I was very happy at work knowing that in a few hours we'd be ready to get on the road and had to Kansas City to see family. Scott's parents and his sister, Emily, drove down to meet us and had already been there a few hours when we arrived around 9pm. It was exciting to see the really great hotel room suite that Jody (Scott's mom) booked us. It had two bedrooms and a pull-out couch bed. Emily was nice enough to let Scott and I take the other bedroom. The bedroom we had was super nice ... it had a headboard attached to the wall of dark wood that was built into the wall, or part of the wall (however you'd like to put it), and on each side were two lamps that had their own power buttons. I, for one, was very excited to have my own personal headboard lamp. On Scott's side there was a nightstand and my side was a pretty table with the alarm clock and some fake flowers in a nice vase. We had our own dresser, TV, our own sick and bathroom. It was really, very nice. The suite had its own kitchen as well, which was stocked with some drinks for us to enjoy. We spent Friday night watching the movie Fierce Creatures on HBO. We had never seen it before, but it was absolutely hilarious (starring Jamie Lee Curtis and the rest of the cast of A Fish Called Wanda). I would recommend it! We enjoyed the hot tub and pool all throughout the weekend as well.
As we retired to the comfortable bed, I fell asleep relaxed for the first time in a long time. The next morning we enjoyed the free breakfast, enjoyed the hot tub (Jody and Emily joined us after working out), and got ready for the day. Scott and I had every intention of working out, but alas it did not happen. We did, however, decide that going to the Sea Life Aquarium would be our best choice for the day's activity. Although we had to wait outside in line for about 40 minutes in the cold ... it was COMPLETELY worth the wait! I felt like a kid again, I was so excited. The aquarium was truly amazing. We got to touch some sea creatures, we stood underneath tanks filled with sharks and colorful fish, a newly rescued sea turtle, and brilliantly large sting rays. We saw strange creatures, an octopus, eels, and more rays. Sea horses entertained us, and overall we all enjoyed the tour through the aquarium greatly. Afterward we explored the nearby mall. Scott and I purchased nice and large red wine glasses at a cooking store that were 70% off. We got them for about $2.75 a piece. Score!
Then we went and found this hat store. In case you do not know ... I LOVE hats. I adore them. Ever since I was a little kid, I have held this vast fascination for hats. You know what I'm taking about, the fancy hats. The big, floppy, decorative hats. And there was this store that was completely and utterly dedicated to hats, and I was absolutely and utterly dedicated to purchasing one of these said hats. I really wanted this red one I saw with a big black bow around it. However ... we walked into the store with enthusiasm (since we had found it, and everyone in our group knew I wanted one), and the moment we stepped foot on to the ugly blue carpet, a lady behind the carpet screeches out in an extremely rude and somewhat offensive tone "Excuse me! We have a policy, please read it!" or something along those lines. Well we stepped back, and I was pretty taken aback as I have never been treated like that in a store before, and Scott made some comment about "how does this policy even apply to us?" and Jody remarked that after being treated so rudely we didn't want to give her our business anyway. So we walked off, all in a little bit of shock at someone treated customers like that.
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Well, I didn't get my hat, but that lady did NOT deserve my business, as Scott's mother had pointed out. We didn't let that ruin our day though, as we set off to find some delicious barbecue. We found one store that seemed promising (it was featured in a tourist map), but looked more like a Jimmy John's than the authentic barbecue we were looking for. We left the store somewhat abruptly and Scott found us another restaurant that looked like it was more what we wanted. Hence we soon found ourselves at Jack Stack Barbecue. Holy cow. We arrived around 4pm and it was packed. We got in surprisingly fast though ... they said it was a ten to fifteen minutes wait and we got in in like two. We were seated fast, and our waiter was more than helpful; he was pushy with his suggestions. It turns out that his suggestions were spot on. There was enough food on that table to feed an army. Scott and I, as well as his parents, had the same idea and ordered the Crown Rib Special (or platter?) that was meant to be split between two people, and came with three gigantic , dinosaur-sized, beef ribs, and three large sides. Scott and I ordered hickory smoked baked beans, creamy coleslaw, and a cheesy potato bake with au gratin potatoes, cheese, garlic, and whatever else was put in to that dish to make it mouth-watering-ly delicious. We originally wanted potato salad, but our pushy waiter pushed the potato bake, and it was well worth it. We brought home the mammoth-sized bones for Ike (and our dog's babysitter's dogs) for treats.
We spent the rest of the night relaxing, watching TV, going to the pool, drinking, and enjoying each other's company. We made a pit-stop at DSW, and I bought three pairs of new shoes for about $85, and Scott also purchased new work shoes, new socks, and a new brown belt. Emily bought shoes as well. Emily helped me scope out a new pair of running shoes that I will eventually be buying. They were extremely comfortable, and hopefully their price tag will give some motivation to actually use them.
Jody let us pick out some yarn, and made Emily and I new scarves. I love my first one immensely, and she's making me another one.
To be completely honest, I was really sad to see Scott's family leave. I'm glad we have our puppy back, and it's nice to be home, but let's be honest ... I could have prolonged that vacation for at least a few more days. I miss his family already, but I'm looking forward to seeing my parents in March. Hopefully Jody will post some pictures on facebook and I can re-post them here.
<3 Britt
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