{"id":1434,"date":"2009-07-24T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T04:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2009-07-26T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2009-07-27T04:41:20","slug":"on-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=1434","title":{"rendered":"On Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend Drew and I headed south for a few week&#8217;s vacation. After landing in San Diego shortly before midnight we crashed for the evening and drove down to Disneyland. We spent Drew&#8217;s birthday running around the park and topped off the evening with a great set of fireworks. Then, it was off to sleep before driving across LA (traffic sucks!) and visiting Universal Studios. Had a fabulous time resulting from the decision to bite the bullet and spend the extra money on a front of the line pass. Instead of needing two days to do everything in the park we got through it all in a single day. Our last day in LA was spent wandering Hollywood Blvd and through Santa Monica.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday we headed back to San Diego and have been neck deep in Comic Con madness. It&#8217;s been great so far but the stories of crowds and craziness all appear to be true!<\/p>\n<p>For those who follow me on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/numindan\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, we&#8217;ve managed to get a basic pay-as-you-go cell phone with a text messaging option so I&#8217;ve been tweeting our vacation. For those who don&#8217;t follow me, a breakdown of our trip is as follows*:<\/p>\n<p>July 18:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">neighbours throw party for hubs bday. Sweet but they feed him too much beer. left to his own devices he decided to re-pack luggage<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Guess who&#8217;s stuck &#8220;fixing&#8221; his packing at nearly 2am on day we fly to SoCal?<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">SoCal here we come. Brekky bright &amp; early with @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/eliste\">eliste<\/a> tomorrow am then off to Disney. Volunteer schedule all set. Costume in bag. Excited.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Hanging out at the <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#MSP\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23MSP\">#MSP<\/a> Armed Forces Security Centre. Tea and sleep before flight to SD.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Landed and made it to hotel. Crashing for a few hours sleep before the fun really begins.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 19<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Got cell phone for local calls &amp; tweeting set up. Trying best NOT to take iPhone off of Airport mode to avoid crazy data &amp; roaming costs.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Humid. Fun so far. Had great breakfast &amp; fun catching up before spending time with Mickey.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Just finished watching the ooh ahhs at Disneyland<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Sorry <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#yeg\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23yeg\">#yeg<\/a> Capital Ex has nothing as good as this<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 20<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Just saw the mule from Serenity<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">So happy we saved 4 long time 4 vacay. Lack of $ worries makes a difference<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Pondering trip to see walk of fame in the am<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 21<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Interesting. After days of joking that I got tired too easily at theme parks, Mr. &#8220;I&#8217;m not tired&#8221; has slept in &amp; refuses to get out of bed.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Drew is kicking me as he drives route 66<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Apparently we are now headed to santa monica for a few hours<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Bless you SoCal. 100 spf sunblock FTW!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Too bad I&#8217;m already sporting a burn on my face<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Stuck in first LA traffic jam. Send beer and pizza please.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Our GPS appears to be lost. What luck!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 22<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">The Canucks hbve landed <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">In line to pick up <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a> passes. Miss front of the line no wait option<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Help! There must be something in the water. Too many happy waiting ppl <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">I miss my iPhone. Old school messaging is so time consuming.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Also, no camera on cheapie pay as you go phone. On other hand, got phone &amp; txt<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">CSTS t shirts, she-ra, wonder woman, charlie chaplin spotted<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Adoring the fact that I am not even close to being the biggest geek in the room<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\"><a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a> day 1 t shirt choice: @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hijinksensue\">hijinksensue<\/a> LOLFOX for me. @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drhorrible\">drhorrible<\/a> &#8220;not my nemesis&#8221; for Drew<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">First day at <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a> a success. Goodies obtained.  Checked into hotel. Early day tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Check-in clerk thinks Drew &amp; our sponsor looked like brothers. I can&#8217;t see it.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 23<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Off to comic con<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Once again waiting in a long line up to get into exhibit hall. Not open yet? <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Cunning hat delivery delayed. Should have tonight. <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Who&#8217;d have expected military spouse mantra of hurry up &amp; wait to apply in real world? <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">First volunteer shift done &amp; met adam baldwin FTW!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Breaktime is over. Noms in the belly. Braving the crowds again. SDCC. Must blog w\/ pics soon since can&#8217;t twitpic with temp phone.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Doh! Wrong trolley. Time to get off &amp; try again<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">In &amp; getting ready to help out at the @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drhorrible\">drhorrible<\/a> screening<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/feliciaday\">feliciaday<\/a> is introducing @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drhorrible\">drhorrible<\/a>. Let the singing &amp; call backs begin<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Commentary!<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Watching people google ninja ropes during commentary! How cute! <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a> @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drhorrible\">drhorrible<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Lots of trollies during the day. Long wait at night <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>July 24<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Day two. Sleepy &amp; I now have bags under my eyes big enuf to bring purchases home in<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Cool. @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drhorrible\">drhorrible<\/a> @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MoTancharoen\">MoTancharoen<\/a> @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ZDubDub\">ZDubDub<\/a> (Maurissa, Jed &amp; Zack) signing during my shift<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">First mission accomplished. Got seats for Coraline &amp; @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/neilhimself\">neilhimself<\/a>. Unfortunately this means missing @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/theguild\">theguild<\/a> \ud83d\ude41<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Today will be an adventure. Forgot epi-pens in hotel room.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Got into the dollhouse &amp; joss whedon panel *w00t* <a class=\"hashtag\" title=\"#sdcc\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23sdcc\">#sdcc<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Saw @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/britl\">britl<\/a> earlier today *yay* no donation to browncoat charity *boo* public shaming r us<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Heading to bed. Yes, I&#8217;m old. Much sleep needed tonight so we can get in line at 0 dark 30 for the Chuck panel tomorrow am.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\">Unofficial final grade on Stat class was a C+ Barely squeaked through the exam &amp; tanked my GPA, but it&#8217;s a pass. I&#8217;ll take it.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"status-body\"><span class=\"entry-content\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>*<em>As posted. Typos abound.<\/em><br \/>\nNote: Pics to follow when I get the time to pull them off the camera. May not be until we get home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend Drew and I headed south for a few week&#8217;s vacation. After landing in San Diego shortly before midnight we crashed for the evening and drove down to Disneyland. We spent Drew&#8217;s birthday running around the park and topped off the evening with a great set of fireworks. 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