Fun weekend
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logisticsladI drove out to Lebanon, PA for a fun time with a number of my long time friends, including mujetdebois and bruhinb, in vague celebration of our various late summer birthdays. We got to snack on actual Lebanon bologna, which was very tasty. We stayed with my friend M. who lives out there and after a surprisingly early breakfast, we drove to Hershey Park for a day of fun. We we joined by two more friends whom I haven't seen in years, who now have kids the same age as my nephews. We had a blast at the park. It was overcast for most of the day, so we avoided the water rides. We started with riding the old wooden coaster called The Comet. It was fun, but it made me nauseous, so we split up with the adventuresome folks doing more coasters and the rest of us going to the little zoo there. That was very entertaining especially watching the kids' reactions to the animals. We went to Chocolate World to see how it was all made and I loved that! Then we split up and several went back to relax and arrange dinner while a few of us hung on for the Pirate Ship and the Wild Mouse coaster! The coaster was great fun, but messed me up again, so I was glad to depart after seeing the sun set over the park. We all had a lovely dinner and then I departed to sleep in my own bed.
I got a late night call from my friends at Worldcon (L. anddrewan) with an announcement of who had just won the Hugos! That was very cool. While I wish I could have afforded the con this year, I am satisfied with hearing all about it and doing other fun things instead.
Today, I met my nephews at the Academy of Natural Sciences so that we could look at DINOSAURS!, which is their latest craze. They could not believe just how big some of those creatures were. There was a cool TV exhibit where you could stand in front of a screen and dinosaurs moved through the background. There was another cool exhibit where you could spend a lot of time trying to chisel faux fossils out of the ground. We had great fun and I found some items in the gift shop that will make it to the oldest's upcoming birthday party.
Now I'm preparing for my first grad school lecture tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to watching the Emmy Awards.
mujetdebois and bruhinb, in vague celebration of our various late summer birthdays. We got to snack on actual Lebanon bologna, which was very tasty. We stayed with my friend M. who lives out there and after a surprisingly early breakfast, we drove to Hershey Park for a day of fun. We we joined by two more friends whom I haven't seen in years, who now have kids the same age as my nephews. We had a blast at the park. It was overcast for most of the day, so we avoided the water rides. We started with riding the old wooden coaster called The Comet. It was fun, but it made me nauseous, so we split up with the adventuresome folks doing more coasters and the rest of us going to the little zoo there. That was very entertaining especially watching the kids' reactions to the animals. We went to Chocolate World to see how it was all made and I loved that! Then we split up and several went back to relax and arrange dinner while a few of us hung on for the Pirate Ship and the Wild Mouse coaster! The coaster was great fun, but messed me up again, so I was glad to depart after seeing the sun set over the park. We all had a lovely dinner and then I departed to sleep in my own bed.I got a late night call from my friends at Worldcon (L. and
drewan) with an announcement of who had just won the Hugos! That was very cool. While I wish I could have afforded the con this year, I am satisfied with hearing all about it and doing other fun things instead.Today, I met my nephews at the Academy of Natural Sciences so that we could look at DINOSAURS!, which is their latest craze. They could not believe just how big some of those creatures were. There was a cool TV exhibit where you could stand in front of a screen and dinosaurs moved through the background. There was another cool exhibit where you could spend a lot of time trying to chisel faux fossils out of the ground. We had great fun and I found some items in the gift shop that will make it to the oldest's upcoming birthday party.
Now I'm preparing for my first grad school lecture tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to watching the Emmy Awards.
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Date: 2006-08-28 02:13 pm (UTC)When Chaz was little, our car interior was blanketed by Cheerios :)