On 6/14, Saturday, NASA postponed the launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor. A leak had developed. It was similar to a leak in another shuttle two months earlier. Over the weekend: the space agency rescheduled the launch for Wednesday at 5:40 AM. On Monday afternoon my daughter, C’, her friend RR and I decided to try to see the launch. It was about 1,200 miles, and had to be completed in a hard drive through the early Southern summer.
We left RR’s house at about 5:15 AM on Tuesday (that would be Central Time) the flight was about 23 hours away. Here is a record of some of our observations as recorded to friends through text messaging and FaceBook (FB) postings. It’s a bit of cyber stalking and sharing at the same time. I know it’ll be difficult to follow some of the conversations. RT is Reply to. FB is FaceBook. Mess is a message.
C’ 6/15 2:17 PM: FB Thinking of going somewhere...maybe... Soon I guess. Would not mind company.
RR 6/15 2:22 PM: FB RT C’ I hate being poor as fuck but I would like to join you if possible?
Nate 6/15 3:03 PM: FB RT C’ I am busy soon, but I may be up for something later. Hope you find something cheep to unboardafy you. :)
C’ 6/15 3:12 PM: FB RT C’ Wait RR didn't I just ask you if you wanted to come and you said no, you wanted to be lazy? If we do something latter Nate'll update Facebook.
Nate 6/15 3:13 PM: FB RT C’ K
RR 6/15 3:14 PM: FB RT C’ Noooo okay you said you wanted to do something "right now", but when I read "soon" I thought you meant much later in the day. Plus I have a slight cold and took medicine, which made me super tired even though it's non-drowsy. So like, the idea of getting out of bed right now is like AUGH
Ben 6/15 3:27 PM: FB RT C’ So yes, I'd be up for something as well. As I said, I'm probably going to end up at that crazy comic store again, and if we want to make it into a thing, I'd be alright with that. Of course, I'm not sure anyone else would buy anything...
C’ 6/15 3:35 PM: FB RT C’ I wouldn't... But I do like spending time with you people so I'd be cool with it. Also RR "soon" doesn't mean "much latter in the day." but I guess it’s all kind of beside the point as it looks like we are doing something latter anyway.
PB 6/15 4:14 PM FB RT C’ Is this about the road trip I suggested? Are you being coy about where I suggested we go on purpose? Should I take the extra luggage thing off the top of the van or not?
Nate 6/15 4:24 PM FB RT C’ Oh, now I get the rental car thing.
Pb 6/15 4:24 PM: Tx RT C’ Hey! Did you see my idea for going to Florida?
C’ 6/15 4:25 PM: RT Pb Yes I did. When did you want to go?
Pb 6/15 4:26 PM: RT C’ Within two days. It’s sort of up to NASA.
C’ 6/15 4:26 PM: RT Pb Yeah! Alright. I’ll go.
Pb 6/15 4:27 PM: RT C’ More drivers would be good. How many friends are really interested?
C’ 6/15 4:30 PM: RT Pb Well I know that two of my friends are already committed t work so they couldn’t come and Father’s Day is coming up… I don’t know.
C’ 6/15 4:39 PM: FB RT Pb No Dad, this is about me going somewhere (else) today. But I guess it works for Florida too. Hey anyone want to go to Florida? Oh, and Nat this trip has nothing what so ever to do with the car rental thing.
RR 6/15 4:40 PM FB RT C’ Why does your dad want you to go to Florida?
C’ 6/15 4:40 PM RT Pb Oh and I guess we should see how much luggage there is first.
C’ 6/15 4:47 PM: FB RT RR Oh it isn't just my dad that wants me to go to Florida. And as for why. Well there is a shuttle launch to watch and oh yeah IT'S FLORIDA! Who doesn't want to go to Florida?
C’ 6/15 6:35 PM: FB Getting ready to go to Florida. Some fun in the sun.
RR 6/15 6:38 PM: FB RT C’ Wait so you are legit going to Florida?
C’ 6/15 7:04 PM: FB RT RR Yes. Want to come? Except your meals I think everything else is paid for.
RR 6/15 7:04 PM FB RT C’ What? Really? When are you going and for how long?
C’ 6/15 7:55 PM: FB RT RR Well... Unfortunately this is very last minuet so... Tomorrow I guess is when we go and we will not be more than a week. If you have something planned we can be back in time for it.
Pb 6/16 5:18 AM: Mess to C’ Hey!
C’ 6/16 5:31 AM: RT Pb Hey. I forgot to ask, are you taking a crappy computer to play DVDs and stuff or not?
