recent adventures

its been a really long time since my last post, so long in fact that i forgot my password to login. 


today while at the park with noah we went on a squirrel hunt, and if you've been to the park on 5th street, you know there is no lack in squirrels... friendly ones! hungry ones! so this one squirrel was eyeing noah, im guessing he could smell the pepperoni that he had rubbed in his hair earlier in the day. so as we walked, he followed and every once and a while he'd hide behind a tree, like we didnt see him following us. so noah stopped to check him out. then he started a little peek a boo game with noah. it was so cute! at least it was entertaining for me to watch... that and the mom and dad couple that both looked like dad's... and the mom that had a 9 month old and was already about 6 months pregnant again, give or take. 


this past weekend i went to ft myers for a little get away. we had a couple goals... 1. we wanted to find some gators while driving across alligator alley   2. we wanted to come back beautiful brown babies   3. we wanted to relax. we accomplished all but #1... thanks a lot florida everglades! how is that even possible?! its called alligator alley!! not a single one was spotted on the 70+ mile stretch, there or back. that didnt stop us from seeing wildlife though... 


one reasons i always chicken out in the water while at the beach is because im afraid of sharks, i realize that its highly unlikely that id ever get bitten, but what if they're attracted to lubriderm lotion or something, id be screwed! ya never know... but i was a trooper and went in, even though i couldnt see through the murky water, and low and behold i enjoyed myself. so while sitting on the beach, i was watching a man fishing by the edge of the sandbar. the very sand bar that i was sitting on not 10 mins before. 2 mins after casting out what does he reel in? an f'ing shark! thats right... everyone laughs at my fear, but they're out there!


on the drive home as a last attempt to see an alligator we stopped at every rest stop (which were really just places to park, there were no bathrooms, or snacks or anything). and even though we saw no gators the one stop had something even creepier... vultures. they were everywhere! just sitting there watching us. it was like a scene out of the birds, but instead of black crows they were massive vultures. 


we also saw a lot of old people on our trip... but they arent exactly wildlife. 


and that has been the latest happenings...  :)