The Voyage Home

With our vacation over, it was time to drive home from the hotel. Momoko was scheduled to do the drive. She followed the directions from the GPS in her car. However we found ourselves off track. The plan was to eat breakfast at Sonic along the way. But the car took us too far North.

I got on my iPhone and looked up Sonic online. Luckily they had a restaurant up North. We recalcuated our reoute with the GPS and arrived. This Sonic was weird in that it had indoor sit down tables. We got our breakfast on.

Momoko continued driving us home. She was tired and wanted some coca cola. Little Kat could not find the Cherry Coke we packed. Then it started to rain just in time for us to cross the huge bridge. Eventually we got home. The grass had grown very high. I went out and weeded some dandelions. Then I cut the lawn in the rain.

Next step is to host Easter dinner. Momoko is in charge of cooking as Kit Kat is away visiting daddy.

Vacation Begins

Yesterday I woke up. There was one thing to do before leaving for vacation. I had to do a load of laundry. I figured this would work fine, as I do laudry every Sunday. Little Kat somehow woke up earlier and started his own load of laundry. He is supposed to do that on Friday and Saturday every week. This put us an hour or so behind schedule.

We made some of the time up on the road. There was a scheduled spot at a Sonic drive in about an hour from the beach. It was a little out of the way. Before we got there, Momomoko spotted a Sonic right on the road we were driving. We were hungry and chowed down.

An hour or so later we arrived at the beach. The room was good. Momoko and I both had our own beds. Little Kat had a surprise fold out couch. We turned the air conditioning on. But the room kept getting hotter. It turns out that they only have heat in this season. We had to get a fan and open the slider to the patio. Little Kat wanted to go to the pool immediately. Instead we ended up going to dinner and dessert. The vacation begins.

Little Rat Emerges

Today we played tennis as a family to make up for skipping it yesterday. It got dark real quick. Afterwards Little Kat and I separated from Kit Kat and Momoko. Little Kat and I went on a mission. We spied on a Thanksgiving day sale at Sears. They got big screen TVs for super low prices.

Turns out they don't have many TVs at the low price. After the shopping, Little Kat and I needed to get some dinner. We started heading North towards Sonic. However Little Kat said was too hungry to wait during the long drive to Sonic. We instead ate at a New Orleans style restaurant. We ordered a pasta spinach dip appetizer, along with an order of fried pickles
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During dinner Little Kat saw his reflection in the mirror behind him. He confessed that he has an alter ego inside him that is bad. This version of him is called Little Rat. The Little Kat that we know is the good version of him. Although this all sounds a bit suspicious, it also kind of makes some sense. Got to keep an eye out for the Little Rat.

Sonic Found

Yesterday Momoko talked me into going out for dinner. We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant. Afterwards we watched The Last Airbender on DVD. I hurried up and took a nap. Because I watch the poker Big Game in the middle of the night.

This morning I was the first one up. Momoko wanted to see Harry Potter with the family. So I woke up Momoko, who in turn woke up Kit Kat. I thought the show we wanted to see was at 11:00am. It was actually at 11:30am. That was a good thing. We were 30 minutes early, but the theater was full. Any later and we would not have been able to sit together.

Afterwards we drove up North to search for a new Sonic that had allegedly opened. It was 30 minutes from the house. The traffic was terrible. But the Sonic food was awesome. Now we don't have to drive 2 hours to get to Sonic. Shhh. Don't tell Little Kat. He spent the night over his friend's house and missed out on the Sonic goodness.

A Sick Momoko

Late last week, Momoko started coming down with a cold. She blamed it on allergies. I just thought she was sick. By the time the weekend came around, Momoko was sleeping all day.

I thought that might mean that Momoko would stay up all night. However she slept through the night as well. She is sleeping again today. Me and the kids had to do the yard work without her.

Momoko needs to get well because this week is parent-teacher conferences. And now for a little good news. It looks like a new Sonic has opened up 30 minutes away from us. Let's go.

Beach Duty

Momoko woke up early today. She ran errands like getting Kit Kat's prescription and buying sun tan lotion. Then I had to wake up. Kit Kat is done with school, but she needed to drop a form off at school. So I drove her.

