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I must first say I am excited to be going home on Thursday! Even though I love it down here it will be nice to come home... I think I may sleep outside to get cooled off from the apartment (just kidding... I am sure I will be FREEZING the entire time)!

These past few days have been interesting to say the least. The other day I had a family talk about how they eat squirrels on a regular basis. I thought they were kidding at first, but then realized when the mother was talking about it too that they were serious. Whatever floats your boat I guess...

I also went to Universal the other day. I got a season pass for a Florida resident, so it was a lot cheaper. I can honestly say it is a whole different world over there! "Customer service" is pretty much non-existent. I saw employees texting on their phones, talking about inappropriate things in front of guests, and the cardinal sin, sitting down! And not only was this one woman sitting down but she also had her legs propped up leaning back, just doing nothing (must be nice). I could go on and on but I will spare you every little thing that is different. We also had an "exciting" experience riding their newest roller coaster. After we waited in the line we got into the car, and the restraints would not lock. So we get off and wait a few minutes for another car to come out. We get on this one, they get the restraints locked, and then take us all off again. After about 15 minutes of standing around and watching the technicians walking around the ride and the people running the ride telling us "the music isn't working" we get back on the ride for the third time. We actually ride the roller coaster this time, which was amazing, and then we arrive back in the station, right where the platform starts. And we sit there, and sit there, and sit there, without moving. I notice there is no other cars going up the hill, so I begin to think this is great. So the "crew" tells us they will be performing an "emergency evacuation." The crew then has a little huddle to review the emergency evacuation procedures (very re-assuring), and then we are removed one-by-one from the roller coaster. So we spent the first 2 and a half hours at the park at one attraction (Including waiting in line, the musical seats, and getting stuck on the coaster itself). Some of the attractions are ok. The Mummy ride is pretty cool, but most of them are sub-par at best. The Jaws attraction is a huge joke, and Jurassic park can't compare to dino land at DAK. We did get to see the new Harry Potter attraction being built. I hope it opens while I am still down here so I can go to it... the latest date that I saw was May 20 something, so hopefully I can see it.

Other than that I cannot think of anything spectacular to share. I know there were lots of things I wanted to put on here, but I always forget what I want to say. I surmise I need to write somethings down so I can make this a more interesting blog. :-/

Hope everyone has a MAGICAL WEEK!