I’m on VayCAYtion!

Well, every trip over a few days needs a day like we had today. This whole time that we’ve been here, Adam has been telling us to let our hair down- we’re on vacation! After last night catching up with Heather and working up some fantastic plans to go to the Gold Coast, we alerted Adam and Louise to this awesome plan of ours to catch a bus, to catch a train, to catch another bus to walk to the beach. When it was met with big eyes and “Ohh….well, okay!” we really should have known. Waking up this morning in our nice comfy clothes and the warmth of the blankets, the plan started to fade. Well, let’s see how we feel after we upload pictures (which yes, by the way, pictures are finally all uploaded so the world can breathe a sigh of relief. And all thank Brenda again!)

But nope, nothing changed except we liked our pajamas even more. Hey- everyone needs one of these days and we loved every minute of it! So after some toast and fresh squeezed orange juice, we curled back up in bed and decided to satisfy our Disney-song love. For some reason, this trip we have been belting out a little Enchanted and acting out the Pip pantomime scene like nobody’s business. Thanks to a little stealth googling on Sabrina’s part, we managed to find a website that let us watch Enchanted. In bed. Yeah, it was awesome! “How do you KNOOOOWWWWW!”

After our Disney fix, we just really enjoyed our time to hang out here today. We caught up on some reading, got our pictures up, caught up on emails and the like- it was pretty sweet. Louise had made some really delicious casserole that we enjoyed for lunch with Adam’s favorite drink: Wild Turkey and coke. Then later on in the afternoon we thought we would try to head into the city to do a little souvenir shopping and explore the last bit of Brisbane, but oddly enough none of the buses would stop! We sat at the bus stop for about a half an hour, and yeah here you have to flag down a bus like you do a taxi, but even with that they passed us on by. We took it as a sign to head back to the house, enjoy a little Wild Turkey and coke and wait around for Adam and Louise to get home from work.

They had an evening planned out in the city for Louise’s mom’s 50th birthday, and so it worked out perfectly that we could just catch a ride with them. We really have a blast anytime we are all together, just cracking up at the littlest things while we have some really thoughtful conversation. Sabrina and I were treated to their wedding video, a pretty stellar compilation with an obviously fantastic videographer. It was so beautiful and we got to see a few of the people that we’ll get to meet tomorrow in Adelaide.

But, we couldn’t spend our last night here in Brisbane just chilling at the house, so we hitched a ride with the Jennings’ into the city and met up with Heather once more. The square on Queen’s street that has become our meeting place always gets the same reaction from us when we get together: a gleeful smile, an excited “Heeeeey!!” followed by at least 20 minutes of standing there gabbing. There are always stories to share and we are just a bit too amped up to wait! Unlike the night before, we tore ourselves away before the hour ticked by and we strolled on down the Riverwalk to The Coffee Club for some delicious salads. Seriously, that will be one sad thing when I head back to America- they eat their food like I love it! Food tastes so fresh and actually tastes like food as opposed to butter and sauces. Mmmmm, gotta love it!

Conversation turned to the topic of dancing and how we all love to bust a move out – and thankfully, we have no shame because in the middle of the restaurant (and granted, there were only a handful of other people there) Heather, the ultimate dance teacher, breaks out some sweet moves for Sabrina and I to master. Oh the “Tabletop” was by far the best, and we told some stories through our salsa moves. It was pretty hilarious to try to be the guy in these dance ensembles, but we owned it.

Dinner with Heather was absolutely fantastic, and after a bit of walking around we decided to reminisce on our sweet photo shoot (hint: one took place right before the dancing dinner session. Again, thank you Brenda and the inventor of the self-timer feature!) Heather had her laptop in her computer so I handed her my SIM card that she slipped into her computer slot, ready to upload, point and laugh. Ahh but unfortunately me and the camera have had some issues this trip! The card didn’t fit the slot, and got lost in the abyss that is her Toshiba. Eh, no worries mate! 15 minutes later, there was some crazy finagling taking place in the backseat of her car, with her in a sea of bent bobby pins, clips and whatever else we had on hand that might be useful in the card’s retrieval. Visions of the Best Buy Express came to mind, and all I could think was, “But I haven’t thought bad thoughts about that machine today!!” Finally, after a slick two handed double bobby pinned, 3 armed attack, the card was released and safely back in my camera. What a relief!

A little later, around 9:00 we got the call that Adam and Louise had finished up their dinner down the street. The last night in Brisbane was coming to a close, but not without a few more laughs. Poor Adam had to drag us gasbags away because the stories just kept coming! But hey mate, we’re on vacation!!