Ocean Shores Trip

Last week I went on my first ever paid time off vacation. And I needed it badly. I left on Monday July 11th around noon. There was no need to leave super early because my friend had to work that day till about 9:30 pm. I drove all the way to Ocean Shores Washington. Everyone was acting like it was going to be this long arduous drive, well mainly my mom not everyone. She didn't want me to go at all because, well she's a paranoid freak. Anyway the drive was pretty easy. The only time I hit any traffic was driving through Tacoma. (where everyone drives like they're on crack by the way) I only stopped once in Ellensburg and made it in seven hours. That first night we just went to the bar and hung out.

On Tuesday we drove to Auburn for a concert called Metalfest. I don't really listen to rock but decided that if I got drunk I really wouldn't care about the music. And I was right. Our old friend Kent from McDonald's happened to be going so we met up with him and drank in the parking lot. (he lives in Seattle now, he didn't make the drive from Spokane) We drank in the parking lot because the drinks inside were expense as hell. To the left is a picture of me with my fourteen dollar margarita. I thought well for that much money it must at least be strong. Nope. I paid that much money for a fucking slushy. I'm pretty sure there wasn't any alcohol in it. But that's okay I just had to drink some more. After hanging out in the beer garden and walking around we decided to go hang out on the grass. One of Kent's buddies got his flask taken away by a power hungry wanna be cop security guard. I think he should have at least dumped it and given it back. But Kent had a bottle of vodka strapped to his leg. Cuz that's how we roll, we keep it classy. As indicated by the next picture. If you look behind Kent (the guy flipping the bird) you can notice a girl passed out. I told you we kept it classy. We only watched a couple of the bands play. We saw Megadeath and Godsmack. They put on a pretty good show. But because we were in the pacific northwest it decided to rain. I was surprised at how many people left. Aren't they used to that??? But we decided that we would stay. I mean we payed thirty dollars to a scalper for those tickets. We went back to the beer garden and got drenched. And made it back to see Godsmack play. To the right is me getting soaked and drinking an eight dollar adult beverage.

After the concert we stopped at the muckleshoot casino and I won a whole eight dollars. Haley on the other hand lost two hundred and forty so eight is good for me.

The next day it was off to Portland. Haley's friend was having a birthday party and had rented out a bar. There was a Prince tribute band that could actually play and put on a good show. This night was fun but I'm pretty sure that the bartender was making all my drinks with water because by the end of the night I was still sober and that sucked. We stayed the night at her friends house and went back to Ocean Shores on Thursday. The last night there we just hung out and went down to the bar. (When I say the bar I mean the bar. There's only one in the whole town)

After drinking at the bar we went down to the beach. (finally) We had a bonfire and continued to drink some more. I even drank beer which is unusual for me because I can't stand it. A good time was had by all. Friday I made the drive home. (With a slight hangover, damn you beer) It took me eight hours this time because I got stuck in even worse ass traffic in Tacoma. (note to self never go back to Tacoma)

You're probably wondering what Joe did the entire time I was gone. He was on vacation too but he did absolutely nothing the entire time. He sat on his ass and played video games for five days. And miss me of course. He couldn't have been happier. You're also probably wondering why there are no pictures of the ocean from my trip to Ocean Shores. I simply didn't take any. Oh well. But here's another pic of me and Haley.
This past week home has been pretty much the same as usual. Going back to zumba was tough after a week off. This coming week the teacher at Eastpoint will be on vacation so no classes. I think I may die next time I go to class. I have been searching the web for one of my favorite zumba routines but can't find it. I will keep looking though so that I can share it. Till next time!