It's Been Awhile

I came to realize we have not blogged in a few days/weeks. I guess you can tell how exciting we have been and how little adventures we have gone on.

The Orlando Baker's have really not been up to much these days...Scott has been studying A LOT for his FE test that is coming up in a month. His week days consist of going to work, studying at lunch, eating dinner and then studying till about 10 every night. Saturday and Sunday on the other hand consist of studying from 10/11 AM till about 10/11 PM. He has recently found a library close to our apt that he is adventuring to (by himself) for the first time today after work. Let's all cross our fingers he/we get through the next month and he passes this 8 hour exam. I am pretty sure he is going to do great :)

I on the other hand have been trying to get over a sinus infection (which I thought was just allergies). I have had it now for about 3/4 weeks and have been to the doc twice. The first appt was pretty interesting I received my first butt shot (or I at least don't remember getting one before). The nurse laughed at me because I told her it was the best place to get a shot because it had the most fat. The second appt was a little better....this time I got a tube/camera up my nose to see how clogged it was. Lucky for me the doc had the screen right in front of me and was pointing out everything up there. Needless to say I am feeling better everyday :)

This past weekend we went to dinner for Scott's birthday (which is really tomorrow). Orlando has this really cool thing called Magic Dinning during September. Some of the nice restaurants in the area make a menu consisting of an appetizer, entree, and desert that costs $20 or $30. Scott decided to try J. Alexanders. It was to die for and we both were stuffed by the time we were done. Of course we brought the left overs home.

Tomorrow for Scott's birthday we are going to go to Epcot when he gets off work. In 2009 Disney is letting people in free to any park on your birthday. Well since we have annual passes Scott will receive a gift card for the price it costs to get into the park - $79.00. Epcot is also the last of the 4 parks we have not gone to so we are really excited to check it out.

There is a little update on what is going on here. Oh yeah it is still hot and humid :)

Kym

You Play Dirty

Let's start this blog off talking about soccer...We won our game on Thurs which means we are now in the semifinals and could potentially have 2 games this Thurs. It was a close game going into over time and then penalty kicks. Scott of course won the game for us with the last kick!!!

After the game in the car we like to analyze play by play and Scott tries to give me tips. Most of the time I try to argue back and tell him I know more about soccer than he does...hahaha! It's actually quite funny since he really thinks he is David Beckham sometimes. But after this game all he could tell me was "You play dirty and you are a forwards worst enemy." (I play defense - it has the least amount of running) I did have to agree with him because in the first minute I kicked a guy in the shin. I then proceeded to throw a few elbows and kick another guy. You have to get the ball somehow and we won. All I could say is I didn't let any goals in so I did something right!

The rest of the weekend was quite relaxing. Friday we just hung out around the apt and made dinner together. Mexican Friday seems to be the theme for us the past few weeks.

Saturday we went to Animal Kingdom. It was WAY better than I thought it was going to be. It rained most of the day and the kids are back in school so the park was quite empty. We went on the African Safari and Everest (roller coaster) twice. Everest might just be the best roller coaster for any of the Disney parks (so far). We got home just in time to watch the second half of the MI vs. ND game. Hail Hail to the victors (Scott's add to the post). We then went out with some friends for a few drinks at night.

Today has been nice and lazy. My allergies have really been bothering me and my head feels like it is 50 lbs. Scott has been studying hard for his test.

Another week ahead of us...Scott working and Kym looking for work...

Labor Day Weekend...

It was a nice three day weekend for Scott (Kym has everyday off....still). Really though it was nice to have a long weekend to go and explore Florida.

We started the weekend with a nice quiet night at home on Friday. Hung by the pool and made a Mexican dinner.

Saturday we headed to St. Petersburg for the Rays vs. Tigers game. Unfortunately the Beach Boys were in town and the game was sold out. They were having a free concert after the game and the Tampa people went crazy. So, we went to a sports bar in St. Petes to watch the WMU vs. UofM game....lets not talk about that game. It was so sad we only watched the first half and couldn't handle it anymore.

It ended up being a wonderful day even though the Broncos lost and we didn't get to see the Tigers. We spent the day walking around St. Petes. St. Petes is right on the water so we took in the pier and all the docked boats. We also had a great dinner at a New Orleans style restaurant.

Sunday we went to New Symera Beach with our friend Claire for the day. Scott was excited because he got to drive the car on the beach! We packed lunch, beach chairs, and the logs (Scott's surf boards) and came home UNburnt. The waves were good for some buggy boarding but not big enough to surf.

***Fact: New Symera is the #1 spot for Shark bites in the world***

Today (Monday) we didn't really do much. Scott has been studying hard for his upcoming test so he spent some time with the books. Later in the day we went to Adam and Brigitte's for dinner. Spent time catching up and hanging with the boys.

The weather was great and the weekend went by way too fast. We had fun spending the long weekend together and Scott only has 4 days of work this week!!!!

<3
Kym and Scott