The perfect combination of business and pleasure!

alrighty! so let's talk about my weekend with father. So... rewind to thursday. I requested to get off work early so that I could surprise dad and be at his hotel when he got there... well then when i asked when he was getting in, he said 11:30. So! I got off early anyway and went to Fantasmic with Cami and Emily. the nice thing about being here for 5 months is that we can just go wait in line for 2 hours, get great seats, watch Fantasmic, ride tower of terror twice, and head home without feeling like we should've done more! So then daddy picked me up from my apartment and we went to the hotel which is less than a mile from there. I had planned on sleeping through his meetings the next morning, but then he asked if i wanted to go with him. and hello! i'm a pr major! like i don't wanna go to meetings with disney people!!! So I woke up early and went with :)

luckily, we had to go check something out at the Polynesian resort, where there just happens to be dole whip!!! mmmm! (Heavenly pineapple ice cream)

then we went back and changed out of our professional clothes and headed over to the magic kingdom! where I presented dad with his birthday present. his very own ears. with his name on the back! :) it's all decorated for halloween here, which is very fun.

we only went on a couple rides, luckily dad's been enough that he too doesn't feel like he's missing out when we only hit few. we did space mountain and buzz, and saw my work.

then we waited... and waited...

and waited... for the electric parade!! i don't think i've ever seen it, that i can remember. i just remember videos of it when i was little. so i made dad wait for it. there was this little boy sitting next to us, named bailey. he was like four and was flirting with me the whole wait. then when the parade started, he yelled "hey katelin! look!" every 5 seconds. so i had to ignore him like every 3, then i'd turn around and say "yeah look!" and then wait for the next time i could look away from the beautiful parade :)

then we went to dinner (where i got dad his 2nd discount of the day cuz i'm a cast member) and we went to walmart... i know they say you're supposed to go shopping when you're full, but i was so full that nothing looked good! i was so looking forward to being taken grocery shopping... it didn't work out. anyway. dad got up early to golf. then we drove 4 hours in a brand spankin new mini van, we were so spoiled, we had a wi fi connection cuz craig was there and had some cool gadget. so the ride wasn't bad at all! then of course we got to the game...

it was a beautiful day! about 93 degrees. no clouds. i think i sweated off my last 5 meals. hence, my hair all up and sleeves rolled up. oh it was so hot. anyway. the cougars decided not to show up. i learned some things. 2 quarterbacks = crappy offense. and tight ends that can't catch = crappy offense. and florida state fans that aren't drunk are really nice. so we lost. but it was really a fun time.

well, now here we are sitting in the hotel room. it's been so nice to have a comfy bed! and even nicer to have dad around! now i just have to work really hard till my next visitors, trace's parents! in october! until next post...

gooooooooooo cougars!