We had a good time in Florida. We got to see actual pieces of the space station that will eventually get hooked up and used by people living in space. How cool is that? I’m wearing my space shuttle pin right now. How geeky is that? About as geeky as I felt when after watching the simulation of the Apollo 11 launch and I wanted to shout “Yes” and pump my fists in the air. It took a lot of will power to shut that impulse off.
Other things experienced over the weekend:
-a parent decided to wait until we were on the soul-sucking tour bus at the Space Center to change her child’s poop-ridden diaper. Holy Cow, my eyes nearly watered.
-we got to see some manatees.
-we got to see the husk of the 400-lb pig my sister saw on her way to work the other day–she sees lots of dead animals on her drive through the Merritt Island Wildlife Preserve.
Speaking of pigs, here’s a tip to all you house-hunters out there. Homeowners know when you’ve been screwing with their stuff. Open all the closet doors you want, but turn off the lights, lock the door behind you and keep your hands off my stuff. As soon as you write us a big fat check, you can leave all the lights on and leave the doors open and unlocked all you want.