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Diary (18 July - 24 July)
FRIDAY 18 JULY 2008 AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT IT WAS CHAOS. WE THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS ALRIGHT BUT SOME AIRPORT STAFF DIDN’T ACCEPT THE ON-LINE BOARDING PASSES. AFTER WE EXPLAINED, MOANED AND ARGUED, WE HAD A RELAXING 8-HOUR FLIGHT. WE HAD A CHOICE OF CHICKEN OR PASTA FOR LUNCH BUT I JUST SHARED CHEESE SANDWICHES WITH EVERYONE. WHEN WE GOT OUT AT PHILADELPHIA, THE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS STOPPED US. THEY NEEDED TO CHECK GRANDMA AND GRANDDADS VISAS TO STAY IN THE USA. AFTER NEARLY MISSING OUR FLIGHT WE RAN ACROSS THE AIRPORT WITH LESS THAN 30 MINUTES TO SPARE. WE KEPT ON FALLING OVER OUR CROCS, WHICH WAS FUNNY. AT THIS POINT WE HAD BEEN AWAKE FOR 15HOURS AND IT WAS ONLY 4PM IN USA TIME. AFTER 2 HOURS OF FLYING TO ORLANDO, WE MET UP WITH KAY, KEN AND CINDY WHO TOOK US TO CYPRESS COVE. THERE WE COULDN’T WAIT TO DIVE INTO TO THE SWIMMING POOL. WE HAD A LOOK ROUND, A QUICK DIP IN THE POOL AND A SHOWER. FOR TEA, KAY HAD COOKED US HAMBURGERS AND CHICKEN LEGS. WE ENJOYED THIS TOGETHER AND THEN WENT BACK TO THE SWIMMING POOL FOR HALF AN HOUR. AFTER THAT, WE HEADED BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME TO GO TO BED. AFTER BEING AWAKE 20 HOURS NON-STOP, I SLEPT LIKE A ROCK. CYPRESS COVE 1
SATURDAY 19 JULY 2008 GRANDMA AND ME WERE AWAKE BY 7AM. WE WENT OUT FOR A WALK WHILE THE OTHERS WERE STILL ASLEEP. WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING ON THE CAMPSITE SO I KNEW WHERE EVERYTHING WAS. AFTER FINDING NATTY AND GRANDAD AWAKE, WE ALL JOINED TOGETHER FOR A QUICK SWIM BEFORE BREAKFAST. BREKKIE WAS RICE KRISPIES AND BANANA FOR ME, WHICH WAS YUMMY. AFTER BREAKFAST, I STAYED IN THE MOTOR HOME WITH GRANDMA WHILE THE OTHERS WENT TO PLAY PATONK. WE THEN WENT FOR ANOTHER SWIM IN THE BIG POOL TOGETHER. AFTER THAT WE CAME BACK FOR A BREAK AND DINNER BEFORE GOING BACK FOR YET ANOTHER SWIM. I ENJOYED BREAD, CRISPS, PRETZELS AND A BANANA FOR LUNCH. AFTER THAT 3RD SWIM, WE CAME BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME FOR A QUICK SNOOZE. THEN WE PLAYED CARD GAMES LIKE POO HEAD AND GOLF. WHEN WE GOT BORED, GRANDAD TOOK US OUT TO THE CLUBHOUSE TO PLAY TABLE TENNIS. NEXT, WE ALL WENT TO THE LAKESIDE LOUNGE AND PLAYED ‘TRIVIA 3000’. I CANT BELIEVE THAT I WAS PICKED TO BE A CONTESTANT BUT… I DIDN’T WIN! 1 HOUR LATER WHEN WE WERE ALL TIRED, WE PLAYED A GAME OF SHUFFLE BOARD BEFORE WE WENT BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME FOR SOME SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 2