Pb 6/16 9:35 AM: Mess to JDR We’re at Crawfordsville, IN. It’s about 212 miles miles south (of Chicago) and north of Indianapolis. C’ is driving and RR is asleep in the back. I just realized we forgot the binoculars. :-p
Pb 6/16 10:46 AM: Mess to Matt C’, a friend of hers and I are in a dash through this weather too Florida to see the space shuttle launch pre-dawn on Wednesday. :-p
Matt 6/16 10:08 AM: RT Pb Cool, man!
JR 6/16 11:24 AM: RT Pb Does she snore?
Pb 6/16 11:25 AM: RT JDR No. And when she wakes up I’m telling her you asked >
JR 6/16 11:25 AM: RT Pb LOL
JR 6/16 11:23 AM: RT Pb Where are you? :_/?
Pb 6/16 11:23 AM: RT JDR Near Louisville, KY. Looks like there is a tie-up entering KY. Must be some cousins fighting. :-O
Pb 6/16 11:41 AM: Mess JDR Most unfortunate name for a hamburger: Whizz’s Whizzburger!:-&
Pb 6/16 11:59 AM: Mess JDR I like this road: Churchill Downs, Kentucky Bourbon Trail:-D
JR 6/16 12:02 PM: RT Pb Very cool! I just made points with the principal
Pb 6/16 1:17 PM: Mess JDR Sign on highway asks: “If you died right now, where would you spend eternity?” I’m thinking it would be Kentucky>
Pb 6/16 1:31 PM: Mess JDR Mammoth Caves. Ninety miles to Nashville.
JR 6/16 1:46 PM: RT Pb You are such a heathen.
Pb 6/16 2:15 PM: Mess JDR Tennessee
Pb 6/16 2:25 PM: Mess JDR They are singing Disney Tunes
Pb 6/16 2:25 PM: RT Pb Where are you? :_/?
Pb 6/16 2:27 PM: RT JDR Tennessee
JR 6/16 2:31 PM: RT Pb I’m at the grocery buying 10 frozen entries and you’re on vacation… I think I got the fuzzy end of the popsicle. LOL
Pb 6/16 2:32 PM: RT JDR :-D
JR 6/16 5:24 PM: RT Pb The rain has stopped here, is it sunny there? Where are you? :_/?
Pb 6/16 6:08 PM: RT JDR 88 degrees. The air conditioning is struggling. RR says you’d know what a garbage tree is? It’s something you eat? :_/?
JR 6/16 6:08 PM: RT Pb No clue :-D
Pb 6/16 6:28 PM: Mess JDR Atlanta, C’ seems to want to drive :->
JR 6/16 6:29 PM: RT Pb Vroomvroom!
Pb 6/16 6:30 PM: RT JDR Yeah? Bare knuckles for me :-O
JR 6/16 6:31 PM: RT Pb You asked for it baby
JR 6/16 6:32 PM: Mess Pb It’s pouring, but no thunder boomers yet
Pb 6/16 6:34 PM: RT JDR The only place it rained on us was in Central Indiana. Real muggy right now.
Pb 6/16 6:54 PM: RT JDR We lost about 45 minutes to traffic in Atlanta.
JR 6/16 6:56 PM: RT Pb If that is all you have lost you are pretty far ahead. It is really coming down right now…
Pb 6/16 7:17 PM: RT JDR Despite Atlanta we’re averaging 62.2 miles per hour with stops.
JR 6/16 7:17 PM: RT Pb Little girls have big bladders. Better yet with their high IQs you don’t have to stop for air to pump up their little heads > :-D
Pb 6/16 7:18 PM: RT JDR Yep! We couldn’t keep this pace with you. Too many stops (
JR 6/16 7:19 PM: RT Pb Bastard :-X
RR 6/15 10:43 PM: FB going to Florida with C’ for a week-ish. Very spur of the moment
Erica 6/15 10:51 PM: FB RT RR Spur of the moment trips are the best :)
Pb 6/16 8:06 PM: Mess JDR Okay. We stopped at a Stuckey’s and bought some junk for you :O)
JR 6/16 8:07 PM: RT Pb Noproblemo. Citizen Kane on TV. Popcorn for dinner! Awww, kitsch. You love me! :-X :-X
Pb 6/16 8:41 PM: RT JDR Enjoy. It is sunset here.
JR 6/16 8:44 PM: RT Pb Soggy here
Pb 6/16 9:04 PM: Mess JDR We keep passing this hitchhiker. I think I should pick him up. What do you think? :-O
JR 6/16 9:06 PM: RT Pb I don’t think so, not with my daughter and RR in the car. LOL
JR 6/16 10:08 PM: RT Pb Stay safe travelers, I’m off to bed. Love to you all. :-X
Pb 6/16 10:08 PM: RT JDR Love you :-X
Pb 6/17 12:52 AM: Mess JDR Well we’re in Florida. C’ is driving. The road is detouring and we’re a bit lost. Oh well… It’s a peninsula. Right? :-?
