Going home, etc.
Well, we are going back home today. The vacation is coming to an end. It feels good though. Of course, I am still excited by the fact that school is starting soon and my work schedule at the hospital is now part-time, evenings.
Yesterday we did make it to St. Simons Island and we did eat at Mullet Bay. It was pretty decent. I'm not much of a seafood guy in general but I do like shrimp a lot and clam strips too. They only gave me one hush puppy but you are supposed to get at least two, since the menu says hush puppies. I hate bugging the waitress for stuff like that though so Holly was nice enough to do it for me. Then she brought out three more hush puppies when all I wanted was one. It wasn't so much that I needed two; the plate was more than I could finish anyway. It was the principle: the menu said plural, "hush puppIES," therefore my plate should reflect this.
Before we ate we spent about an hour at the beach, which is about the perfect time for us. The water isn't that bad but it's not clear so you can't see the sharks before they come up to ya. We waded in the water for about fifteen minutes then hung out on the beach and dried off for the rest of the hour. Holly and I aren't really nature people, even though we do appreciate it and the beauty it has. So an hour there was perfect. We took some pictures, and maybe I'll put some up here later.
I changed out of my swimming suit in the back seat of our car which was interesting, to say the least. As soon as I got my trunks off, thus leaving me pantsless, some lady pulled up to our side and just sat there in the front seat of her car. I wanted to wait her out before putting on my underwear but she just fucking sat there! Luckily Holly came along with the rest of our stuff from the beach and stood in front of the window on that side so I wrestled on my underwear (yes, it was a struggle, there's not a lot of room in the back seat of a Kia Sephia). I realized that I was going to have to step out of the car to get my jeans on so I just did it and got it over with.
On Thursday we did go to the Okefenokee Swamp Park and took an hour long boat tour. It was awesome! The swamp was beautiful and we saw plenty of alligators. I would say the Okefenokee Swamp boat tour was probably my favorite tourist attraction thing I've done so far in Georgia. If you are ever anywhere near Waycross, GA, and have the time to do it, you MUST go to the swamp and take a boat tour. Next time I want to take a two hour tour. There are other museum/zoo-like attractions there, but they can't compare to the swamp itself. We got plenty of pictures here too and I will definitely post some here, as soon as it's convenient for me to do so.
Today hopefully we will leave by 3:00 p.m. at the latest so that we will be at home in time to watch Big Brother. I know, well I assume, that among some of my friends (although not all of them) this type of programming is strictly frowned upon. And it used to be a guilty pleasure for me. I think it's just an ordinary pleasure for me now though. Anyway, I've been addicted to Big Brother for a few years now. I missed the first couple of seasons mostly, but since 2002 I've pretty much watched them all. Anyway... I don't want to miss tonight's show and since we didn't set the VCR (still don't have any TiVo or other type of PVR/DVR), the only way to do it is to leave Waycross by 3:00.
Tomorrow night I work 7:00 p.m. to midnight. That will be quite a trip! It probably won't be that busy so I should be able to just ease back into things, and get some reading done. I apologize to my boss if he should ever read this; which is exceedingly unlikely, but I know he doesn't want us to just read during all of our downtime. Oh well... I'm afraid that once classes start ANY and ALL downtime minutes I'm lucky enough to have at work will be occupied by my schoolwork. And for the most part, no one will be able to stop me because I'll be there by myself! (cue evil laugh)
Happy weekend, everybody.
Yesterday we did make it to St. Simons Island and we did eat at Mullet Bay. It was pretty decent. I'm not much of a seafood guy in general but I do like shrimp a lot and clam strips too. They only gave me one hush puppy but you are supposed to get at least two, since the menu says hush puppies. I hate bugging the waitress for stuff like that though so Holly was nice enough to do it for me. Then she brought out three more hush puppies when all I wanted was one. It wasn't so much that I needed two; the plate was more than I could finish anyway. It was the principle: the menu said plural, "hush puppIES," therefore my plate should reflect this.
Before we ate we spent about an hour at the beach, which is about the perfect time for us. The water isn't that bad but it's not clear so you can't see the sharks before they come up to ya. We waded in the water for about fifteen minutes then hung out on the beach and dried off for the rest of the hour. Holly and I aren't really nature people, even though we do appreciate it and the beauty it has. So an hour there was perfect. We took some pictures, and maybe I'll put some up here later.
I changed out of my swimming suit in the back seat of our car which was interesting, to say the least. As soon as I got my trunks off, thus leaving me pantsless, some lady pulled up to our side and just sat there in the front seat of her car. I wanted to wait her out before putting on my underwear but she just fucking sat there! Luckily Holly came along with the rest of our stuff from the beach and stood in front of the window on that side so I wrestled on my underwear (yes, it was a struggle, there's not a lot of room in the back seat of a Kia Sephia). I realized that I was going to have to step out of the car to get my jeans on so I just did it and got it over with.
On Thursday we did go to the Okefenokee Swamp Park and took an hour long boat tour. It was awesome! The swamp was beautiful and we saw plenty of alligators. I would say the Okefenokee Swamp boat tour was probably my favorite tourist attraction thing I've done so far in Georgia. If you are ever anywhere near Waycross, GA, and have the time to do it, you MUST go to the swamp and take a boat tour. Next time I want to take a two hour tour. There are other museum/zoo-like attractions there, but they can't compare to the swamp itself. We got plenty of pictures here too and I will definitely post some here, as soon as it's convenient for me to do so.
Today hopefully we will leave by 3:00 p.m. at the latest so that we will be at home in time to watch Big Brother. I know, well I assume, that among some of my friends (although not all of them) this type of programming is strictly frowned upon. And it used to be a guilty pleasure for me. I think it's just an ordinary pleasure for me now though. Anyway, I've been addicted to Big Brother for a few years now. I missed the first couple of seasons mostly, but since 2002 I've pretty much watched them all. Anyway... I don't want to miss tonight's show and since we didn't set the VCR (still don't have any TiVo or other type of PVR/DVR), the only way to do it is to leave Waycross by 3:00.
Tomorrow night I work 7:00 p.m. to midnight. That will be quite a trip! It probably won't be that busy so I should be able to just ease back into things, and get some reading done. I apologize to my boss if he should ever read this; which is exceedingly unlikely, but I know he doesn't want us to just read during all of our downtime. Oh well... I'm afraid that once classes start ANY and ALL downtime minutes I'm lucky enough to have at work will be occupied by my schoolwork. And for the most part, no one will be able to stop me because I'll be there by myself! (cue evil laugh)
Happy weekend, everybody.
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