MONDAY 21 JULY 2008 I WAS AWAKE BY 7AM. WE HAD CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST AND THEN WENT AND PLAYED PATONK WITH SOME OTHERS. AFTER MY TEAM WON BOTH GAMES, WE HEADED FOR A QUICK DIP IN THE POOL TO COOL DOWN. AFTER THAT WE ALL CAME BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME FOR LUNCH. WE HAD SNACKY, COLD FOODS FOR LUNCH. AFTER LUNCH, WE WENT FOR A 1-MILE WALK TO THE DOLLAR STORE TO GET THE IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE AT DISNEY. I BOUGHT NOTHING BECAUSE I AM SAVING MY MONEY FOR DISNEY BUT NATASHA BOUGHT HALF THE SHOP!! WHEN WE CAME BACK, WE WENT ON A PEDALBOAT AROUND THE LAKE. I WAS THE DRIVER AND GRANDAD WAS HELPING ME PEDAL. AFTER WE CAME BACK JUST IN TIME, A STORM BROKE OUT. IT STARTED OFF WITH RAIN, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING BUT THEN A STRONG WIND BROKE OUT. AFTER WE ALL BATTLED TO GET THE THINGS INTO THE VAN, WE ALL SAT DOWN AND PLAYED CARDS. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, WE WENT BACK TO THE POOL AGAIN BEFORE HAVING GRANDMA’S THERAPY. WE WASHED ALL OVER OUR BODY, COVERED OURSELVES IN OIL AND THEN SCRUBBED AWAY WITH SALT. AFTER THAT, I WATCHED A FILM WHILE EVERYONE ELSE DOZED OFF. NOT LONG AFTER THE OTHERS, I TURNED THE TELEVISION OFF AND ALSO DOZED OFF TO SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 4
TUESDAY 22 JULY 2008 IT WAS CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST AGAIN WITH BANANA. LATER ON, GRANDAD & NATTY WENT TO PATONK WHILE I STAYED HERE AND SORTED OT ALL THE LEAFLETS WE HAVE ABOUT FLORIDA. WHEN THE OTHERS GOT BACK, NATASHA & GRANDMA WENT TO DO AQUACISES IN THE POOL WHILE I UPDATED MY WEBSITE. WE ALL HAD LUNCH WHEN THEY GOT BACK WHICH WAS ONCE AGAIN, SNACKY FOODS. AFTER LUNCH, CINDY DROVE US ROUND SHOPS TO HAVE A LOOK AND BUY SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED. WHEN WE GOT BACK, ANOTHER STORM BROKE OUT WITH WIND, RAIN, THUNDER & LIGHTNING SO WE ALL STAYED INSIDE AND WATCHED TELEVISION. AFTER TEA, WHICH WAS EGG & CHIPS, WE WENT TO PLAY EUCHRE IN THE TERRACE. I CAME BACK EARLY BECAUSE I WAS COLD AND TIRED SO I JUST WATCHED TELEVISION AGAIN AND CHILLED OUT. WHEN WE ALL RE-UNITED BACK AT THE VAN, GRANDMA & NATTY WENT FOR A WALK WHILE ME AND GRANDAD DOZED OFF TO SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 5
WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2008 THIS MORNING WE HAD BREAKFAST AND THEN SAT IN THE MOTOR HOME AND WATCHED THE STORM GO BY. IT WAS LOUD, WET AND WINDY. AFTER MANY LONG HOURS WENT BY OF THE STORM, IT CLEARED UP AT DINNERTIME SO WE HAD DINNER AND THEN WENT FOR A SWIM IN THE BIG POOL. BECAUSE IT WAS CLOUDY, WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS IN THE POOL AND WHEN WE GOT BORED OF IT, CINDY TOOK US OUT TO THE SHOPS. AFTER SPENDING $150 ON VEHICLE TAX, NATASHAS TOYS AND FOOD, WE CAME BACK TO CYPRESS COVE. WE THEN PLAYED CARDS BEFORE HAVING TEA. TEA WAS SOUP FOR THE ADULTS BUT SNACKY FOODS FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE TOO HOT TO EAT HOT FOOD. AFTER TEA, WE WENT TO THE POOL AGAIN BEFORE COMING BACK BEFORE ANOTHER STORM. DURING THE STORM WE JUST SAT AND PLAYED CARDS ALL NIGHT AND THEN WATCHED TELEVISION WHILST GRANDMA AND ME PLAYED ON THE COMPUTER. AT 9:30, WE WERE ALL ASLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 6
