The cool thing is, his mom is my CS, my mom is Matt's Godmother, and my Babci (mom's mom) is Matt's mom (Susan)'s Godmother. Oh, the tangled webs we weave...
I flew into Orlando Saturday morning, and started the weekend off right by leaving my cell phone in the ladies restroom at the airport. Ugh. By the time Susie picked me up, she'd received a call on her phone from the person who found mine saying that it would be at lost and found. I ran back (trotted, really) into the airport and hurried to L&F, where I was told by a rude, one-dimensional woman that my phone was not there and maybe I should check the airlines L&F. I did so, and they sent me back to the other L&F.. ugh. So with high hopes and prayers of the return of my phone, Susie and I left the airport and headed home.
After a quick snack of the most amazing pizza ever (tomato, basil and farmers cheese(?)) we set out to run some errands before the big day. We drove past the Grand Opening of what we hoped would be a clothing store, naturally, and decided to go in, especially when we saw a sign promising free ice cream! We casually strolled up to the doors and stopped dead in our tracks at the same time, when we realised it was a home appliance store!! Not to be swayed from reaching our goal of free ice cream, we walked in, pretending to be interested in red washing machines and granite topped stove units... and then walked straight back out again over to the ice cream van. Susie opted for an ice cream sandwich and I chose the firecracker (a red, white and blue ice pop). Free makes everything taste better.
Munching happily on our goodies, we finished our errands with plenty of time to get a pedicure. Susie was kind enough to treat me to mine and we chatted in our bubble foot baths and massaging chairs. Life doesn't get much better than that!
That night, we got moderately dolled up (Susie and I managed nearly matching outfits, mostly by accident) and walked (well, Susie and I walked the lazy men drove) to an authentic German restaurant in downtown Sanford. Being on the A-list, thanks to Susie and Peters connections, we landed a great table right by the band. Billy and Peggy (Susie's brother and sister in law) joined us for an oom-pah-pahing good time. I ate real weiner schnitzel for the first time ever, and I'm addicted! They had this amazing sauerkraut made with white wine, apples and bacon... yikes. So ridiculously yummy. I also had home made egg noodles with emmenthaler cheese... fat fat fat. Not to mention I drank a liter of beer (literally) as did Susie and Pete. I couldn't resist the REAL German beer on tap. Yum Yum Yum.
The band was wonderful and hilarious. Dressed in those German shorts with the suspenders, they drank and sang and riled up the crowd to everyone's delight.
Again, Susie and I opted to walk home. All in all, it was a very good day.
Except for the part where I lost my phone...
Sunday, we woke up and got ready for the Confirmation gig being held at noon.
It was a lovely mass with the Bishop and several priests of the church in attendance. All in all, about 50 kids were Confirmed that afternoon.
After the mass, 37 of us headed back to the Owens residence for a catered French meal (by a French chef!) of coq a vin, pasta with veggies and cream sauce, salad and cake upon cake!! Matt shared his party with a friend called Erin, the daughter of Susie's good friend Karen. We mingled and ate and chatted until the wee hours (read: 8pm). After which, Susie and I collapsed onto the couch to watch Ratatouille. We both only lasted about 20 min before falling asleep.
Good day.
Monday, Susie, Matt and I went to Sea World!! I *heart* SW!! We walked around all day and rode a bunch of good rides, watched the Clyde and Seymore Pirate show. We had lunch at a healthy little joint called Mama Loos Kitchen... or Mama Boos kitchen... or maybe just Mama's Kitchen.. anyway, it was great. Very green and healthy :o)
We left early and headed to the airport, retrieved my phone from an actual human being and made tracks for my gate... Only to remember that I forgot to reactivate my phone, after shutting off service to it for the weekend... Nuts.
So, I ran to a pay phone, called mom and asked her to pretty please turn my phone back on, since every time I tried to call a 1800 number, the phone spit the quarters back out at me. Thanks.
In my frenzy, I left my bags with an honest looking gentleman (who, thankfully, did not steal my stuff and sell it to gypsies) whose name I later learned was Brandon. He was in FL to see the shuttle launch, as his wife works as a PR person for NASA. Very cool. We chatted, and I discovered he is a movie critic. Cool again. He gave me his card with promised of contacts!! (are you reading this, BF? Now it's in ink. Kinda.)
All in all, it was a very good trip!!
I miss FL! :o(
3 comments:
I wondered, after that night, exactly what does an un-honest face look like?
Yeah, your comment showed up twice so I deleted one of them! BuahahaHAHAHAHA!!!!!
*ahem*
Probably if you had a lazy eye I would have taken my bags with me... or were wearing a shirt that said "dishonest"... or something like that.
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