Day 2!

As I promised yesterday ... Day 2 of our vacation is here for your enjoyment!

Magic Kingdom, Disney World

Since we weren't staying on property, but an hour away from the park, we left the house around 8:30 every morning. It made for pretty early mornings since we had one bathroom & 4 people to get through the bathroom. Luckily, Drew & I always fell asleep on the way to the park. 

When we arrived, we took a ferry boat across the water & over to the park. The ferry boat is awesome because Cinderella's castle gets closer & closer and even for me at 19, I could hardly contain my excitement.  

When we got into the park, we rode a bunch of rides, Space Mountain & Thunder Mountain Railroad being some of my favorites. 

At 3, it was time for the parade. There was no way I was missing it, even though Drew was less than thrilled to be going to it. He kept reminding me that parade time would be the perfect time to ride rides since everyone was watching it, but I insisted & I think he ended up really enjoying it. 

We rode more rides, found dancing in the street & shopped in the plethora of stores on Main Street before heading home to gear up for day 3.

I left satisfied, feeling full of the magic.

Drew's best friend goes to golf school in Orlando, so after we left Disney, he met up with T and since I was tired, I went home with my mom & her friend. I thought it would be good to let them have some guy time anyway. 

Drew slept on a pull-out couch during the trip & I slept in a room with my mom, but I decided to wait out on the pull-out for him to come home so I'd know he made it. 

When he woke me up, it was 12:30 a.m. on February 12th, which meant it was my birthday!! He had flowers in his hand & a gift too. It was the perfect end to a great day!

Come back tomorrow for the last day, Day 3 ... Hollywood Studios!

Vacation Day 1

I haven't intentionally been putting off a vacation post, I've just been so busy catching up that I haven't had time for it yet. I now fully understand why my mom always wanted a day in between coming home from vacation and going back to work. Laundry & playing catch-up, OH MY!

We took a 3-day vacation last week (Wednesday night - Sunday Morning, so 3 days), for my 19th birthday. I've decided that a birthday vacation should be a yearly ritual since right around February I've had all of winter I can take.

We left Indianapolis on Wednesday night after class & arrived in Orlando at 12 p.m. It was still an hour back to my mom's friend's house where we were staying, so we didn't get up until almost noon on Thursday. It was nice that we hadn't planned to go to Disney until Friday so we had a day to kind of just rest-up & hang out. 

because normal faces are for losers

My mom's friend lives in a place called The Villages an hour from Orlando. The Villages are made up by 3 communities which no one under 50 lives in, I'm pretty sure. They all have their own everything from golf courses to shopping centers to restaurants - you name it, they've got it. It's almost like a Utopia for old people. 

So, Thursday was spent putzing around The Villages. I was really excited about the shopping center until I realized that they didn't have anything that would appeal to me. Why would they? No one my age shops there. Nevertheless, I enjoyed walking around & watching all of the residents be kids again.

The Village's Pier

These golf carts were everywhere & most of them were totally tricked out like this one. The people who live in the Villages go there to have fun & they do it big!

We ate lunch at this cute little Deli. I'm pretty sure we were the only ones not wearing Depends under 50 in the place, but it was still yummy & I chalk that part up as a win.

After we walked around The Villages, we went back to our friend's house & took a nap. When we woke up, it was dark & time to meet more friends for dinner. 

Yeah, I'm on a stringent diet because of the absolute pig I made of myself during the trip, but that's neither here nor there.

So Day 1 of the vacation was pretty-low key, but it was the only day like that, stay tuned for Day 2 ... Magic Kingdom, Disney World!

Magical Monday

Since my brain is not work-able today, I just want to leave you with this & wish you a very Magical Monday & a fabulous Valentines Day

Princess-y Love.