There's no place like home

I really needed a vacation, even if it was a mini one!

After dropping my hellions off at the kennel on Friday we headed up to Hershey, Pa. Yes they are hellions, at least one of them and I will let you guess which one!

We got to PA. Friday evening and our room at the Holiday Inn wasn't ready so we went to Hershey's Chocolate World. I wanted to take the tour and whatnot (it was free). I know why it was free, you got in these carts and rode through a fake factory with singing cows....yay for me! I did get a sample (3) small pieces of Hershey's chocolate on the way out. The way out dumped us into the gift shop which sold lots and lots of chocolate!

After we took the tour, the boys wanted to go to some skate park they looked up on the Internet. A few miles away and there we where......LAME skate park! But we left them there and went back to the hotel to check in. Before we even go back there, Michael called to be picked up! They got the inside scoop on the town of Hershey while they were there which was very enlightening for all of us.

Went on to the hotel (he can wait) and checked in to our room, which reeked of smoke (it was a non-smoking hotel) back to the desk to get another room. Back to town to get the boys. Back to the Hotel to unload our stuff and eat dinner, but not before seeing full nudity at 6:30 pm from some Jersey Trash at a car lot. She was smashed and had to pee....really bad apparently because she was staggering around with her shorts pulled down.

Our room had a balcony overlooking the indoor pool, you can probably guess how this went!

Dinner was ok at best, but the beer was cold and I was happy to be spending time with my wonderful husband, who was eating crab legs like a boss! Friday night was not bad in the hotel, it was quiet and the beds were comfy, so that was a plus.

Up the next AM, they had given us a free breakfast buffet voucher for our troubles with the room the day before. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it and yep it was the same restaurant as the night before. Off to Hershey Park....in the rain.

It rained on and off all day and I'm pretty sure I was on the verge of Hypothermia waiting in line for the coasters, which I road alone because Michael and James were off doing their own thing.

The highlight of my day was seeing a turtle 3 way in the reptile house at the zoo, actually it was watching the parents trying to convince their 4-6 year olds that it wasn't unusual to see turtles "helping" each other.

After fighting the rain for 8 hours or so, I was done at the last downpour. All of us were soaked to the bone and I was freezing! Terry bought be a sweatshirt to keep me warm and I was looking forward to a hot bath!

Now it's Saturday night, in Pa. in a hotel that's loaded from people from Jersey and New York and a bar. Or should I say, loaded people from NJ and NY??? I don't watch Jersey Shore but I don't think I need to after this weekend!!!

So all night, it was drunks and screaming people running up and down the hall! I was glad the night was over and I could head back home. But not before forgetting my blanket and pillow at the hotel. They are going to mail it back to me, yay!!

All and all I wouldn't go back to Hershey. The people at the park weren't friendly at all, and the people visiting were about the same. The only nice people where the folks at the hotel, so nope I don't think I will be going there again anytime soon!

I'm glad to be home (with a new pillow) and the dogs are zonked out on the floor and although I loved spending time with Terry I'm glad to be home with him too!

What a day off

It's been slammed a the kennel the past couple of weekends. This Sunday was my normal day off, but I had to work. It's cool though, because I had today off and I have Friday-Sunday of next weekend off and boy do I need it!

We didn't get to go on vacation to Florida this year which sucks. I haven't had a break since last year so we are taking some kids to Hershey Park this weekend. Michael and I love to ride coasters, but Terry doesn't so Michael is bringing a friend and Terry and I are going to spend some much needed time with each other. I'm looking forward to the break, I'm not looking forward to boarding my furry hellions for the weekend!

Today was my day off and I spent it cleaning fish tanks and transporting.......DOGS! lol....I volunteered to do a leg of transport for VGSR from Harrisonburg to Winchester. Rico was in a shelter in Roanoke and another volunteer brought him up to Harrisonburg. He was a good boy and enjoyed the AC in my truck until his new foster picked him up. He's almost 5 and looks more like a Husky than a Shepherd but they all need homes! I'm hoping he finds a home soon!

I had some other issues to deal with in my own dogs today. Naiah, being a shepherd, decided that she would get diarrhea yesterday and was up every couple of hours last night to go out. I have no idea what caused this, but I have to get it calmed down before Friday or I can't board her. Shepherds have "glass stomachs" and get soft stool at the drop of a hat. But she's never been this bad so it's chicken and rice for her for a couple of days and I pray I get some sleep tonight!!

Yay Dogs!!!!