THURSDAY 24 JULY 2008 AFTER BREKFAST, GRANDAD PLAYED PATONK WHILE WE GO SWIMMING WITH GRANDMA. AFTER SWIMMING, WE GOT DRESSED TO GO OUT. WE WERE GOING TO THE GOLDEN KARROL AND THEN THE CINEMA TO SEE “MAMMA MIA”. CINDY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE GOLDEN KARROL WAS SO WE JUST RANDOMLY WONDERED AROUND ORLANDO IN THE CAR FOR 2 HOURS. WHEN WE DECIDE TO FORGET THE GOLDEN CARROL AND HEAD FOR THE CINEMA, WE NOTICE THAT THE FRONT WHEEL IS SMOKING AND WE CAN ALL SMELL BURNING. WE PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE WHEEL BEFORE DECIDING TO PARK IT UP NEAR THE CINEMA AS WE ARE ONLY A MINUTE AWAY. THEN WE GRAB A SNACK FROM AN AMERICAN DINER FOR DINNER AND LOOK AROUND THE SHOPS BEFORE GOING TO THE 4:30PM MOVIE. AFTER THOROUGHLY ENJOYING “MAMMA MIA”, WE LEAVE CINDY’S CAR HERE AND GO HOME IN MIKE’S CAR. AT CYPRESS COVE WE JOIN IN THE START OF “PARROT HEAD PARTY” AND END UP THROWING BALLS, FRISBEES AND SPONGES ALL OVER THE POOL. WHEN WE GET HOME, IT IS STRAIGHT TO SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 7
SATURDAY 19 JULY 2008 GRANDMA AND ME WERE AWAKE BY 7AM. WE WENT OUT FOR A WALK WHILE THE OTHERS WERE STILL ASLEEP. WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING ON THE CAMPSITE SO I KNEW WHERE EVERYTHING WAS. AFTER FINDING NATTY AND GRANDAD AWAKE, WE ALL JOINED TOGETHER FOR A QUICK SWIM BEFORE BREAKFAST. BREKKIE WAS RICE KRISPIES AND BANANA FOR ME, WHICH WAS YUMMY. AFTER BREAKFAST, I STAYED IN THE MOTOR HOME WITH GRANDMA WHILE THE OTHERS WENT TO PLAY PATONK. WE THEN WENT FOR ANOTHER SWIM IN THE BIG POOL TOGETHER. AFTER THAT WE CAME BACK FOR A BREAK AND DINNER BEFORE GOING BACK FOR YET ANOTHER SWIM. I ENJOYED BREAD, CRISPS, PRETZELS AND A BANANA FOR LUNCH. AFTER THAT 3RD SWIM, WE CAME BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME FOR A QUICK SNOOZE. THEN WE PLAYED CARD GAMES LIKE POO HEAD AND GOLF. WHEN WE GOT BORED, GRANDAD TOOK US OUT TO THE CLUBHOUSE TO PLAY TABLE TENNIS. NEXT, WE ALL WENT TO THE LAKESIDE LOUNGE AND PLAYED ‘TRIVIA 3000’. I CANT BELIEVE THAT I WAS PICKED TO BE A CONTESTANT BUT… I DIDN’T WIN! 1 HOUR LATER WHEN WE WERE ALL TIRED, WE PLAYED A GAME OF SHUFFLE BOARD BEFORE WE WENT BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME FOR SOME SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 2
SUNDAY 20 JULY 2008
