Monday, July 21, 2008

A Real Vacation

About two weeks ago, I lefted Chicago to arrive in Orlando, Florida. A nice 10 day vacation hanging out with a dear friend, Mikey.

day 1: i've arrived. since it was late, we drank.
day 2: 4th of july. mikey had a pick up match of bike polo at howard middle school. then went swimming in our clothes at a private pool. watched orlando's fireworks on the top floor of a parking garage. then went to his friend's place in the burbs for some more explosives.
Orlando Bike Polo

day 3: orlando's alleycat rat race. we got 69/70 out 100-something (we did get lost, twice). afterwards, parking lot awards, fixie tricks, and a evening game of bike polo vs. tampa.
day 4: bike shop and more bike polo. later in the evening we went to redlight redlight, which is a bar in winter park downtown. lovely local band and some booty shaking.
day 5: shame on mikey, he didn't finish his homework. because it was a 7 hour class day, i decided to go to class with him at UCF. we watched a film, "the rules of the game", in his film class. then after we watch his friend, meagan, get a tattoo, and watched hancock.
day 6: this day was a blur, i remember sleeping in. i believe we got some yummay vegetarian chinese food, went to a asian food store, i got a tummy ache and ran into a mall to poop.
day 7: today i stayed in while mikey went to class. when he came home, we had lunch with his brother and after played more bike polo. this time the game was played on the top of a parking garage. howard middle was occupied by future wnba players.
day 8: mikey was suppose to go to class today, but he didn't... so we stayed in watched some blues brothers, went out to drive by all the theme park of orlando. we didn't go to theme parks because i hate crowds... only when i am prepared for it i can handle it, but orlando is too hot to be prepared for any out door activity besides swimming. afterwards we lefted for vero beach!
day 9: in vero beach! in the morning/afternoon, we got breakfast at kountry kitchen, went to best buy to get a his dad a b-day present, then we hung out at the beach for the rest of the afternoon. in the evening, we rushed back home to get ready for dinner with his parents. after dinner, we played a nice game of pool at the house and watched a video of his dad playing with manatees.
Vero Beach

day 10: mikey's mom got us some bagels for breakfast. we lefted to see some manatees out by the river, but because of the overcast, they weren't really out playing. i saw like one or two of those guys, but only a glimpse. because it was raining, we decised to go to the art museum. they had an exhibit of florida resident art work, very nice must i say. after, we ate a thai/japanese resturant then watched "wanted". because the movie was so long, we rushed to meet up with his dad at restaurant his mom made reservations for. then got back to his parent's packed up and lefted for orlando. in orlando we met up with bicycle folks a went out bar bq bar for drinks. good times!
the last night

day 11: today was a sad day. it was my last in florida. i finished packing up, then we met up with mike and nicole at etho's for brunch. i said my good-byes, finished packing at mikes and went to the airport. my flight was delayed 7 hours... fucking weather.

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