Porn, Two Weddings and a Prom

After a long work week at our huge annual conference, a friend and I planned for some relaxation time and thus begins the revelry of this glorious (eh-hem) Florida weekend
Upon arrival, midday, we are unpacking our bags to the rhythmic and cacophonous noises next door. At first you think ... hey, good for them. Then the carnival starts! With the volume increasing, some shouts of encouragement and strangely enough ... apology ("Iiiiiiii' mmmmmm ssssooorrrrryyyyy) - we decided it was time to take a respite from the entertainment and vacate our room to escape to the beach.

The beach was repleat with wrinkly tattoos and butt cracks, while the ocean breeze deposited unpalatable amounts of sand in my direction ... OK ... next idea? After a walk down the strip we went back upstairs and called to head to the spa. While the carnival next door continued we headed out in hopes of true relaxation. Let me just say this ... by way of advice ... don't get a massage BEFORE you do any sort of soak at the spa, it turns you into a human slip and slide and you are fighting for your life in that "relaxing soak tub".

After just barely escaping drowning the rest of the weekend continued on its comical rant of porn-like noise from next door, a huge prom party on our floor and two weddings in the hotel. So much for a relaxing weekend!

Testing ... testing ...

Stepping into a new adventure has lots of pieces that require courage, fear, stepping into the great unkown and apparently ... test taking.

I've always said that I'm "test shy" ... it spans from school times to the citizenship test and most recently re-taking the written driving exam in my new city! Heart pounding ... feeling 16 again ... lamazesque breathing ... 1 wrong ... 3 wrong ... ahhhhhhhh OMG why do I need to know the speed of farm machinery. OK Breeeeeaaaaathhhhhhhheeeeeee ....

Passed. Proceed to the green line.

Now for the photo ...