Amanda Rose blog

*tear

I'm sad to have to wave goodbye to this much needed ten days.

I will not be getting a wide spread of time like this again until Summer.
Summer vacation is 60 work days away.
Yes, I counted.

I know that is not a tremendous amount of time, but looking at it from the start, it is.

But here we are, teachers: in the home stretch.

I hope the warmer weather helps.
I hope the promise of summer at the end of this home stretch helps.
I hope the checkpoints of happiness (like Jimmy Fallon one month from today) come quickly, and feel lengthy.

I'll be bloggin' my way through it all here.  
I'm aiming to get through these next 3 months with positivity and productivity.

Love you, Spring Break. Miss you already.

This guy's goin' to be more upset than me, I think.

I ♥ PALM TREES!

[above PSE creation inspired by the palm-picture in this post.]
[I loved the idea and I feel the same way.] 

BOOF! I will never underestimate the power a full palm 'fro has on my soul.

Being from NYC, we see no authentic palm trees. Boo.

I was drawn to them when I spotted 'em on our east coast road trip, and
believe I might have been a palm tree in my previous life.

Hmmm...how Sylvia Browne of me...

Anyway,
on with my love story to palm trees:

Truly is a bond never to be broken.

Happy Saturday!

xOxO,

road trip / Washington, D.C.

...and thus concludes our East Coast Road Trip.

Thanks so much for following along these past five days, and on IG in real time - if you were.

I've aways wanted to see what Washington D.C. was like, and it was just like I imagined: grandiose monuments, statues, clean, bustling, tourist-filled, heavily patrolled...reminded me of a 3D textbook in a lot of ways. :)

Riding our bikes got us to and from monuments quicker than walking, but once we were at the monuments, it was so heavily congested that the bikes ending up being a nuisance.  Oh well. I'm still glad we biked.  I'm glad we made it there.

I'm glad this road trip happened.

Tomorrow, I come to you with a realization I made on this road trip.
See ya then for that.

xOxO,

road trip / Myrtle Beach

Not too much to report from Myrtle Beach except that it was a stop we heard we should make, so we did.  It's a beach/boardwalk town like Jersey Shore, except at Myrtle Beach, you can rent moped scooters without a motorcycle license. 

Me likey, me likey.

^^Wednesday night, above, Myrtle be poppin'.

The most fun.  If only it was a mint Vespa.

The Koi fish in South Carolina waters are something too.  Look at those mouths...like puppies begging for food.  I've never seen anything like it!
Feeding them kibbles from the 25-cent machine sorta -- for a few seconds -- softened my homesickness for these guys.

By the time we were at Myrtle, the homesickness hit hard for some kitty-cuddles. :P

From Myrtle Beach --> we drove north --> to Washington, D.C.

...and happened to be there on Obama's Birthday.

Who knew?
We didn't.

See ya tomorrow!
Happy Thurssss!

xOxO,

road trip / Savannah, Georgia

Georgia, oh, Georgia on my mind...

There are four things that are 'no joke' in Georgia:

    (1) those sad and lovely droopy Georgia tress
    (2) the humidy (whoo, Lord!)
    (3) the art of the PORCH
    (4) the southern hospitality

As a matter of fact, in the first ten minutes upon leaving my hotel room, two older women cheerily said 'Good Mornin' and complimented how nice I looked.  Then, a gentleman held the door for me and said, "There you go, ma'am.  You have a nice day!"

I tell ya: Savannah was a sweet, sweet city.  We biked through it in only a couple of hours.  I wish we would have had more time to explore...or maybe get me those shoulder tattoos I've been wanting HERE. (Yeah...didn't happen.)

Here are some snaps of the scenery & me and the boyf:

It was pretty much a bike ride through a new city filled with trees that simultaneously made me want to both cry and joyfully play hide-and-seek behind them.  The insects sounded like buzzing Mac trucks, the porch-porn was off the charts, and Tomas ended the ride with a swamp-ass stain in the shape of his bike seat.

Georgia was a good ol' time.

From Savannah, Georgia --> we headed SOUTH to --> Grams in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

That post comes tomorrow,
and believe me...
you don't want to miss it.

Love yas!

xOxO,

I'm outta here!

'Tis true, readers and peepers! Today the boyf and I are leaving our Queens, New York (Yawk) home and headin' south to see the Grams in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  However, the stops and adventures we make and shake on the way...well...we'll see what they are. <--THAT'S THE CRAZY PART!  This is a trip we are sorta wingin'!  No set plans...like camping on wheels. Gah!

The only thing I do plan to do: POST FROM THE ROAD.
So...in semi-realtime, you will be on our adventure along with us! Yay!

I will write soon! Adios!

xOxO,

P-to-the-S:::

    We plan to be gone a week, so if you order any STAMPS from THE SHOP in that time, I will
    wrap 'em, pack 'em, and ship 'em the second I get back!...'cause that's kinda been my favorite     part! Bwah! Thanks! All love! ♥ ♥ ♥