From Florida to Utah in 30 Hours

Last week I went to Florida for “vacation”.  I use quotes because it didn’t seem like a vacation with how busy I was.  I went down and had to meet a majority of Angela’s parents/grandparents/friends/etc. since she, of course, was going to move in with me all the way in Utah.  I also was lucky enough to see my mom and Amy for a few hours who were down there visiting my grandparents at the same time.  I arrived around 9 PM Thursday in FL and was immediately whisked into the going away party at the local bar where Angela likes to embibe.  This would be BBG (Boston Beer Garden).  After 2 hours or so at BBG I made the move to get the party over to Larry’s which I hear all too much about.  Larry’s is your typical college-ish let’s-get-shit-faced bar, my kinda place.   Needless to say it was a night I have already forgot. 

The following 2 days consisted of (Fri/Sat) consisted of meeting family and seeing my own and basically taking it easy (Thursday night was a killer!).  On Sunday we left for Utah from Naples, FL, this is a long drive, 2600 miles approximately, mapquest pegs this at around 36 hours of driving.  The first day we made it up to the GA/TN state line or a few miles past, basically to where I-24 splits, it was only about 9 PM.  I wanted to continue driving to try and make it up to the TN/KY border but Angela was beat and she insisted so we stayed put for the night. 

Monday we hauled ass.  We had to since we needed to be at our new apt to move in on Tuesday.  We left at 5:30 AM and didn’t stop again until 9:30 PM – 16 hours.  We made it all the way to Grand Island, Nebraska, almost half way through the state, not bad eh?  We stopped a Best Western which was literally 10 days old and absolutely gorgeous.  We only picked them because the guy gave us a break on the price.  Pretty sure we were the first people to stay in the room.  It was very nice, California king sized bed, plasma TV, walk in shower, it was great.  Too bad we had to leave the next day at 5:30 AM again otherwise I would have kicked it there for sure. 

Tuesday was a big day, no time to mess around.  Angela was sick most of the day and I was a little assy by this point, this yielded our first car fight.  After a good 2 hours of silence we made up and everyone was happy again.  We finally made it back into SLC around 4:45 PM or so, another long ass day of driving; all in all it was somewhere around 30 hours of driving.  As soon as we arrived we went to the office signed some papers, gave them money and were given our new apt keys. 

I don’t even want to talk about the moving in process.  Let’s just say I’m still not done moving out my old apt, this I must finish tonight (along with cleaning it).  Our new apt is basically a giant cluster fu$k of boxes and suitcases and all kinds of crap, I have a feeling it will be a long weekend of unpacking and getting settled.  The bright side, I get to go home and see her after work every day instead of on a computer screen via Skype (cue the awwwww). 

Happy to be home, happier to have her there with me.

The Best Photo of the Day

The best photo of the day MSU beat Tenessee to advance to the Final Four:  Kalin Lucas being held up by his teamates to cut down the net. 

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Final 4 – Back-2-Back; Damn it Feels Good

 

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 We did it, without Kalin Lucas.  A back-to-back Final Four appearance for Sparty.  Can you believe it?  This year no team is as good as UNC was last year, the field is wide open, anyone can win it.  I have to have faith that this is MSU’s year after falling short last year.  God willing.  GO STATE!!!!!!

SWEET 16

 

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That is all.

Because BT Lacks Facebook

(To understand this post – please see BT’s comments in the post under this one entitled “Love Me Some Warmth”)

Since you’re too F’ing lazy to get Facebook I have to respond on my blog to answer your questions:

A: The nude photos are hidden and password protected, sorry
B: Those kids were for sure from UT and that’s why their Mormon father had them in full out clothes to go to the Gulf of F’ing Mexico
C: If boobs popped out of the computer I wouldn’t even need to go to FL, hell, I wouldn’t need to leave my apartment. You should pitch that to FB
D: I like that you have an acronym for New Orleans, LA, kinda like SL,UT. I’m aware it’s Mardi Gras season, I am also aware the Saints won the Superbowl, on that note it’s reassuring to see you’re actually still alive and not face down in a gutter passed out in your own piss and vomit, keep up the good work! I plan on getting to LA at some point for sure.
E: Sorry for my lack of header at the top, the wordpress (the blog) and the Gallery (photo album) are two separate systems on my server and I can’t integrate them the way I want to yet, but soon, for now, read the blog first then go to the album, that way you won’t have to go BACK to the blog
F: My biggest question is, how the F do you always end up going to my webpage a day after I update it when I only update my blog like once every 90 days? Do you have a ran3.net update alert on your computer?
G: Get Facebook.