Vacationing

Hey,
Vacation was great! We went to Kentucky, where I lived for the first 6 months of my life. My parents wanted to go back to see their old friends. I was expecting a lot of old people pinching my cheek and telling me how much I’d grown. There was a little of that, but mostly the people were pretty cool, and not too old. We left at 5 AM on both 9 hour drives. That’s rough for our driver, but it really seems to speed things up for the passengers. We stayed with some old friends of my parents, the Parkers. That was pretty much like staying at a resort. They waited on us hand and foot. They had a huge TV. They had an awesome pond. It was a really thing. I slept in a closet, which definitely beats sharing with Luke as I do at home. I would sleep in till about 9 every morning, at which time Luke and maybe the Parker’s grandkids would come bouncing in to wake me up. There may be something to the whole karma thing, you know, “what goes around comes around…” Because I used to LOVE to wake up people who slept in. One of my favorite childhood activities. Now it’s coming back to haunt me. In a big way. We went to Cincinnati for one night to see the new creation museum by Answers in Genesis. It’s top notch. We also went to the Newport Aquarium. Very cool. I saw a very cool movie on their ginormous TV, Equilibrium. It’s R, but doesn’t deserve it. I recommend it. One of the hardest things about the trip was I didn’t get to play guitar for 6 days. That kills.
We also went to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory. That was really cool. I got to see how they make a bat, and I got to touch all of the bats the Cards used in last year’s World Series. Including Albert Pujol’s bat.
The last day, Olivia was riding a horse for the first time. Which was very exciting to her. And not to me. So… the guy’s like, “If you’re bored, you can ride around on the 4 wheeler.” I did. For a long time. Until I flipped it. In a briar patch. I’m a little scraped up on my arms, and I have some scrapes thru my jeans, and I think I bruised a rib. Thank God I was wearing a helmet, and was thrown clear. I was going about … way too fast, and the ground sloped weird, and the stringy vine-like briars grabbed the wheel and flipped it over and me off. Pretty crazy. Surprisingly, my mom didn’t lecture me at all! I was amazed. Thank God for moms like mine.
It was a good time: being lazy, swimming, tanning, watching TV, dragging through museums, flipping 4 wheelers, retrieving a lawn chair that I accidentally let sink to the bottom of the pond, sleeping. Very good.
Not exactly my randomest post. Pretty routine. I disappoint myself. Oh well, better luck next time.
the {{screaming *penguin}}