Pink Flamingo on Toast

It's that time of year where I travel to Orlando to attend Silent Weekend. It's a great opportunity for me to hone my skills and see my buddies. From around 9pm on Thursday until 5pm on Saturday there is no voices allowed. You can sign, gesture, notes..whatever it takes to communicate with fellow attendees and the staff at the hotel. I love it! It wonderful practice and I learn bunches. I'm taking a break (for breakfast, that I dropped so I had to have yogurt...gah) because I just got back from a juggling class. Yes, I said Juggling. It is supposed to help with visual processing and hey....that's just what I do I'm off to learn more!

...back to reality! Jerry and I are back from Vegas! Had a great time doing a lot of nothing. Jerry had to work a lot. I think he had three 14 hour days in a row. What did I do during that? Hmm...well...shopped, drank, gambled, drank, watched TV, sat by the pool, read, let towels on the floor, shopped. It was great to get away from Jacksonville and all the stress that is here. So reality is settling back in. Jerry's mom had an appointment to get her prosethetic but because the nursing home hasn't been following directions her leg was too swollen and they had to postpone it until this Thursday. Let's all keep our fingers crossed for that!

I knew I was going to be on my own most of the day so I decided to just grab my Kindle, and iPod and head down to a shady spot at the pool. I was tucked away in my little corner, ordered a bloody mary and started to read. Apparently I wasn't the only on avoiding the sun. Two woman moved toward my table and we nodded politely like a good citizen should and giggled about how it was nice to be in the shade. Well...that turned into two hours of me gabbing with these 3 woman who could be my mother. It was incredible. Dorthea, Vicki and Sue touched me. They were all wonderful souls and it was a pleasure spending the afternoon with them at the pool. Dorthea was a supreme court, court reporter. WOW...that's cool! Vicki had been a Vice President of a bank but felt she was doing immoral things years ago and retired, Now she volunteers. Sue works for a Horse Vet so she and Dorthea who loves horses talked about that. Usually spending the afternoon with a bunch of woman who could be my moth...

Woke up at the crack of dawn. Jerry had a golf outing and had to be out the door at 6am. I got up, leisurely got dressed and headed down for breakfast. Hit the slots for a few and then headed back to the room for a nap. So far..vacation rocks! Woke up and hit the Forum Shops . My taste in shopping does NOT fit my budget. I love shiny sparkly things. I didn't buy anything but a $2.95 20oz Diet Mt. Dew. I know...I can live it up...heh. Decided to gamble a little more....yeah..I'm not very good at that too. Thankfully my friend from college called and we decided to meet. So around 2pm we headed out to the pool bar and chat. 4 hours later....Our stomachs hurt so much from laughing that we decided we needed some food. Jerry had a reception that he had to go to so we headed to the Mesa Grill for some apps and more drinks. Queso Funditos and Coffee Patrone ..nuf said! Jerry finished and the three of us headed to the Peppermill for some dinner. Very pink...very neon and pr...

We landed about 3:40 local time. Feeling a little jet laggy. We got into our room around 5:30pm, then a quick dinner and penny slots. It's 8pm local time (11pm home time) and I'm pooped. Jerry has to be up and downstairs at 6am. Oof...glad I'm on Vay-cay! I think tomorrow I'll hit the Forum Shops. (Already went into the Coach shop...love their little wristlets.) Ok...being lame and getting some rest.