Adventure, Excitement ... a Jedi Craves None of These Things

This is going to be a boring what's been going on with my life post, but don't worry, I have another decent one coming soon.

I got a bit distracted. A week ago, I left for Orlando to attend a conference put on by the vendor of our core banking and deposit system. I was asked to go the Friday before, so it was only SLIGHTLY last minute ^note sarcasm^ But I was flattered, nonetheless, that I was asked to go and a bit nervous because I was traveling with people I barely knew and would be with them for four days and away from Steve for the first time since we moved in together. In the end, it was a very informative and very fun time.

We stayed at The Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin resort, which was absolutely gorgeous! It was a short walk away from the Disney boardwalk and we could see Epcot from there. Since we were in conferences all day, there wasn't any taking in of Disney or Epcot or any of the parks. I could see the Tower of Terror from my hotel room - that was as much of Disney that I got.

Corporate cards are an awesome asset in a place like this. We ate at some really good restaurants. Japanese the first night, with karaoke, a place called the Blue Zoo, which was a really trendy seafood type restaurant, and an AMAZING Italian restaurant. All of the "networking" parties after the sessions had free alcohol. We had alcohol with dinner. We went to a dueling pianos bar one night and hung out with a guy from one of the companies we use and in the corporate world, it's good networking apparently for them to pay for our drinks. The conference had a very fun "through the decades" type party on the last night, with more free food and alcohol and music from the fifties all the way up.

We took "to go" cups with our alcohol in it everywhere, we explored the grotto pool and waterslide at one in the morning when we so weren't supposed to be there because it was closed and we even hijacked some swan boats long after they had been put to bed for the night.

I had such a fun time but by the time we returned on Thursday night, I was exhausted! I haven't pushed myself that hard in a long time.

Last week I was busy at work, rolling out new software and new machines and generally catching up on the four days I missed. Also, Steve's parents visited last weekend so we spent the time showing them around and touring the area. We had a really good time with them and it's always fun to have visitors down.

This weekend was just sort of low key. Friday night, we took of to Myrtle Beach to celebrate my brother's birthday. Had dinner at Wild Wings and the food was really, really good. Unfortunately, we had to drive home Friday night because Steve had to be at work early Saturday morning. The trip down 17 at midnight on the weekend is a rough trip - I saw one line of reflectors for miles and blackness everywhere and had to fight to stay awake.

Saturday I slept in for the first time in awhile and it felt good. I got up and cleaned the house. We then went to dinner at Sticky Fingers, which has sort of become our new favorite restaurant. We drove over to Folly Beach to find the pier over there and just cruise around in the Jeep with the top off (it was a beautiful weekend to do that!). I dragged Steve to the bookstore for more books that I didn't need but wanted because I've finished the ones I bought a few weeks ago. We then saw Snakes on a Plane, which was everything you'd expect, nothing more and such a fun, fun movie to watch.

Got up early today and went fishing. Well, Steve fished and I had sat on the pier and relaxed and read while enjoying the breeze and just being outside. I really enjoy doing that because it's so relaxing! We packed up around 3 o'clock and went and rented some movies for the week and got Arby's for dinner (we're so classy!). I fell asleep watching Scary Movie 4 and have pretty much been sitting on the Internet since then.

That's all - we've been busy but it's been a good time. I still feel a bit removed, as I always do after traveling, but things are falling back into order.

Oh, I have a Vox account now - I've been using it to answer the Question of the Day and talk about mostly entertainment stuff so I don't clutter this place up. But if you're interested, it's here: kallure.vox.com