Back To Life, Back To Reality....

Yes, all good things must come to an end.  We sure did enjoy our vacation.  And so what's been goin on during the couple of weeks it took me to get my Vacation Series all blogged out?  OMG.  Ever heard the expression "too much reality"?  Yeah.  It actually started the day before we left on vacation, with air conditioner issues resulting in an (expensive) after hours service call.

Upon return from vacation, we find the garbage disposal is leaking.  Yep.  Water just streaming out of the bottom.  We knew it was goin out.  And had been wanting to replace the sink for awhile anyway, so 1st day back & we're doin sink/disposal tear out/install.  Luckily, O has some plumbing experience & knows how to do all this.  And a fine job too.  Looks great.

Couple of days later, on the way home from a shoot....late at night.  Ran a skunk over.  OMG.  There was NO avoiding it.  Like he pulled the Geico squirrel commercial thing....you know, where they wait till just the right second to run right out in front of the car.  Talk about stink.  Instantaneous gawd awful stink.  And since it's after midnight, we just went home.  Probably shouldn't have parked in the garage, but did anyway.  Yeah.  Stunk up the garage, & the laundry room.

First thing the next morning, after a major car wash, complete with undercarriage spray & under the hood sprayin, still stinky.  But we quickly got it under control.  Let me brag about a couple of great products.  First:  Zero Odor.  This stuff is awesome.  Knocked down the skunk smell 100%.  This is great great stuff.  If it can handle skunk smell, you KNOW it can handle most regular household or cooking odors.  Yeah.  Love this stuff.  And for good measure, we got some of these Odor Absorbing Bags & put one in the trunk & one inside the car, where they remain still.  Sorry, no pic of those.  But they look like mesh bags with little light color rocks inside.  I've used them for years in closets & stuff.  Great great great!  Planning on takin them out of the car in a day or two & see what happens.

And the heat.  Jeez, we just can't catch a break.  Just makes everything so difficult.  Don't wanna turn on any cooking appliance.  And there's no end in sight.  Yay.

And we continue to deal with a bit of a stressful situation...& I don't want to be bloggin about all that just yet.  But yeah, more reality.

Finally, welcome new subscribers! *waves* I hope you enjoy my blog.  You'll read a lot about my hair issues, my breast cancer stuff, & my medical appointment freak outs.   And just general randomosity.  (Is that even a word?)

Vacation - Part 5: A Fish Tale

After a nice time at the beach, we headed back to get cleaned up for our last dinner in town.  And we went to a VERY awesome restaurant called Fish Tales.  Best. Shrimp. EVER.  And I think it's now one of my new fave place to go when we visit, right up there with Spanky's.  And it's like, 5 minutes from my mom's house, AND right on water, which I love.  Anyway, we had a very good dinner & some cocktails.  And the sun was setting, so I ran out to grab what I think is one of the best sunset pics ever taken by an old BlackBerry camera.  Yep.  Check it!

Was a really really nice vacation.  And we totally needed one.  But it just went by too damn fast.  There were some friends I had hoped to get together with that I didn't get to, due to losing part of our trip because of the stupid airline fiasco.  And we had also wanted to get together with the family more than the one time too, but again, time just flew.  I think next time we need to schedule to be there for at least 2 -3 more days.  I dunno.

 The plane rides back home were awful.  Bumpy bumpy bumpy & had to navigate around weather, extending one of the flights by 45 minutes.

Yeah, I need to learn how to be a better flyer & try to go at least 3 times a year.  We can't wait to go back.

Vacation - Part 2: Up On The Roof

Ok, so we were able to get our tickets switched for the following day &successfully made it out & vacation was officially on!  I really don't love flying, but gotta do whatcha gotta do.  

So we get into town & head out to dinner & drinks.  Awesome.  As usual.  We always go to Longhorn Steakhouse on our way to Mom's from the airport.  Great steaks & great martinis.  That's pretty much travel in to town day.

Next day, we head down to River Street.  One of my FAVORITE places in Savannah to visit.  And you have to eat at Spanky's when you go there.  Best. Chicken Fingers. Ever.  Yep.  Gotta get Hot Bread & Cheese, & a Fingers & Spuds basket.  And O got me a Spanky's Tshirt. And we browsed around a bit.  

It was unseasonably hot while we were there. So it was time for a nice cold drink. So we headed to a new place - Rocks On The Roof, at the top of a hotel on River Street & I had the BEST martini.  It was called a Pomegranate Sunset.  And It was GOOOOD.  Very nice place, this Rocks place.  You can sit inside, or outside.  And since you're up on the roof, you get a great view of the river, the Talmadge Bridge, & the new War Memorial. 

Headed back home to rest & relax a bit before the big family get together & Low Country Boil Feast.  Really enjoyed hanging out with the family & enjoying great, fresh seafood!  Just wish we could have gotten together more than just the one time.  

 

Next, Vacation - Part 3: Things'll Be Great When You're DOWNTOWN!

Vacation - Part 1: I Just Ran.......

Finally took a vacation & flew back home to see the family.  First time since right before my diagnosis.  Last time I went home, I went with the lump in the boobie.  Yep. I took my tumor on vacation.  And half of that trip was messed up because the airline lost our bags for 3 days of the 5 day trip.  

Soooooo, this time, we packed light, followed the airline's guidelines for carry on bags, & planned to carry everything on...NO CHECKING bags.  So you can just imagine how much I totally freaked when, as we're approaching the plane at the end of the jetway, the 2 airline agents start checking all bags.  And it was all like hurry hurry....because even as we stood there in the jetway, with about 50 people behind us, all with carry on bags, the flight was about 35 minutes past the scheduled departure time.  So yeah, I started freaking out.  Tried to reason with the female agent that I canNOT be separated from my bag.  Got medical stuff in it, ya know? Plus, last time, y'all lost it! Nope.  MUST check it - all the way through to final destination.  (We had a short layover/plane change.) All out of room in the overhead storage.  So then as O is trying to open our duffel to remove my medication, this crazy airline agent lady is all swattin his hand away & trying to tag the bags, without even having looked at our itinerary or boarding passes to even know where the fuck we're going!!

We were all like, Oh HELL no! This ain't EVEN happening.  And I just ran.  O grabbed the bags & followed, but I pretty much just ran back down the jetway.  "Let me offa here NOW! I am NOT gettin on this plane!!"  Of course, at the end of the jetway, the door is closed.  And I stop & look at it.  And think.  Oh shit.  What if the door is locked?  Or what if an alarm sounds when I open it?  Fuck it!  I pushed on it & it opened (thankfully).  Dunno if an alarm sounded at all, but all I knew was, we were outta there, WITH our bags.  

SO, maybe someone can explain this to me.  If the airline states everyone is allowed ONE carry on bag that fits overhead, & ONE personal item that fits under the seat in front of you, how the FUCK are they already out of room when there was still 50 some odd people yet to board?  I mean, clearly some people carried on more than the airlines allow per person. They were even insisting we check our duffel bag, which is usually our only carry on.  Never EVER been told we needed to check that.  And isn't it these airline people's responsibility to make sure everyone follows the carry on rules?  No way was I lettin them check the bags, especially the way they were going about it.   OMG they would've been lost for sure. 

Anyway, so we lost a day of our trip.  Better than our bags being lost for most of the trip. Next, Vacation - Part 2: Up On The Roof.