St Augustine Day Trip...

Dan's friend, Babin, has been having a pretty rough go of life lately so Manda had decided they needed to get him out & about. She knows I've been in the dumps for several months now, too. So she & Dan decided we'd 4 do a day trip to visit St Augustine about 3 weeks ago. Yesterday was THE DAY. :D

It's about an hour & a half drive from here. They picked me up at 10 am. We stopped & got coffee. Babin treated. lol Then we were on our way. You would hafta know these guys to even contemplate the topics of conversation...ROFL! Sports, sex, kinky sex, the tv show Spartacus, us all joining in on doing a bit of BDSM on Dan...ahaha...music, religious fanatics...it was quite entertaining! We finally get there & parked in the parking garage. The Historical District...is not all that vehicle friendly. You pretty much walk the entire thing. There is SO MUCH to do there...& we only did a couple of them!! We walked through some of the shops & stuff & then stopped for lunch. Amanda made me eat alligator tail...AHAHAHA!! Was my 1st time &...WOW!!! It's awesomely YUMMY! :D Tastes like chicken but 1000x better. I'm not a fan of chicken anyway...lol. Our waitress was stupid. We told her 4x that Amanda & Dan were one ticket, I was a ticket & Babin was a ticket. She gave us 2 tickets...completely screwed up...haha! After lunch, we walked around some more. Went in to view the Chapel at Memorial Presbyterian Church. Absolutely amazing stained glass work in there!! WOW!! It was pretty low-lit, too. After that, we caught the last tour of Flagler College. The amazing thing about this place was the building itself was poured, piece by piece. All of the carvings & tile work inside was done by hand. It was really gorgeous! I very much dislike gilt-work but, being it was the utmost sign of wealth back in those times, it's everywhere! haha Artwork galore, too. Dozens of Austrian Crystal chandeliers. The Dining Hall was BEYOND majestic!! The entire room is a piece of combined artwork! We finally made our way back to the parking garage after that, about 4-ish pm. We needed to get Babin back by 5. On the way out of St Augustine, Dan spotted Adam and Eve adult toystore...LOL. I'd seen it on the way in! *smirks* So we stopped in there for a few minutes. Note to self: NEVER go in somewhere like that again with Dan! AHAHA Yeah...just TMI about Manda! *dies* Then we continued on home. We dropped Dan at the house 1st. He had to potty...ROFL!!! Then Babin & then she dropped me home. It was about 6 by the time I got home.

My back was hurting but I had an absolutely WONDERFUL day!! ;-)

Now...it's back to reality...& back to 5 days of work...with Cindy...by myself. *rolls eyes* Still on the patches. No slips so far. Diet isn't really working though...ugh.