Pb 6/17 1:15 AM: Mess JDR Good job C’. She and RR navigated the detour through Jacksonville without me. There was an accident (in the car). C’ took a turn too fast and the ice chest flipped, spilling water on the Mac and the floor. Water spilt onto the Mac and the floor. The Mac seems to be okay. My feet are wet (that’s what woke me up). I’m not sure what else is down there (there are power cords to the two small fans on the floor). There is a storm to the West and the Atlantic Ocean is a few miles east of us. It is about 1.20 AM and we’re about 90 minutes from the Cape. :-p
NASA 6/17 2:11 AM: News release STS mission postponed till July 11.
Pb 6/17 2:22 AM: Mess JDR We’re passing Daytona. That’s about 20 miles from Tittusville, where we plan to watch the launch. We just want to be there. C’ and RR break the tension by singing YMCA along with the MP3.
RR 6/17 3:30 PM: FB Updating from C' swank phone. Florida is neat.
Pb 6/17 3:36 AM: 3:30 AM. Mess JDR We’re here. We can see the shuttle across the water. It is such a small town that nothing is open. We sleep (in the car) and wait. 1,291 miles since 4:15 AM yesterday. That’s an average speed of 58 miles per hour :->
Pb 6/17 3:51 AM: Mess JDR This isn’t good. People are leaving the parking lot and discussing July 11.
Pb 6/17 3:56 AM: Mess JDR NASA updated the web site at 2:11 AM. The launch has been postponed.
Robin 6/17 4:13 PM: FB RT RR Y r u in Florida?
JDR 6/17 8:29 AM: RT Pb Is there an Atlas launch this week?
Pb 6/17 9:16 AM: RT JDR Yes. There is an Atlas launch tomorrow about 5:30 PM. We’re in Bonita Springs. The house and pool appear to be in good condition. We were so tired leaving the Kennedy Space Center, but we wanted to get too bed! That’s why we didn’t answer your earlier message. I think I’m hungry but I need to relax first :-<
JR 6/17 9:31 AM: RT Pb I figured you were snoozing.
Pb 6/17 9:33 AM: RT JDR Shower, laundry and a small meal. Hopefully a nap. I’m really buzzed because I had to have some coffee to finish the drive.
Matt 6/17 11:46 AM: Mess Pb Launch was scuttled! Where are you?
Pb 6/17 5:51 PM: RT Matt Oh god were we tired! I should copy all the post from the trip to Facebook. We ended up at the beach in Tittusville at 3:30 AM. Twenty minutes later people began leaving the park. I knew that wasn’t good. The launch was scrubbed about 2:10 AM. We were really tired and I was the only one with enough left to drive. We wanted to beat the rush hour in Orlando and Tampa, go to my house in Bonita Springs. We had to keep stopping (on the drive from Tittusville to Bonita Springs) so I could wake up again. We got here (Bonita Springs) about 9 AM. There’s another launch about 5:30 PM of an Atlas. The girls want to go to Orlando (Disney Land).
C’ 6/17 5:50 PM: FB In florida. Just captured a lizzard.
Vlad 6/17 5:55 PM: FB RT C’ Eat it!
C’ 6/17 6:02 PM: FB RT Vlad Nooo! We want to name it.
Kay 6/17 7:04 PM: FB RT C’ Call it George.
Vlad 6/17 7:40 PM: FB RT C’ Yoshi. Name it Yoshi.
JDR 6/17 7:48 PM: Mess Pb I went to the tea store, got everything but my orange blossom tea.
C’ 6/17 9:44 PM: FB RT Vlad We named him Gar.
Pb 6/17 8:09 PM: Mess JDR This is a most unfortunate business name: Master Bait & Tackle. :o)
JDR 6/17 8:09 PM: RT Pb LOL
Pb 6/17 8:12 PM: Mess JDR We’re at Doc’s Beach House on the Gulf beach, watching the sun set. :-“>
JDR 6/17 8:13 PM: RT Pb I’m photo editing
Pb 6/17 8:44 PM: RT JDR C’ is having the seafood basket (a mix), RR is having grilled chicken (originally I’d texted that it was the grilled cheese). I’m doing the swordfish. Also some crab cakes so RR can try them. :-D
JDR 6/17 9:24 PM: RT Pb RR needs to kick off her wing tips. Or is she keeping kosher?
JDR 6/17 9:43 PM: Mess Pb Heading to the sack!
