Vacation

Vacation Day 13: Vacation Recovery

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Today my body reminded me that it has anger issues with me. Having been traveling my diet consisted of whatever takeout we all agreed on for that evening — ranging from fast food to restaurants with curb side pickup, and there was also dehydration during travel. The first tea I made once setting foot in the house was Sweet Watermelon mixed with Jasmine Pearls; it was a perfect finish to a summer like evening and a nice taste of summer when the autumn fog rolled in. I didn’t get out of bed until afternoon hit. It also took me awhile to get my stomach to decide on something to eat, there was so much salt going through my body that you’d swear I drank tears from the Fortnite community or some shit. I’m finally starting to feel better, and I’m fortunate that digital shopping doesn’t require getting out of chillin’ clothes.

As predicted I’ll be jumping back into the hole come Tuesday… I should be fully recovered from my vacation to return by then. 😛

Vacation Day 12: It’s Good To Be Home

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We made it home this afternoon with good weather in our midst from start to finish! As great as it was to visit I’m happy to be back in the land of Ducks. I’m already unpacked and ready to take on the world! Then I celebrated by drinking some watermelon tea and mentally going over my digital grocery list. My Surface Pro charger died during the trip, and I need to re-order some tea, among other secretive items an Overlord orders to please their people.

It’s time to get back into the swing of things… after sleeping on a mattress that doesn’t completely piss me off.

Vacation Day 10: More Successful Visits

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Finished up with visiting family today. It was so nice to catch up with everyone! Tomorrow I’ll be making my way back home. I should be back on Friday, I’ll have the rest of the weekend to veg around before heading back to work. It felt good to get away from stress and anxiety for awhile, but it’ll be nice to return home. I really miss my mattress.

Vacation Day 9: Getting my R&R

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Had a safe, short drive into town. Already saw some family, and even paid a visit to my Grandparents grave(s). Will be going back tomorrow to bring flowers, and visit more family. Tonight was a jalapeno burger night… it was so big that I couldn’t finish it… might have to eat more of it as a before bed snack.. :v

Vacation Day 8: Open Thread

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Just been traveling today, nothing special. I’ll be back in my home timezone tomorrow. I’ll be heading to Washington state to see more vaccinated family! Been enjoying some local Italian dining, we ordered plenty of spaghetti and salad to keep us tied over until tomorrow. I hope everyone is doing alright, and staying safe. I’ve been doing my best to avoid people, and being introverted makes it pretty damn easy.

Open Thread!

Vacation Day 7: DOOM is MOOD

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I was getting ready to head out to visit vaccinated family when I noted my DOOM shirt in the mirror changes to MOOD. So DOOM truly is its own mood.

Everything went well tonight. We’ll be leaving Billings tomorrow morning, sadly there were no Chuck Tingle sightings. I guess I’ll just have to try again next year. 😛

Vacation Day 6: Chilling in Billings

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Made it into Billings today! I’ll be visiting vaccinated family tomorrow; I only found out today that my uncle, who I’ll be visiting tomorrow, had a heart attack last Tuesday. He sounded really tired when we called him up today to let him know we’re in town. Something tells me we will be taking it very easy with him tomorrow, and given he’s 97 there really is no hurry.

On a brighter note I can cross off eating Chipotle off my bucket list. It isn’t as good as the authentic stuff at home, but it’s waaay better than Taco Bell. They make really good fast mexican food; my only complaint would be the amount of salt they use. I had a taco salad with grilled steak. I crumbled their homemade tortilla chips and poured some of their hot sauce over it, and it was quite nom. As someone who has a PHD in hot sauce I can say it’s one of the best I’ve had, Taco Bell always had suck hot sauce, it was basically hot seasoned vinegar…

But if you’re ever near a Chipotle, you have to try it!

Vacation Day 5: Yellowstone!

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This is my second time back in Yellowstone, and yet it still feels like the first time. There is just so much sight seeing to take in! I went on an absolute hayday taking pictures, and I still haven’t even scratched the surface of its true beauty.

When leaving Yellowstone we were greeted by this piece of ass:

Of course the scenery is all fine and good, but the real reason to visit Wyoming isn’t for the Tetons or even Yellowstone, but rather to pay visitation Wyoming’s Sacred Shrine:

This Big Boy Statue sits alone in a field in Wyoming just outside of the town of Cody, and nobody knows how it fucking got there.