Travel Time, Anyone?
ladyjenna13
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Today it is 3 degrees with a windchill of -25. During the course of the day it will warm up to near 20, which will bring strong winds and snow. So tonight I get to share the road with a bunch of lunatics in near white-out conditions. Got me thinking about the escape my family will be making in a few weeks to South Florida. It will only be five days, but it will be amazing to feel the sun, walk around in shorts and a wife-beater, and swim in the pool and ocean.
I am not looking forward to the plane this time though. My son is now begining to test, and I have a feeling he is not going sit calmly on our laps and fall asleep. We already have the tickets, and now I regret not getting him his own seat so we can strap him into his carseat. I plan on a heavy dose of netflix to offer him a distraction, but the flight is 3.25 hours long, so we are assured a meltdown of some sort. The things that distracted him as an infant are not going to fly as a toddler, so we will be that family pissing everyone else off I guess.
I plan on golfing and doing a lot of swimming with my son. I am also going to get a kite and fly that with him down at the beach.
Anyone got any spring break/getaway trips planned in the next month or two??
Re: Travel Time, Anyone?
@futant462
Something tells me that you will be taking a road trip to Kansas City in the near future. This thing is one of the most insane things I have ever seen.
https://roadtrippers.kinja.com/new-video-footage-of-worlds-tallest-waterslide-is-abso-1506535175/@barrett
I drove by that the other day. It's a monster. now I feel I should probably do it since I live so close. I'll give a full report if it happens this summer.
I misread this thread title as "Time Travel, Anyone?" at first.
It is soul crushing. Even my boy is starting to act out because of it. I don't think they have played outside at his school more than 3 days this month. When we landed in Ft. Lauderdale he is going to lose it.
We bought a light therapy lamp for the house to combat the depression that can set in during a long winter. What a fucking waste of money!!!!
I wouldn't be able to hack - riding a motorcycle 360 days a year has kept me sane this long....
Shirt sleeves!
how old is he? is he into that kind of thing? You might be able to get him interested if he got his hands on it. Get a space heater and something to tinker with.
when I was a kid I LOVED workin with my grandpa in the garage...... maybe its because my dad wasnt into it but it was like our hideaway.
jeez I miss my grandpa..... he was a really cool guy
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh - Im starting to understand the scope of things now....
heh
Ive already had my son with me in the garage in the swing - he's only 3 months but the sooner he gets to breathing in the smell of tires, oil and race gas the better!
Maybe at the end of the summer we will put together a small trip or go to SC to visit my parents for Xmas.
I am back in the office today after a week in South Florida. The weather was perfect, the day drinking was awesome, and Nana and Grandpa spoiled the child. Something about going on vacation with the kids really makes it so special. especially when escaping from the hellish winter we have been having.
I really have a great son!! He went right into the pool, no fear at all. I even carried him into the deeper end so he could feel the weightlessness of being in the water. He loved it. Thought I would let him share the warm weather with all of you.
At least mother nature was kind enough to dump six inches on MiIwaukee the day before we left Pompano, so I did not have to clean that mess up.
It will hit 40 here today, so that is bareable. Next Monday...teens. It was in the high 70's the whole time we were down there. Out of the three of us, the boy is the one who is not liking being back home. Takes after his old man.
One more with daddy and the boy getting some pool time in.
Yeah, my car should make it through too. After a blown serpintine belt, pulley, track bar and a new pair of tires.
Note the brewer logo as my avatar. Spring Training is open, so we are close to the end! The six inches that blew through here Monday was a classic spring pattern system. We are getting close!!
I do have something wrong with my antifreeze. It keeps disappearing. I took it to the mechanic once. He didn't see an obvious leak and it seemed fine for a couple weeks, but it started again. I need tires, and eventually new rear rotors. And I'm sure a clutch one of these days. I'm at 170k on the original.
I'm just happy that creepy guy isn't starring at me anymore doing whatever it is with his hand.
Forgot, I got rear rotors done this winter too.
Shit, I spent a lot of money on my car this winter!!
Awesome pool pics! Looks like he was having a great time.
Who said anything about functioning?