Pb 6/17 9:44 PM: RT JDR RR and C’ are playing with their DS. Meanwhile one of the locals is showing off her girlfriends. :-O Hey! Love you. Good night. :-X
Pb 6/17 9:57 PM: RT JDR I don’t think they’re natural either. :-O )
Pb 6/17 10:42 PM: RT JDR I asked the waitress on the way out. She said that she didn’t think they were real either and noted that I missed the fact that she wasn’t wearing any undies (so you had a full crack view from the rear too) :-O So a full show, front and back :-O
Pb 6/17 10:45 PM: Mess JDR There’s a big storm over the Gulf. The lightning is amazing. :-/)
Pb 6/17 10:52 PM: Mess JDR I think a swim in the pool before bed?
JDR 6/17 10:55 PM: RT Pb Go for it, love you. Good night. :-X
Kay 6/18 6:05 AM: FB RT C’ Gar looks like a nice lizard!
Pb 6/18 9:30 AM: Mess JDR Did C’ post the pictures of RR and her with the lizard? They were like two kids with their first firefly.
Pb 6/18 9:33 AM: Mess JDR Lots of storms this morning in the Midwest. Isolated storms here expected late this afternoon. The morning is cloud free. I want to take two or three days to travel north and I want to be home by Wednesday. C’ and RR stayed up late. They didn’t say anything to me about today’s plans.
Pb 6/18 9:36 AM: Mess JDR We took the Boat out for a spin last night. Oh god! That thing is a beast.
C’ 6/18 9:41 AM: FB RT Kay Best lizard ever!
Pb 6/18 10:42 AM: Mess JDR The clamshell (on top of the car) is melting! :-<
JR 6/18 10:43 AM: RT Pb ?
Pb 6/18 11:54 AM: RT JDR The heat is causing the clamshell on top of the car to melt. It is losing it’s ability to stay open because it’s melting. :-O
Pb 6/18 12:33 PM: RT C’ They said it will be an hour (to charge the air conditioning)
C’ 6/18 12:34 PM: RT Pb Ok. So… Should we wait for you?
Pb 6/18 12:42 PM: RT C’ Umm… Are you going to the beach? Go ahead and go. Take the boat, but remember you’re not insured. Parking costs about $1 per hour.
C’ 6/18 12:43 PM: RT Pb Is it not illegal to drive uninsured?
Pb 6/18 12:44 PM: RT C’ Yes. Live a little dangerously.
Pb 6/18 12:47 PM: Mess JDR I’m having the A/C recharged (on the car). C’ and RR are headed to the beach. C’ is worried because she isn’t insured (to drive the boat). Also this morning she was offered a job by the NSLS for $10 per hour.
Nate 6/18 1:05 PM FB RT C’ Are you going to keep it? you will have to be careful about the cats.
C’ 6/18 1:20 PM: Mess Pb We are still at the house. You might as well come back for us.
Pb 6/18 1:56 PM: Mess Ron C', 1 of her friends & I tried 2 make t Space Shuttle launch. 1300 miles in ~ 22 hours of driving. We got here w/2 hrs 2 spare. But NASA cancelled t launch. Now 3 of t world's whitest people on earth R @ t beach in FLA>:-)
Pb 6/18 2:27 PM: Mess JDR The hunt for clip-on shades has grown serious. Why don’t truck stops stock my size? :-<
Pb 6/18 2:28 PM: Mess JDR RR’s mom called. Left a message about the Space Shuttle (not launching). I know. I know…
C’ 6/18 2:44 PM: Mess to Pb We got the tickets but RR is still online. I think we want lunch. Any ideas?
Pb 6/18 2:46 PM: RT JDR RR is searching for the perfect Waffle House restaurant. C’ is counting adult-themed billboards. And today three of the whitest people on Earth are at the beach. :-/)
Pb 6/18 2:46 PM: RT C’ I’ve eaten part of the pizza here. The ice cream place at 8th and Vanderbilt is good. Yelp likes a Table Apart on Bonita Beach. Or just try somewhere. Ask the librarian.
JDR 6/18 3:04 PM: RT Pb Holly says if she was there she would be eating seafood and drinking. Bring her back some “funky honey from your funky honey.”
Pb 6/18 3:07 PM: RT JDR Did you tell Holly about the girl last night? Every time I come here I see lot’s and lots of girl skin :-D
Pb 6/18 3:08 PM: RT JDR I’m afraid to ask, what is funky honey?
C’ 6/18 3:10 PM: RT Pb Now we’re back… So I guess we can talk about it in person.
JDR 6/18 3:35 PM: RT Pb Something unusual, not ordinary honey.
JDR 6/18 3:37 PM: RT Pb Holly wonders if you look like a Canadian flag, all white and red
Pb 6/18 3:38 PM: RT JDR Well I could let my imagination run wild on that choice of words. :-&
C’ 6/18 3:53 PM: FB RT Nate No we let Gar go.
