April 8, 2013

• Thought Dump

  And now for an unprotected post (sounds scandalous).

  Reid and I will be going on vacation starting April 25th! Thursday night we are going to a special screening of Star Trek: The Next Generation “Best of Both Worlds”. We got the last 2 seats that were side-by-side for the viewing. Then we are both taking Friday off and going out of town until Sunday the 28th. I was talking to my grandparents the other night about our get away and how it was more than likely just going to be one night out of town and we would be tent camping to save money and also because it would be fun. Apparently, they didn’t like that idea too much, so they insisted on paying for a hotel to stay in and that way we could also have 2 nights out of town (we originally planned on Reid working a lunch/dinner shift Friday in trade for Sunday off and then figured we would just take the whole damn weekend. It’s not like we ever get the opportunity to do anything like this). I have a loose itinerary, we will be visiting local wineries, driving Skyline Drive for a bit, maybe even find a cave or two to check out. There’s a tobacco shop in Charlottesville (where we will be going) that has some of our favourite smoking tobacco (it’s called the “Sherlock Holmes” and it’s tobacco that’s been soaked in cherries. Has incredibly flavor). I’m going to order a pipe that I know Reid has had his eye on for a year or so and surprise him with it there. (As for those who were in on the other “surprise” I was thinking about, that’s off for now). This is the pipe:
  

  The hotel we got is nice. King size bed and a little living room area with a TV. I doubt we will spend much time in it though, we will probably spend a great deal just walking around downtown and the UVA campus (Reid is thinking about going there). I will also get to visit one of my best friends who goes to school there so that will be fun. I’m trying to find out if there is any bands in town or any place that might have live music that weekend. I think that would be fun.
  I am so incredibly excited about this vacation it isn’t funny. This will be only the 2nd time that we have ever gotten to get away just by ourselves. It’s going to be aaaaaamaaaaaazzziiiiiiiiiinnnnngggg! I will try to remember to take lots of pics!

  I am so out of shape. I mowed the office yesterday and then walked a few miles with Scully and took her to a dog park with a friend of mine. It was a gorgeous day. I loved getting to walk around and explore new parts of the city I had never seen before. All in all, it was a fantastic day

  I’m seriously considering getting a tattoo. I have lots of ideas for ones I want but none of them have ever turned into, “OMG I HAVE TO HAVE THAT ON MY BODY” sort of thing. I’ve always maintained that I would get a tattoo as soon as I needed one on my body that I wasn’t content with just making a print of and hanging on my wall. I’m usually not a fan of script tattoos because for me, I know my mottos change all the time. But there is one quote I would like to have somewhere visible to me (ie. not on my back or something where I can’t see it myself). It’s a quote from Carl Sagan, “A still more glorious dawn awaits.” I don’t know, but I just need that as a constant reminder. It’s always stuck with me and I can’t think of a more kick ass first tattoo than a Carl Sagan quote. After that I’m sure I’ll refine my half-sleeve idea I’ve been tossing around forever (the only problem is my arms are INCREDIBLY stick thin. All the detail I want in my sleeve would be microscopic. Just another motivation to gain weight, the other being roller derby).

  Spring has finally arrived in good ol RVA. Yesterday was beautiful.. Today could stand to be a little less warm! I hope this summer is milder than last summer. I’m also going to be selling my car soon and taking Reid’s old car. He is getting a 2004 Ford Escape next month. The car he has now is a ’94 Toyota Corolla. It has about 170K miles on it. My car is a ’98 Chevy Malibu and it only has 86K miles on it (yeah I know, it’s amazing). I’m going to be selling mine because we can get more money for it and the Corolla would probably outlast mine anyways (at least that is what my buddies have been telling me and I trust them completely when it comes to cars). Plus, his A/C works better than mine does so I won’t melt if this summer turns out to be anything like last summer!

  Other than that there really hasn’t been anything exciting going on. Just life as usual. Only 17 more days until get away!!!!!! (Yeah I’m so not excited about that at all).

  How was everyone else’s weekend?

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