Fred Visit! Day 6

2005, Vacations, , , ,

Good off-work day. This was our campus day. We took the bus onto campus and walked around and repeatedly got lost due to my genius at navigation (though also we were both up for a bit of a walk and weren’t in huge hurries to get anywhere in particular–we were just kinda doing it to do it). We browsed the Music Building and I saw my old theory teacher who looked exactly the same–since I haven’t changed either I think he recognized me. After MUB we wandered around, got on a bus, found the Reitz Union, and ate Wendy’s in the courtyard (I had a fruit cup, Fred had a chili and hamburger combo thing).

School!

Picnic

Picnic

Picnic

Fred on campus

Ivy on campus

I found a weird floor to sleep on in the Reitz Union and tuckered out, and then we got up, played bowling (I didn’t do too bad!) and DDR. I played with a boy who really knew what he was doing, but I kept up with him okay. It was fun! We looked at the poster sale, it made me nostalgic because I did that when I first came to Gainesville and decorated my apartment with some posters from that, which I still have. I stopped browsing when I realized I brought no money.

Fred Bowling

I saw three people I knew on campus, besides that teacher. THREE. ALL from my work. I saw Erica, Cliff, and Sara (but Sara doesn’t actually work there anymore). Different times. Strange! After the walk around campus and coming home, Fred swam in our pool and I wore my swimsuit but decided not to go in because I was not hot. I decided to stand on the side and get bit by ants instead. Yeah.

Fred swimming

Fred swimming

Ivy bathing suit

Ivy loving the sun

We ate at Farah’s that night and I discovered I LIKE FALAFEL (woo!), and when we came home he dropped dead asleep and I finished my comic.

Fred at the Hookah Lounge

Fred Visit! Day 4

2005, Cooking & Baking, Vacations, ,

Work = Poo. Did overstocking, and I randomly got hugged by a customer in a pink shirt that read “Tough Guys Wear Pink.” Randomly, I got a visit from The Brendon who was passing through on his way back from DragonCon, and he had bought me a button that says “Yes I Am A FAMOUS WRITER Now Buy My God Damn Book!” Too bad I can’t put that on my apron. One of my co-workers thought she had met Brendon before because she confused him with Fred, mostly because I am not allowed to have TWO male Asian friends on the same day I guess. This was Fred’s and my day to go malling, and this we did. I think he enjoyed seeing how the Oaks Mall has changed. I bought stuff for myself and others, and Fred bought me a pentacle shirt. It is cute.

Our dinner was Arkadia, the Greek restaurant, and I had saganaki and a Greek salad as always while Fred got a lamby thing of some kind. We made autumn leaf cookies for the anime club and went to bed. Well, he went to bed. Har.

Making Autumn Leaf Cookies

Autumn Leaf Cookies

Fred Visit! Day 2

2005, Vacations, ,

Work sucked except when Mikey was entertaining me, and afterwards Fred and I visited Mikey, where we made shepherd’s pie and cooked up Mikey’s canned biscuits, and we took pictures, listened to good music, and watched Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle. Fred laughed so hard he almost fell off stuff. I love to see his face turn red when he can’t stop laughing. I think that his tombstone might actually read “He couldn’t stop laughing.” We also ate a key lime pie that Fred had made from scratch (except for the crust), and it was quite the yummable confection.

Key Lime Pie by Fred

Shepherd’s pie

Good meal at Mikey’s

Key Lime Pie by Fred

Excited Ivy

Clean Kitchen!

Fred Arrives! Day 1

2005, Vacations, , ,

Phredlet arrived on Saturday, so he was here a full week. We didn’t do a lot on his first day here ’cause it was kind of tiring for both of us; he got delayed in his arrival, and I’d been working all day. Boo. We went grocery shopping and I fed him with shribble soup, and after my nap we got ice cream. While he was sleeping I read some of the horrific tome Eldest, but god, I really don’t want to go on.

Shribble Soup for Fred

Yoda toy

Florida Trip with Mikey Day 2

2005, Vacations, , , , , , ,

Before leaving St. Pete we visited Bay Pines Veteran’s Hospital and Cemetary to see Mikey’s grandfather. This is a nice monument there dedicated to those who served.

Bay Pines Veterans monument

With Mikey, 8/2005

Moi in the wonderful Haslem’s new and used bookstore. It’s so cool in there. I want to live in one of the aisles. Here is me with all the fairy books. (I got to take a couple home!)

With fairy books

Mikey at Haslem’s

Our next stop was Tampa, and we made a beeline for Meg’s house. Here, Mikey bonds with her daughter Katelyn through TICKLE FIGHTING.

Mikey tickles Katelyn

Brendon arrived not too much later, and engaged in the Katelyn poking.

Brendon in a poke fight

Katie & Brendon, 8/2005

Katelyn’s kerchief

Katelyn’s pigtails, 8/2005

Katelyn the food monster with Brendon & Meghan, 8/2005

Hug from Katelyn, 8/2005

Katelyn & Mikey

With Katelyn, 8/2005

Katelyn, Mikey, me, 8/2005

Karaoke with Meg, 8/2005