Pb 6/18 4:00 PM: Mess JDR Do you remember our visit to the beach in Goderich the first time? It was night. You were out beyond me. But my boys didn’t like the temperature, so I stayed at upper thigh depth.
JDR 6/18 4:00 PM: RT Pb Yes.
Pb 6/18 4:04 PM: RT JDR You asked what I was doing? I said I was Groking the event. I’m doing it again. It is so cool to share this with you. The sound of the ocean is so loud. :-X
Pb 6/18 4:07 PM: RT JDR The two girls are about 100 yards down shore. There’s a good wind coming off the Gulf. There’s a light sprinkle here, no lightning. But storms are inland. I’m just really enjoying the moment.
Nate 6/18 4:10 PM FB RT C’ Okay
Pb 6/18 4:55 PM: Mess JDR Atlas launch in 20 minutes. We’ll (watch) the launch from the beach.
C’ 6/18 4:55 PM: FB Turtle power dude.
Pb 6/18 5:13 PM: Mess JDR So, sitting on the beach in Bonita Springs waiting for a streak against the sky. Lonely and yet connected.
JDR 6/18 5:14 PM: RT Pb I just grabbed a sandwich. They have the worst food here. I wish I could see it.
Pb 6/18 5:22 PM: RT JDR Me too. Two more launch opportunities in the next 20 minutes. Let’s see what happens.
Pb 6/18 5:27 PM: Mess JDR Thunder. Time to leave the beach.
Pb 6/18 5:33 PM: Mess JDR Well, it may have scrubbed or it may have fired NorthEast. There’s a big thunderhead that way. It could be blocking my line of sight.
Pb 6/18 6:39 PM: Mess JDR C’ and RR say I was badly burned at the beach: neck and arms; particularly the neck. Any ideas on saving my neck? :-?
JDR: 6/18 6:47 PM: RT Pb Holly says (next) time remember the sunscreen retardo.
Pb 6/18 6:51 PM: RT JDR Thank you Holly. My daughter agrees it was retarded.
JDR 6/18 7:15 PM: RT Pb You are going to be a mess in the morning Booboo.
JDR 6/18 7:22 PM: Mess to Pb Holly is feeling better, she just told me to fuck myself.
Pb 6/18 7:23 PM: RT JDR LOL
JDR 6/18 8:58 PM: FB Somebody went down to Florida and got his red-headed self all sunburned! Wonder who that could be?
Pb 6/19 8:27 AM: RT JDR There’s no pain or discomfort this morning. My face and arms are really red. I think we’re going to the beach again today.
JDR 6/19 8:29 AM: RT Pb Wear a hat and sleeves with sun screens Red.
Pb 6/19 8:31 PM: RT JDR I never took the hat off yesterday. Legs are still white
Pb 6/19 9:00 AM: RT JDR C’ has a headache from the sun yesterday. Any ideas?
Pb 6/19 11:06 AM: Mess JDR It appears we are spending the day at the bungalow. Disney and Universal cost about $75 each day. :-o( The girls wanted to go jetskiing but realize it’s either/or, not both. I proposed to them that we leave here early to get to the park when it opens. Afternoon storms will start at about the time we want to leave. Then we drive to St. Augustine. We can stay in a hostel there. Drive from there North
Pb 6/19 11:46 AM: Mess JDR We should start a new game: Where in the USA is Helen?
JDR 6/19 11:49 AM: RT Pb New York?
Pb 6/19 11:56 AM: RT JDR Who knows? ;) The two girls both dressed in sun dresses. I’ll have to take a picture. They are out shopping. I’m home alone :-o) The front of my legs are now showing signs of a burn. It’s weird.
RR 6/19 1:01 PM: FB RT Robin I'm in Florida because C’ asked me to come along. Having no job or responsibilities allows me to disappear for weeks at a time with not a care in the world.
RR 6/19 1:03 PM: FB RT C’ SEA TURTLES! er tortoises.
C’ 6/19 1:12 PM: FB RT RR Watch him crawl away... angry.
C’ 6/19 11:27 AM: FB Bla, why is Disney world so costly?!
Pb 6/19 11:29 AM: FB RT C’ Because there are people like you who will pay for it. Is there a student discount? Just buy the tickets and enjoy it. You'll never be able to enjoy it with RR again. But the memories of this trip will stay with you forever.
C’ 6/19 11:33 AM: FB RT Pb yeah yeah I guess.
Nate 6/19 12:00 PM: FB RT C’ he is right you know
C’ 6/19 12:07 PM: FB RT Nate I know. And I would pay it but the problem is this, the tickets = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ And I don't think RR is happy about that. I realize that $75 is a very cheep trip to Disney world but yeah...
