Well I have been back east for 2 weeks and it has been a whirl-wind. Already I have spent time in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
I had a few days at home with my family in Virginia, which was a great way to readjust to the time change. I visited with friends and family and dad and I spent some time thinning out my stuff some more. I'm slowly getting the stuff I want to keep narrowed down.
After a few relaxing days at home I hit the road for a very long day. My first stop was in Savannah, but due to traffic it took me about 8 hours to get there. Then I got in the car with my mom , sister, and some of her friends for the rest of the trip to Orlando (another 5 1/2 hours). After living in Ketchikan where there is only about 30 miles of road to drive on...that was a bit of a struggle for one day.
The bummer about the rain is that we were picked to be the Grand Marshals in the parade, and because of the rain...the parade didn't happen. But I have nothing but wonderful things to say about the Disney staff. We stood waiting with them for over an hour waiting to see if the parade would happen, so we missed out on some stuff. But they were incredible about this. They gave us fast passes so we could ride the rides with long waits (Peter Pan and the new 7 Dwarfs roller coaster). Even though we weren't actually in the parade, we were given Mickey ears that said official Grand Marshal. The staff was nothing but incredible while we were there, but we already knew that.
They are Disney...and they make dreams come true.
After coming back to Savannah I decided it was time for another trip. I headed North up the coast to see some friends. I stopped by the park in Myrtle to say hi to my favorite people, then I headed to Wilmington.
My best friend from home lives in the area, so I wanted to spend a few days with her. We had an aquarium day at the Fort Fisher Aquarium. I love NC aquariums, there are several up and down the coast and each one is unique. We went in the middle of the week so there was almost know one there, so it was nice to be able to watch all the animals with out a ton of people around.
After my time with Austin, I headed to Pine Knoll Shores, NC. This is where I lived during the 12/13 school year. I worked at Sound to Sea camp. The people there became more like family (kinda like most places I live). I try to visit once a year...so I made my yearly trip up. There was dancing with Mindy and Meg, meeting the new staff, seeing all of the animals, lunch with Jen, and video games with Teddy. It is always nice to get to spend time with the people that I love that live in different places.
I made it back to Savannah again yesterday after a quick stop in Myrtle for lunch with my favorite professor from college. This week is kind of a resting week for me. More friends will be in to visit this weekend, then people start to arrive for the wedding Sunday. Tristan will get in Monday...less than a week!! YAY!!!! Then next week will revolve mostly around last minute wedding details.
As true to my life the past few weeks have been nothing short of an adventure! I still have 3 more weeks on the east coast and I'm sure the adventure will continue.
Until next time...
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