WHEN WE ALL WOKE UP AT ABOUT 7AM, WE HAD BREAKFAST WHICH WAS ONCE AGAIN, RICE KRISPIES. AFTER THAT WE WENT FOR A QUICK SWIM WHILE GRANDMA WENT SHOPPING. WHEN I WAS BORED OF THAT, I LEFT GRANDAD AND NATTY AND PLAYED ON THE COMPUTER BACK AT THE MOTOR HOME. WHEN THE OTHERS CAME AND JOINED ME, GRANDMA CAME BACK SO WE ALL UNPACKED THE SHOPPING. AFTER THAT, WE DOWNLOADED A PROGRAM ON THE INTERNET, WHICH ALLOWS US TO WATCH FILMS SO I STARTED TO WATCH ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS. I PAUSED THIS LATER ON WHILST I HAD CHICKEN LEGS AND BREAD FOR DINNER WITH A POP TART AFTERWARDS. I CAME BACK TO THE FILM FOR A WHILE AND THEN JOINED NATTY AND GRANDMA WHO WERE NOW UP AT THE LAKE. WHEN WE CAME BACK WE HAD AN ICE CREAM EACH AND THEN I CONTINUED TO WATCH THE FILM. AFTER THE FILM, I CARRIED ON PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER. THEN WE ALL HAD A QUIET LIE DOWN AND YET ANOTHER VISIT TO THE POOL. WHEN WE WERE BORED OF THE POOL, WE CAME BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME TO HAVE SCRAMBLED EGG ON TOAST FOR TEA. AFTER THAT, WE WATCHED TV BEFORE GOING OVER TO HAVE A CHAT WITH OUR FRIEND, PETER. WHILE GRANDMA & GRANDAD WERE TALKING TO HIM, NATTY WATCHED TV WITH ME AT HIS HOUSE. WE HAD SODA, PRETZELS AND M&MS AS A SNACK. AFTER NATTY FELL ASLEEP AND I WERE GETTING TIRED, WE WENT TO THE MOTOR HOME AND WENT TO BED. CYPRESS COVE 3MONDAY 21 JULY 2008 I WAS AWAKE BY 7AM. WE HAD CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST AND THEN WENT AND PLAYED PATONK WITH SOME OTHERS. AFTER MY TEAM WON BOTH GAMES, WE HEADED FOR A QUICK DIP IN THE POOL TO COOL DOWN. AFTER THAT WE ALL CAME BACK TO THE MOTOR HOME FOR LUNCH. WE HAD SNACKY, COLD FOODS FOR LUNCH. AFTER LUNCH, WE WENT FOR A 1-MILE WALK TO THE DOLLAR STORE TO GET THE IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE AT DISNEY. I BOUGHT NOTHING BECAUSE I AM SAVING MY MONEY FOR DISNEY BUT NATASHA BOUGHT HALF THE SHOP!! WHEN WE CAME BACK, WE WENT ON A PEDALBOAT AROUND THE LAKE. I WAS THE DRIVER AND GRANDAD WAS HELPING ME PEDAL. AFTER WE CAME BACK JUST IN TIME, A STORM BROKE OUT. IT STARTED OFF WITH RAIN, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING BUT THEN A STRONG WIND BROKE OUT. AFTER WE ALL BATTLED TO GET THE THINGS INTO THE VAN, WE ALL SAT DOWN AND PLAYED CARDS. A LITTLE WHILE LATER, WE WENT BACK TO THE POOL AGAIN BEFORE HAVING GRANDMA’S THERAPY. WE WASHED ALL OVER OUR BODY, COVERED OURSELVES IN OIL AND THEN SCRUBBED AWAY WITH SALT. AFTER THAT, I WATCHED A FILM WHILE EVERYONE ELSE DOZED OFF. NOT LONG AFTER THE OTHERS, I TURNED THE TELEVISION OFF AND ALSO DOZED OFF TO SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 4