RR 6/19 1:02 PM: FB is going to Disnery World! (tomorrow.)
Pb 6/19 4:16 PM: Mess C’ I’m going to nap for an hour or so.
Robin 6/19 5:34 PM: FB RT RR YOU BETCH!
Manda 6/19 5:43 PM: FB RT RR AWSUM
Jeff 6/19 5:46 AM FB to RR hey you. i hope you have fun tomorrow/today.
C’ 6/19 9:32 AM: FB Guess whos going to disney world.
Pb 6/20 6:25 AM: Mess Ron I can text while driving 80:-O Arghhhhhhhhh!
Jeff 6/20 6:46 AM: FB to RR Hey you. I hope you have fun tomorrow/today.
Pb 6/20 10:40 AM: Mess C’ Daisy Lot 31
Pb 6/20 10:48 AM: Mess JDR The alarm was set wrong. So we’re an hour late. There’s a heat warning and OH! NO! Wally World is CLOSED! :-O(
JDR 6/20 10:50 AM: RT Pb How about Ringling Brothers Museum that’s inside. It’s art, not circus.
Pb 6/20 10:57 AM: RT JDR Wha? :-?( The second line of the day and we’re not even in the part yet.
JDR 6/20 10:58 AM: RT Pb So it is open. Stay cool. Wear your hat.
Pb 6/20 11:09 AM: RT JDR I feel like I’m part of some religious experience. You can feel the excitement of the children. A few children are in wheel chairs.
JDR 6/20 11:12 AM: RT Pb Autistic kids are usually fixated on Disney characters and Thomas the Tank Engine… Just put your hands on the mouse ears…
C’ 6/20 11:23 PM: Mess Pb Hey I think we lost you.
Pb 6/20 11:24 AM: RT C’ Yep! That was quick. I’m still near the parade.
C’ 6/20 11:25 AM: RT Pb So are we. I still see you. I’m across the small lake.
Pb 6/20 11:31 AM: Mess JDR God is it hot! C’ is wearing jeans. RR and I are telling her to dump the jeans ASAP. But she is intensely happy.
JDR 6/20 11:35 am: RT Pb Don't care, two choices, buy sizzers and cut them or procure shorts,skirt or scrubs for her. She will not be able to get the water in fast enough in jeans.
JDR 6/20 11:37 am: RT Pb At the price of Disney world water short probably would be cheaper than keeping booboo hydrated. :-D
JDR 6/20 11:38 am: RT Pb Hydrated in jeans that is...
Pb 6/20 12:01 PM: RT JDR We're trying 2 persuade her 2 get a Grateful Dead skirt. She's afraid it will fall off:-O
JDR 6/20 12:03 PM: RT Pb Do they have a smaller size? The waist a draw string?
Pb 6/20 12:04 PM: RT JDR She's just enjoying t attention
JDR 6/20 12:05 PM: RT Pb She’s beautiful she better get used to it
Pb 6/20 12:22 PM: Mess JDR We're in line, waiting 4 Goofy. :o)
Pb 6/20 12:53 PM: Mess JDR The little prude. 1 of t clerks told her 2 buy a pair of shorts if she's worried ~ it.:-))
Pb 6/20 12:53 PM: Mess JDR They've lost me 4 t 2nd time 2day.
JDR 6/20 12:55 PM: RT Pb Better have a meeting place and time them!
Pb 6/20 1:02 PM: Mess JDR C' found a wrap. I think they R changing now. I need some sox:-(
Pb 6/20 1:30 PM: Mess C’ Where are you?
C’ 6/20 1:32 PM: RT Pb In front of the castle. Well, the statue of Mickey and Disney.
Pb 6/20 1:37 PM: RT C’ Okay
Pb 6/20 1:54 PM: Mess JDR RR just ran off 2 C Buzz Lightyear. Should I run after her or keep my eye on C'?:-((
Pb 6/20 2:47 PM: Mess JDR Children R melting B4 my eyes.;-)
JDR 6/20 2:50 PM: RT Pb The colors are beautiful but what are they?
Pb 6/20 3:05 PM: RT JDR Coffee mugs. Big coffee mugs. If I C them again I'll take a closeup.
Pb 6/20 3:06 PM: Mess JDR Remember finding t princess Haloween costume in t attic? C' is in heaven. Every shop has those costumes. & we're @ t Disney Princess meet site now:-D
JDR 6/20 3:07 PM: Lol
Pb 6/20 3:08 PM: Oh! Oh! I just discovered t complete Disney Princess collectables set:-O
JDR 6/20 3:09 PM: No! We do not have room!
Pb 6/20 3:10 PM: Mess C’ Where are you?
