Gaaaaaaaaah!
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007That’s me coming up for air. Since last we met, I have:
1. Driven my family to Florida and back in the BAV (Big A**ed Van), including 12 hours at Disney among the manatee gazing.
2. Spent five days sequestered in a 50,000-square foot indoor skate park with ten teenagers and an aging Rasta U.S. Army veteran with mad jumping and cooking skills (a.k.a. Dr. Dizzle).
3. Got most of the spew out of my lungs and my energy back from what I like to call “The Worst Fargin Winter of My Entire Fargin Life So Far.”
The drive to Florida was almost too easy. I swear my kids travel better than I do now. We did the overnight blitz for a door-to-door elapsed time of roughly 31 hours. When I awoke the next morning, my dad was directing the kids in orange picking and juicing. It was so good to breath wet air for a change. And to sweat for no apparent reason.
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