School and work for the most part. We'll probably host 1-2 BBQs, but that's about it. The Mrs. is heading back to Jersey for a long girls' weekend next month, and she and the kids may head back again for her family reunion in August, but I'll pass. I'll either be heading into finals or just getting over them. Either way, a weekend in NJ doesn't quite fit. I was supposed to go to San Antonio next week for a conference, but decided to attend one in Galveston in the fall instead. More of a "change of scenery" than a vacation. Next vacation for me won't be until either Thanksgiving week or January before my full-time internship starts. It's been wickedly hot & humid here since May (my sweat has beads of sweat). July & August are going to suck.
Didn't we just do this like 2 months ago?? Anyway, I get back from Afghanistan in mid-late July, which only leaves a little less than half the summer to play with...I do have leave from early August through Labor Day weekend and the highlight will be 11-12 days in Thailand. Aside from that I'm hoping to go to Asheville for a weekend to visit my grandmother, probably go to Wilmington for a weekend at some point, and will be spending the last week of August in Philly (during which time I will buy a car, attend my first Union game at PPL Park, and hopefully go to the Jimmy Buffett concert in DC), finishing the summer off with Labor Day weekend in Boston for the BC home opener--my first game at Alumni Stadium in almost 2 years. I'm also hoping to fly this girl up to NC at some point but probably won't have a chance to do that until September.
Wait- so you're telling me "stuff" still jiggles and everything when jumping around dressed like this? Even so, that's still an oddly intriguing trampoline party I'm imagining... Can I come to the Frozen Inuit hoe-down? I'll bring salsa! Focus: June: Sit around and look at the baby. July 4th: Sit around and look at the baby while wearing an American flag t-shirt. Rest of July: Shake noisy and colorful object in front of the baby, hoping for a reaction. Don't get one, go back to sitting around and looking at the baby. August: They're supposed to talk and stuff by now, right? Sit in front of the baby, continuously repeating words such as "Da-da" and "Avocado". Only response is the Poop-Face, change diaper while dry-heaving, go back to sitting around looking at the baby. Labor Day Weekend: Become increasingly convinced that I need to try out for "American Idol" due to my awesome renditions of nursery rhymes, including such classics as "La-la-la-daddy-needs-to-actually-LEARN-some-fucking-nursery-rhymes-FA-SO-LA-DI-FUCK!" and "Rock-a-bye baaaa-by, You Neeeeeed to-go-to-sleeeeeeeep! If-You-Don't-Soooooooon, Daddy is going to bleed-from-his-aaaaaasssssss". The Wife laughs and crushes my dreams of the spotlight, go back to sitting around and looking at the baby. The Weekend AFTER Labor Day: VACATION TIME WOOOOOO HOLY FUCK SWEET VACATION TIME! The baby will be 4 months old, and this is The Wife's birthday weekend, so I made arrangements with my mom to watch the baby so I can take The Wife on a small getaway. Nothing big, just 5 days in Orange Beach, AL, but it'll be a much needed break for both of us, and I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be just 5 glorious days of sitting on a beach next to fat people while drinking rum and tequila and bushwackers, THEN doing the same while sitting at the Flora-Bama (WOOOOO WHITE TRASH PAAARTY!), THEN spending every single penny I have on little trinkets and doo-dads at J&M Tackle. It's going to be glorious. Come home that Monday, find out the baby has learned to walk and talk and is now fully potty-trained while we were away. BEST/WORST SUMMER EVER!
I just posted this in the rant/rave thread but I'm heading to Hong Kong tomorrow for 10 weeks with school. My Industrial Design program is taking the best 15 from next year's junior and senior classes to HK to push our program over there with several big sponsored projects with Microsoft and TTI as well as a portfolio development class and an emerging materials section. We'll be traveling into China to see several manufacturing facilities as well as taking regional trips (Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, etc) on 3 day weekend trips to do whatever we want. Should be the trip of a lifetime and my schedule is fairly open to suggestions for places to go and see for people that have been or lived in Asia before. I'm all ears, folks.
I went to Myrtle Beach, I went parasailiing, I went on a banana boat ride, I went to Summer Camp. I bought everything that I need for college, and attended orientation. I have yet to clean my room and pack away things. I read a ton of books, and listened to a thousand songs. I spent time with family and with friends, and I spent time getting to know myself. I quit my job after two years and seven months. Senior Week in Myrtle Beach tops the charts.