I'm going to interrupt my PTR to talk about a very exciting weekend that I just had. Now, for those of you that follow me on twitter or instagram, you saw my pictures and know where I was.
Where was I??
That's right... I was in FLORIDA! So, because this moving to Florida is happening so quickly, we had to get down to Orlando for my parents to look at homes, and hit the East Coast so I could look for apartments. So, on July 25th, we hopped on a plan bound for sunny Florida!
We had houses to look at and apartments to find, but where did we go first?
DOWNTOWN DISNEY!
(sorry for the lack of pictures into DTD, I was the driver!)
It was so nice to just meander around and grab a bite to eat without feeling like we were losing out on precious park time. You feel a little less rushed when you know you will live nearby in less than 9 weeks.
So, we went to Earl of Sandwich for dinner and I got to try this lovely sandwich...
Oh man, it was DELICIOUS. But it's definitely something that I could only eat on rare occasions because the Holiday sandwich really is like Thanksgiving dinner on a roll.
So we continued just walking around DTD until we were way too tired to go on anymore and headed back to our hotel.
On Friday, my parents had some appointments for 55+ communities that we were headed to and then dinner with some of their friends that live about 10 minutes from where they bought their house. That's right. They bought a house that day and it has a PALM TREE. In the FRONT yard!!!
We killed some time before we had to meet their friends for dinner by driving around what will be my parent's town, before headed to Bubbalou's for dinner!
We went to their friends house for dessert and a late night conversation, then back to the hotel to rest up for my day of searching.
I have no pics from the places we looked at because, let's be honest, I'm moving to Orlando now. More jobs, more affordable housing, and more things to do. If I want to hit the beach, I can get to one within an hour on either coast.
But we did have some time to see Port Canaveral and Cocoa Beach!
And then we found the Disboards welcome center and I got to see Teresa!
At that point, we were all DONE with the morning and needed a rest before dinner. So we headed back to the hotel and just relaxed for a few hours.
Where did we head for dinner???
We hit the Boardwalk/Epcot resort area! But I had special plans for dinner! So we took a little walk around the lagoon and ended up here-
We then just strolled around the Beach Club, I got some Oreo bon-bons (YUM!) and headed back over to the Boardwalk.
Aren't my parents adorable?!
Just to show I was really there!!
Oh look, Perdita got in on the Boardwalk action! (My first ever Vinyl trade!)
And then we just sat and watched the sunset over the Boardwalk.
We took our tired and weary crew back to the hotel, since we already had to leave the next day.
But at least I knew that we would be back SO SOON!!
On the plane out of Orlando, I was lucky enough to capture an image that I can't even believe I got! Luck was 100% behind this!
I'm definitely having this printed on a large canvas for my new place, and one for my parent's study!
And with that, we headed home to figure out when we could get back so that I could find a place to live. Next up: JOBS! Oh, and some plans for our September trip... that is so so close!!
