Day 27 Jae

Day 27 Jae

I had this weird dream at some point throughout the night. Alarms were going off in my head. It turns out it wasn’t a dream at all. Joey had decided to cook himself some late-night bacon, but neglected to switch on the extractor fan. The resulting smoke, although...
Day 25 LEGO

Day 25 LEGO

It was another blissfully slow start to the morning. I’ve consciously disconnected from work this holiday—something I struggle with as a workaholic—and the mental break has been therapeutic. Allowing my mind to drift somewhat, I spent the morning lazily catching up on...

Day 24 Saint Augustine with Dave and Jennifer

I was up early this morning. I had no reason to be. I’m a slave to my body clock, which wakes me into action whenever it sees fit, and whether I want it to or not. It wasn’t because the bed was uncomfortable. Quite the contrary; it was a most comfortable night. In...

Day 23 Mickler’s Landing with Carlos and Kristy

We agreed with Jennifer this morning that we would return for another overnight stay here in St. Augustine after our visit up north to Jacksonville today. That way, we could break up the journey back to Davenport, giving me my best hopes of staving off World War III...

Day 22 Halloween with Dave and Jennifer

We had arranged to drive up to St. Augustine and Jacksonville this weekend to spend time with Dave and Jennifer, as well as Carlos and Kristy. Our plans were still somewhat tentative, but our theme park schedule isn’t set in stone, so we really have no reason to...

Day 21 Escaping with Sandy

NOTE: For the next several days, I’ve taken a break from my blog writing, so the following few blog entries, including this one, will be written well after the fact and will likely be less verbose and more summarised. We spent quality time with good friends in Saint...