*whew* i figured it out. i’m proud of myself. i figured out what was wrong with my website ‘programming’… and now.. i can rest peacefully. let me know if you encounter any other issues/glitches with the website… but i think everything is working pretty well right now. *crosses fingers*
anyways. i’m tired. i’m going to bed early.
sorry everyone. my old website got hacked or something.. so i had to abruptly change hosts. luckily the new host did the transfer for me.. now i just have to figure out why certain things aren’t working right.. so .. please excuse the dust.. i’ll be working on it within the next week or so.. and hopefully get things cleaned up soon. *waves* gotta go to kickboxing now.
well i’m back home now. the mini-vacation was super fun… and had some great.. and interesting… highlights.
first off… it was super fun to hang out with michele’s sister.. as well as meet her brother in law, and a good close friend from michele’s high school years. we were all pretty lazy … we didn’t do a whole lot.. played some music… ate…. watched movies… ate some more… etc. i even had the chance to meet up with one of my friends through youth encounter, and fellow nerd, dana… since she’s going to school just north of where i was.
oh, and the flight back was a very.. interesting.. one. first off.. i had my djembe with me… and on the way to norfolk… i hand checked the drum at the gate. and that worked out just fine. then on the flight back.. i was picking up a “gate check” tag… and the lady taking the boarding passes said “you won’t need one of those.. that will fit in the overhead storage” .. “really? uhh.. ok.” well.. it turns out that she lied. (she probably thought that it would ‘smoosh’… but it’s solid wood… so it’s not ‘smooshing’ anytime soon. the flight attendants also asked “does it smoosh”… “uhh.. i hope not. it’s a tree” there were also other musicians on the plane.. so that was kinda fun. one lady even knew that it was a djembe and not a “bongo” (which the attendants kept calling it). since the flight wasn’t full.. the flight attendants put the drum in it’s own seat and buckled it in… they were so excited about having a musical instrument on the plane.. they recommended the name “burt” for the drum.. and also mentioned the idea of doing a “conga line.” even the pilot got into the game and announced over the loud speaker that the ‘flight attendants are very musical.. so if anyone has any… musical instruments… they should play them’. but the best part was when one of the flight attendants approached me with the idea of playing the djembe while everyone de-planed. so i moved to the back row where “burt” was sitting… and the head attendant announced over the loud speaker before we landed that “we have a very special passenger… burt, the djembe drum… and tracy, who will be playing the djembe while we de-plane.”
so now i can check off the airplane for places i’ve performed…
anyways.. enough typing. here’s some pictures of my trip. i’ll work on getting the rest online and at picturequeen.com sometime later this week.
and according to weather.com its supposed to snow a little back home in milwaukee.
i’ll take the rain. 
so i got in yesterday… and wearing my sweatshirt (which was definitely required attire when in wisconsin/illinois) suddenly became WAAAAY to warm to be wearing here in norfolk, va. that’s one thing that i always expect.. but rarely am prepared for while traveling. it’s pretty cool that i can be in the same country.. yet in a completely different weather ‘situation.’ .. within a matter of hours.
but the trip was kind uneventful. a little bumpy.. but pretty normal. one of the girls on the back of the plane (where i was sitting as well) was flying for the first time. and our flight attendants were super friendly and joking around with us in the back. the more eventful part of my trip was in the chicago airport. see.. recently i discovered a product called vitamin water. so i thought.. since i’m getting up so early.. taking the bus down to chicago.. and then flying out of there around 9:20am… i should have some good stuff to drink to keep me from getting so jet-lagged. so i brought a bottle of vitamin water on the bus. i took about three drinks from this bottle.. and had it on my carry on… not realizing that you can’t bring any liquids past security. so they took it and THREW it away. (not even bothering to recycle the plastic bottle.. which made me mad!) ok. so i’m out of $1.50. no biggie. i walk through the airport to terminal C.. and actually carry all my stuff up the stairs. (thinking.. hey.. it’s two flights of stairs.. that’s good exercise) so i’m kinda tired when i get up at the top.. wishing i had my vitamin water. i stop at the first kiosk … and this friendly little indian woman helps me out…. and sells me a bottle of vitamin water (just like i had only 5 minutes before)… for $3.75. *sigh* .. well.. i suppose i have no other choice. i thank her.. and move on. then before i get on the plane.. i’m thinking.. “well.. i should probably get something to eat.” and i walked past mcDonalds… and felt sick just walking PAST the grease… i stop at another little kiosk near my gate… cuz i see a chicken caesar salad that looks pretty good. i get up to the checkout.. “that’ll be $9.25″ ack! nine freakin’ dollars for a salad? man.. this better be one GOOD salad. and let me tell you.. i’m going to finish every. last. bite.
so moral of the story.. i think we need more ‘dry/powder’ foods so we can take them through security and eat them in the airport to make the monopoly of airport dining realize that up-charging 300-500% IS NOT OK.
ok. that’s really all i have to say about that. the saying should be changed from “it’s highway robbery” to “it’s airport kiosk robbery” .. but i suppose that doesn’t roll off the tonge as nicely.
well whatever. i’m here. and it’s a nice lazy, stay-in-and-watch-movies, type day. and i like those.
happy friday everyone!
ok. so it’s not as catchy as ‘oh canada’ .. but whatever.
hey.. just a quick blog (since i should have taken a shower and gone to bed HOURS ago… ). tomorrow i’m leavin’ on a jet plane, and heading to norfolk, va. i’m excited to get a little vacation… i feel like i need it.
uhh. really. that’s all. i’ll make sure to take pictures. *waves* have a good weekend everyone!
this was a forward that michele sent to me yesterday. these are actual student exam questions… and they’re hilarious. here’s my favorites:
ok. that’s all. i’m gonna go eat lunch now.
hey look.. it’s another blog about the weather … exciting eh?
but seriously.. i need to update my page.. since every time i visit my own websites, i get that quiet riot song stuck in my head for the next hour or so..
so this snow.. i love when it snows at night and you wake up.. look at all the snow covered trees, and get to be the first person to leave footprints on the sidewalk. yea.. it’s march first.. but hey.. at least it’s not snowing in april (i suppose i shouldn’t say that.. cuz with my luck.. we’re gonna have a blizzard late april… 
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in other news. i bought a plane ticket to norfolk, va… in… two weeks. so that should be fun. with my luck i’ll bring a ‘winter storm warning’ along with me
alright. my lunch break is over now. more later.