C’ 6/20 3:16 PM: RT Pb I’m in line to see the princesses. Be (back) there soon. Stay there.
Pb 6/20 3:16 PM: RT C’ I want to take pictures.
C’ 6/20 3:18 PM: I’m sorry but we are at the front of the line. Don’t worry there will be at least three photos.
Pb 6/20 4:13 PM: Mess JDR We have finished all our provisions. Weaker members of t troop R falling aside as t dreadful march continues. T heat is intense & children R Bing dragged thru
JDR 6/20 4:15 PM: RT Pb Look for the frozen mouse ears....
Pb 6/20 4:16 PM: Mess JDR this hell on earth, their Ariel & Jasmine costumes falling fm their shoulders. It is inhuman. What alien intelligence runs us thru this mouse maze & 4 what diabolical purpose?
JDR 6/20 4:17 PM: RT Pb Money!
JDR 6/20 4:17 PM: RT Pb Money!
Pb 6/20 4:20 PM: Mess JDR T only thing that would make this even more unreal is if C' & RR had both dressed as Disney Princess':-O
JDR 6/20 4:21 PM: RT Pb It's da heat...
Pb 6/20 4:24 PM: RT JDR No. The woman 2 t rite w/her girl friends sweating & t woman 2 my left who appears 2 B wearing just a um... Not sure what it is but it's revealing. That's t ht
JDR 6/20 4:25 PM: RT Pb The happiest place on earth?
Pb 6/20 4:36 PM: RT JDR Yep:-D
Pb 6/20 4:45 PM: Mess JDR After a few happy seconds trying 2 determine what sort of sea shell Ariel wears 4 a top, we continue thru t list of Disney Princess' to Snow White. Wait is she Royalty?:-/
Pb 6/20 5:03 PM: Mess Ron Okay. We'R in It's a Small World. This better not B another lame Disney ride:-p
Pb 6/20 5:04 PM: Mess Ron I'm already getting an ear worm fm that fuckin' song>:-)
Pb 6/20 5:08 PM: Mess Ron I'll bet there is a correlation between people being exposed 2 this music & t incidence of serial murder:-((
Pb 6/20 5:12 PM: Mess Ron OMG it's a GAY ride!
Pb 6/20 5:14 PM: Mess Ron It's over... NO THERE'S MORE:-O
Pb 6/20 5:16 PM: Mess Ron I'm delusional. T horror... T horror...
Pb 6/20 5:21 PM: Mess Ron my best friend has sent on a drug requiring trip thru t ugly sewer known as It's a Small World @ Disney World. My brain struggles w/t implications of t betrayal
Pb 6/20 5:57 PM: Mess JDR These 2 R having an argument ~ Pinnochio. RR wants an adult version. C' is defending t Disney version.
Ron 6/20 8:06 PM: RT Pb Its a world of laughter, a world of tears. Its a world of homoerotic fears. You can run, you can hide, but we're always inside. Its a small, small world.
C’ 6/20 10:13 PM: FB Most magical day in the sun ever.
JDR 6/20 11:20 PM: Mess Pb Love you
Pb 6/21 12:08 AM: RT JDR Sorry that happened 2 U.:-( I get t feeling I'm partly 2 blame as I'm here, not there. T hostel is a bit rougher than I like. Upper bunk of a dorm rm w/7 other guys. It's hot & stinky already. 2 days & we should B bak. Luv ya':-x
JDR 6/21 12:10 AM: RT Pb Sleep as well as you can, love ya
Pb 6/21 12:19 AM: RT Ron Nooooooo! U bastard!
Pb 6/21 9:07 AM: Mess to C’ I’m up. Let me shower and get human again. Do you need the car key?
C’ 6/21 9:20 AM: RT Pb No I don’t think so. Did you need shampoo?
JDR 6/21 9:39 AM: Mess Pb Happy fathers day! Love you:-x
Pb 6/21 9:48 AM: RT C’ I’m Okay.
C’ 6/21 9:49 AM: RT Pb Good. I’m having pancakes.
RR 6/21 10:25 AM: FB RR is in a Pirate themed hostel. Rawk. Heading home today, but probably back tomorrow night.
C’ 6/21 10:39 AM: RT Pb RR wants to know if we are leaving soon.
Ryan C 6/21 11:38 AM: FB RT RR where is this pirate themed hostel you speak of?
Pb 6/21 12:00 PM: Mess JDR I found my eye shades
Pb 6/21 12:18 PM: Mess JDR T plan is 2 drive 2 a hostel near Asheville, NC 2day. Then home 2morrow.
JDR 6/21 12:20 PM: RT Pb Good morning! That is going to be one long day of driving. How did the night go at the hostel?
Pb 6/21 12:21 PM: Mess C’ RR just went the wrong way.