Then I took Kit Kat out to practice driving. She did some parking and backing up of the car. We had Little Kat pack Momoko's car. Then we were off to drive to the beach.

Our plan was to eat lunch at Sonic. However we got such a late start that I decided to stop by Burger King first. The ads say that they have Cherry and Coke Icee. However all they ever have at the local one is Cherry. Good enough.

We had some heavy traffic to start. Then it got a bit better until we were trying to cross a huge bridge. Traffic got tough again. We took a small detour to visit Sonic en route to the beach.

Once we got to the beach, we found our room to be very nice. The kids each had their own queen size bed in this huge room. Momoko and I had our own room with a king size bed. The air conditioning is blowing on my head. And Momoko is a bit troubled that the painting over the bed looks like it is about to fall. But I think we can manage. We are at the beach after all.

The Return Home

Today we got up on time. That was a feat since we went to bed around 4:00am last night. We checked out the hotel and headed to Sonic for some grub.

The ride home was ok. There were no tolls to pay. I was a good navigator. I sensed a tense moment or two when we drove over this massively long bridge. Momoko made me turn on some music to keep our mind off the disturbingly high bridge.

An hour after we got home, we headed to the airport to pick up Little Kat and Kit Kat. That worked out great. They plane landed right on time. We grabbed their luggage and ran.

Little Kat like the changes to his bedroom. The walls are painted his favorite color (green). And he has a new loft bed that gives his small room a lot more space.

Vacation Ordeal

Momoko and I slept in today. It is the first day of our vacation. Before driving to our destination, we decided to get some lunch. The line at Silver Diner wrapped outside the door. We went next door to Olive Garden because it seemed empty.

It is a two hour trip to the casino. So I figured it would be an easy ride. No chance. There was a big backup at the bridge. That added another two hours to the trip. I am glad it is not that far to the casino.

We did get lucky and found a close in parking place at the casino. Then we checked in and got some room service. Finally we let the slot machine games begin. I watched the iCarly movie at 8:00pm. Then I woke Momoko up for a night ride to Soninc. Delicious.

Change of Plans

Momoko wanted us to go to the beach this summer. We have been busy with work and school. However my vacation is slowly approaching. I tried to find a spot where we could rent a condo on the beach. It seems the best spot for such condo rentals is far away. Then I looked into airline tickets to fly to the beach. But there were no non-stop flights there. The fates have conspired against us.

This week Momoko decided that we should instead go gambling this summer. Last time we went, I got sick so we could not enjoy the trip as much. Now we plan to hit the slot machines. And luckily there is a Sonic restaurant near by. You don't know how important Sonic is until you find yourself in a land where they don't have sonic. Casino reservations have been made. Off we go as soon as school is up.

Vacation Begins

This week is Spring Break from school. This is for the kids, as well as my college class. So I planned to take the week off from school. Our family decided to go on vacation.

We headed South to visit some of colonial America. Check in time was 4:00 PM. We got to our destination early. As we were hungry, we stopped by Sonic. They do not have these drive throughs where we live. So we love it.

Sonic was a bit chilly. There was a high wind outside. But we braved it and quickly ate our food. At checkin the guy thought we reserved two units. I told him we only needed one. Our key did not seem to work in our door. That's when we realized we were in the wrong building. Ooops.

Day One at Disney

We decided to first visit Animal Kingdom on our trip. Before entering the park we ate at Sonic. It took a while to figure out that that Sonic is located within Walmart stores here.

The parking lot was full on arrival. A train took us to the Animal Kingdom entrance. As we entered the park, we learned that our one day passes were good for "fast passes". That means we can sign up to skip the lines and get on rides immediately.

We had a most interesting ride in the Safari. It took us through dirt paths and water. We saw many real animals in the jungle. Kit Kat talked us into going on some bug ride. I got poked and sprayed by evil bugs. Then Mamma Kat talked us into another ride. It was too late before I realized it was white water rafting (which got us drenched).

The last ride was a time travel one to see dinosaurs. The whole family hung on for dear life. The ride was in the dark. The kart rocked back and forth wildly. We all recouperated in the hotel room, preparing for tomorrow's adventure at Epcot.