Ups and downs

This was a weekend of ups and downs, both figuratively and literally.

On Saturday I took Shadoe to Busch Gardens for her birthday. We had so much fun! They've got some insane roller coasters there, and Shadoe was completely hard core about them. She was showing no sign of slowing down, even as I was trying my best not to throw up all over her shoes. Good times.

They have this cheesy "Africa" theme there, so we spent the whole day pretending to be on safari. She was like "The attention to detail in recreating this authentic African village is incredible, right down to the soft pretzel vendor and the Michelob on tap." Ha! Well, theme parks are so much better when there's beer involved. Take notes, Disney.

At the end of the day, we were both wiped out from all the authentic African adventure, and when I dropped her off, SHE KISSED ME! Okay, so it wasn't huge, and it wasn't on the lips, but it was a kiss! She kissed me on the forehead and told me that she had an amazing birthday. Go me! :-)

So I go home all happy, and what do I find there. The down side of the weekend. All the clocks in my apartment are blinking 12:00. I'm thinking "Okay, there was a power outage. No big deal." So I go around turning everything back on and resetting everything, and when I try to turn on the computer, nothing happens. It's completely dead. I don't know if the power supply got fried or what, but it's fucked. So it looks like I'm only posting from work for a while until I get it fixed. :-(