orlando rain.

The next day, Saturday, my parents came to visit!

Of course, we were excited and also exhausted. We just let all of that junk sit in the back of the car when we got home the night before. Saturday morning I woke up a little later than I had wanted and Tommy had emptied almost the entire car -heart warming feelings- so I got to work putting decor and dishes back.

Mom and dad arrived and they were just so glad to be there. See, they have been in a teeny, weeny town in Arkansas. Dad found an awesome job there, but they are just about ready to be moving along. It is the smallest town they have lived in since they've been married, and we tell everyone, "well, there's a Sears and a Walmart..." They were happy to be in our thriving city.

Sunday morning we went to church, and then packed up the car again. Why, you ask? Because they came to take us to Orlando to go to Disney World! My second visit ever!! I was so excited. That evening, we strolled around Downtown Disney and I got to show them all the places I had actually been to before. For instance, we got to eat at the T-Rex restaurant. Yum!!!

Monday was going to be the BEST and I think all four of us were excited.

Monday morning = torrential downpour. I mean. I have never seen anything like it. It was like.... you know when the rain will get really heavy, it's hard to see through, it makes everything darker, you don't want to run through it because you know you'll get soaked? It literally rained like that for 90% of the day. So. No, we didn't go to Disney World. SO SAD. But we tried to make lemonade out of our lemon shower.

We looked up attractions on our cell phones and I grabbed pamphlets. We ended up going to WonderWorks. If you’re ever in Orlando, you can’t miss this place. It’s a really big white building, completely upside-down.

Basically, this place is like a hands-on science-y exploring place. But on the top floor (bottom floor?) they had an arcade. No big deal. BUT! Floating above the arcade was a ropes course! It was a lot higher than I thought once we were up there... Tommy was much braver than me. I’ve grown timid in my old age. But, since my shorts were made almost invisible by the harness, I have maybe only one unscandalous photo that was taken from the floor below to prove that I did it. Poor people who had to look up at us. I'm sure the workers there get used to seeing many underwears...

After that, we went to the big area that connects Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure - still raining. We managed to park and had enough jackets to get us to Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. YUM. And so fun. Got a Shrimp is the fruit of the sea.... Shirt. And we warmed up from being in the rain- yes, cold rain.

The rest of the day... I think we took naps? We can't remember.

But the next day. The day we had to leave. Bright SUNSHINE happy day. WHAT?! Mocking sun. I'm sure I threw "Why, God, why??"'s up to my Abba. We walked around Downtoan Disney a little more, just to give us that Disney feel, and then left. Ah, well. It just means we'll have to go back another time.

When we got back, we took them to the butterfly exhibit at the museum. Mom and dad really liked it- mom for the nature, dad for the photo opportunities! We were taking them through the rest of the museum when Tommy got a job call! He stepped out to speak with John, a guy from Vero Beach, Florida, who was interested in getting to know Tommy a little better. More on that later! -wink wink-

I think we salvaged a pretty good visit for mom and dad.