TUESDAY 22 JULY 2008 IT WAS CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST AGAIN WITH BANANA. LATER ON, GRANDAD & NATTY WENT TO PATONK WHILE I STAYED HERE AND SORTED OT ALL THE LEAFLETS WE HAVE ABOUT FLORIDA. WHEN THE OTHERS GOT BACK, NATASHA & GRANDMA WENT TO DO AQUACISES IN THE POOL WHILE I UPDATED MY WEBSITE. WE ALL HAD LUNCH WHEN THEY GOT BACK WHICH WAS ONCE AGAIN, SNACKY FOODS. AFTER LUNCH, CINDY DROVE US ROUND SHOPS TO HAVE A LOOK AND BUY SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED. WHEN WE GOT BACK, ANOTHER STORM BROKE OUT WITH WIND, RAIN, THUNDER & LIGHTNING SO WE ALL STAYED INSIDE AND WATCHED TELEVISION. AFTER TEA, WHICH WAS EGG & CHIPS, WE WENT TO PLAY EUCHRE IN THE TERRACE. I CAME BACK EARLY BECAUSE I WAS COLD AND TIRED SO I JUST WATCHED TELEVISION AGAIN AND CHILLED OUT. WHEN WE ALL RE-UNITED BACK AT THE VAN, GRANDMA & NATTY WENT FOR A WALK WHILE ME AND GRANDAD DOZED OFF TO SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 5
WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2008 THIS MORNING WE HAD BREAKFAST AND THEN SAT IN THE MOTOR HOME AND WATCHED THE STORM GO BY. IT WAS LOUD, WET AND WINDY. AFTER MANY LONG HOURS WENT BY OF THE STORM, IT CLEARED UP AT DINNERTIME SO WE HAD DINNER AND THEN WENT FOR A SWIM IN THE BIG POOL. BECAUSE IT WAS CLOUDY, WE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS IN THE POOL AND WHEN WE GOT BORED OF IT, CINDY TOOK US OUT TO THE SHOPS. AFTER SPENDING $150 ON VEHICLE TAX, NATASHAS TOYS AND FOOD, WE CAME BACK TO CYPRESS COVE. WE THEN PLAYED CARDS BEFORE HAVING TEA. TEA WAS SOUP FOR THE ADULTS BUT SNACKY FOODS FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE TOO HOT TO EAT HOT FOOD. AFTER TEA, WE WENT TO THE POOL AGAIN BEFORE COMING BACK BEFORE ANOTHER STORM. DURING THE STORM WE JUST SAT AND PLAYED CARDS ALL NIGHT AND THEN WATCHED TELEVISION WHILST GRANDMA AND ME PLAYED ON THE COMPUTER. AT 9:30, WE WERE ALL ASLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 6
THURSDAY 24 JULY 2008 AFTER BREKFAST, GRANDAD PLAYED PATONK WHILE WE GO SWIMMING WITH GRANDMA. AFTER SWIMMING, WE GOT DRESSED TO GO OUT. WE WERE GOING TO THE GOLDEN KARROL AND THEN THE CINEMA TO SEE “MAMMA MIA”. CINDY HAD NO IDEA WHERE THE GOLDEN KARROL WAS SO WE JUST RANDOMLY WONDERED AROUND ORLANDO IN THE CAR FOR 2 HOURS. WHEN WE DECIDE TO FORGET THE GOLDEN CARROL AND HEAD FOR THE CINEMA, WE NOTICE THAT THE FRONT WHEEL IS SMOKING AND WE CAN ALL SMELL BURNING. WE PULLED OVER TO INVESTIGATE THE WHEEL BEFORE DECIDING TO PARK IT UP NEAR THE CINEMA AS WE ARE ONLY A MINUTE AWAY. THEN WE GRAB A SNACK FROM AN AMERICAN DINER FOR DINNER AND LOOK AROUND THE SHOPS BEFORE GOING TO THE 4:30PM MOVIE. AFTER THOROUGHLY ENJOYING “MAMMA MIA”, WE LEAVE CINDY’S CAR HERE AND GO HOME IN MIKE’S CAR. AT CYPRESS COVE WE JOIN IN THE START OF “PARROT HEAD PARTY” AND END UP THROWING BALLS, FRISBEES AND SPONGES ALL OVER THE POOL. WHEN WE GET HOME, IT IS STRAIGHT TO SLEEP. CYPRESS COVE 7
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