. We got to MK and we went to the Crystal Palace where we had breakfast with the characters. I’ve been there before, but never for breakfast. Also, this was a buffet breakfast. I was so full; it didn’t seem like I ate much, but I piled a lot on my plate. We feasted with the characters from Winnie the Pooh. I think my favorite picture would have to be the first, Tigger. He’s so rambunctious. We had a hugging picture. (I cannot wait for the movie to come out). He’s also really bouncy. But, my picture with him was adorable. We had a hugging picture. Adorbs.
After breakfast, my brother and I went on Space Mountain. It’s a roller coaster. Me, I thought it was a terrible idea to ride a roller coaster after stuffing oneself from breakfast. Eh, it wasn’t as bad as I thought. Actually, nothing dire happened. It would seem like a bad idea since I did go on it twice.
Okay, I’m ending the blog here, and I’ll continue in Part 2.
Oh, and you know, here's my book challenge update (as of now):
40/365: 1 book read
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