{"id":1304,"date":"2012-06-04T10:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T15:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/?p=1304"},"modified":"2012-06-04T10:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T15:52:35","slug":"rested-and-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pkenagy.com\/blog\/rested-and-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Rested And Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, took a few weeks off from updates there, save my rather lame attempt at vacation photo updates below. \u00a0We&#8217;re just coming off a nice (if a bit short) vacation, so I&#8217;m all rested up and ready for action now. \u00a0(Should be burned out again by about noon.)<\/p>\n<p>So, our trip was the reschedule of our ill-fated Spring Break trip, which we missed out on due to some logistical snafus. \u00a0We flew to West Palm Beach, Fla last Saturday, spent the night, then got on a <a title=\"Celebration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bahamascelebration.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">cruise ship<\/a> Sunday afternoon. \u00a0It was sort of a &#8220;cruise-lite,&#8221; which is to say we just sailed overnight to the Bahamas and then got off the boat and spent a few nights on the island. \u00a0We selected this trip to kind of get a feel for cruises, which neither of us have ever been too excited about. \u00a0I think we both agreed the verdict was &#8220;good trip but check cruises off the list of things to do.&#8221; \u00a0On the positive side, the food really was very good on the boat; \u00a0Better than on the island as a matter of fact. \u00a0(With the exception of one delicious, if a bit pricey, evening.) \u00a0And, I have to admit I sort of enjoyed the shows, which surprised me. \u00a0On the downside I couldn&#8217;t sleep for anything with all the pitching around, and the cabins, while comfortable enough, were a bit cramped. \u00a0As for the island&#8230; \u00a0 Well, let&#8217;s just say we didn&#8217;t get mixed up and think we were on one of our\u00a0Hawaii trips. \u00a0The ocean was very rough and stirred up so we didn&#8217;t get to do any snorkeling, which is my favorite beach\u00a0pastime. \u00a0And, while the resort was quite nice, suffice to say you didn&#8217;t want to wander too far off the grounds. \u00a0While probably safe enough, there just wasn&#8217;t anything to go to. \u00a0And, judging from our trip to and from the boat, that wasn&#8217;t limited to the area we were staying in either. \u00a0All that said, the locals were very nice, the beaches were beautiful, and the costs seemed reasonable. \u00a0I just think maybe we prefer Mexico, or ideally Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>We got back to our house Thursday night. \u00a0While it might sound like I didn&#8217;t have the best time ever from the comments above, I was actually quite rested and feeling pretty good. \u00a0So much so that I ended up cancelling my day off Friday and heading on into work. \u00a0That paid off quite nicely; \u00a0It was a decent day at work and then I went right into the weekend fun. \u00a0As far as the weekend I quickly fell right back into the same ol&#8217; rut; \u00a0Baseball games at the Brooksider and some tasty meals. \u00a0Saturday (late) morning we headed down to <a title=\"Eggtc\" href=\"http:\/\/eggtc-kc.com\" target=\"_blank\">Eggct<\/a> for some food, but it was far too crowded. \u00a0We opted instead for <a title=\"Spin Pizza\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spinpizza.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spin Pizza<\/a>, which for whatever reason we&#8217;ve never been to. \u00a0It worked out great, we had an awesome lunch. \u00a0Definitely be working that one into the regular rotation. \u00a0After that meal, and a subsequent afternoon on the patio of the &#8216;Sider, we headed down to <a title=\"Manny's\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mannyskc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manny&#8217;s<\/a>, which remarkably I&#8217;ve never been to either. \u00a0We were on a roll picking food that day, it was awesome too. \u00a0I had a relleno burrito, which might be one of my favorite meals to order when I see it. \u00a0It was a beaut too; \u00a0Top notch. \u00a0Sunday we tried Eggct again, with much more success. \u00a0Had a tasty\u00a0omelet, then spent my afternoon doing chores that had built up while we were gone. \u00a0After that, we had dinner at good ol&#8217; Jalapenos, which is a common enough\u00a0occurrence\u00a0that it doesn&#8217;t bear comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whew, took a few weeks off from updates there, save my rather lame attempt at vacation photo updates below. \u00a0We&#8217;re just coming off a nice (if a bit short) vacation, so I&#8217;m all rested up and ready for action now. \u00a0(Should be burned out again by about noon.) 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