Pb 6/21 12:23 PM: RT JDR It was better in t lite of day. T other guys said there was someone who snored so loud they had 2 stay in t Common Room last nite, but I slept ok, didn't notice
Ron 6/21 12:24 PM: RT Pb Second verse, unlike the first. I'm Henry the eighth I am Henry the eighth I am I am. I got married to the widow next door, she'd been married seven times...
JDR 6/21 12:25 PM: RT Pb Wonder who it could have been? RR? C’? Not our little flowers.
Pb 6/21 12:27 PM: RT JDR No, someone in t guy dorm
JDR 6/21 12:29 PM: RT Pb Not you....
ARY 6/21 12:43 PM: FB to C’ I am so happy! It sounds like you had a great time. You and RR and your father all look a little "magically" sunburned or maybe just a little rosy from the heat. Have fun. Comeback ready to work.
C’ 6/21 4:42 PM: RT ARY Oh you are just so clever.
Pb 6/21 5:46 PM: Mess JDR SC
Pb 6/21 9:07 PM: Mess JDR Nc:-)
JDR 6/21 9:08 PM: RT Pb Smokey mts?
Pb 6/21 10:21 PM: RT JDR yep. We're @ t hostel.
JDR 6/21 10:22 PM: Mess Pb I' to bed soon, hope the hostel is nice
Pb 6/21 10:22 PM: Mess C’ I take it you two are being anti-social?
C’ 6/21 11:12 PM: RT Pb We sure are.
Pb 6/21 11:13 PM: RT C’ It’s safe now, everyone has left.
C’ 6/21 11:14 PM: RT Pb Oh Okay. Thank you.
Pb 6/22 10:53 AM: Mess JDR heading home. ~ 12 hrs:-)
C’ 6/22 2:24 PM: Mess FB Just passed a bunch of clouds forming a funnel in Tennessee, and its raining a lot.
Pb 6/22 2:18 PM: Mess JDR Ky
JDR 6/22 3:01 PM: Mess Pb Where are you? :-/
Pb 6/22 3:04 PM: RT JDR Ky
Kay 6/22 4:21 PM: FB RT C’ Yikes! Run! Hide!
Nate 6/22 6:01 PM: FB RT C’ That’s probably that storm passed through here two or three days ago. Said he was goin' ta go look for sum action down south. Guess e' found what he was looking for... storm like that... some times you just don't know do'ya???
Pb 6/22 6:30 PM: Mess JDR IN. ~ 5 hrs fm home now.:-)
JDR 6/22 6:59 PM: Mess Pb Where are you? :-/
Pb 6/22 6:58 PM: RT JDR Indianapolis. ~ 180 mi left?
JDR 6/22 8:18 PM: Mess Pb Where are you? :-/
C’ 6/22 8:25 PM: FB RT Nate Ok. So RR and I were talking about this... Are you personifying the storm?
Pb 6/22 8:45 PM: RT JDR We've stopped 4 a dinner break in Lebanon.
JDR 6/22 8:46 PM: RT Pb Have the club....
Pb 6/22 8:47 PM: RT JDR I've been here B4. I'm inside my old territory now.
JDR 6/22 8:47 PM: RT Pb That's scary
Pb 6/22 8:48 PM: RT JDR No. Finally get home soon:-)
JDR 6/22 8:48 PM: RT Pb How long?
JDR 6/22 10:10 PM: Mess Pb I'm trying to wait up but I keep falling asleep. How far or long?
Pb 6/22 10:47 PM: RT JDR Gassing up in Hammond. 4 all practical purposes, we're in Chicago.:-p
C’ 6/22 11:20 PM: I think something is wrong with the facebook on my phone.
C’ took the Which Disney Movie Is Your Life Most Like? quiz and the result is Alice in Wonderland
Often you find yourself daydreaming about what life could be like for you, and sometimes are very negative about the outcome. You have a wild imagination and people love how creative you are. At times your life can seem very complicated and making decisions is difficult for you. Just keep in mind that dreaming about life is not going to make it go anywhere, and you are only going to achieve success if you work for it.
RR 6/23 12:08 AM: FB RT Ryan It was in St. Augustine, FL.
RR 6/23 12:09 AM: FB homehomehomehomehomehomehome
Pb 6/23 12:42 AM: Mess JDR HOME: 3267 mi
Pb 6/23 10:26 AM: Mess JDR I'm going bak 2 bed. TIRED!
JDR 6/23 10:33 AM: RT Pb Poor baby!
JDR 6/26 12:24 PM: Mess Pb Where did you go?
Pb 6/26 12:25 PM: RT JDR I'm finally unloading t car
JDR 6/26 12:26 PM: RT Pb Lol!
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