amica 19.7

oops.

signed up for another triathlon!

it's the last tri in the amica 19.7 series

and it's in newport, ri.

unfortunately my parents will be galavanting in italy

that weekend...

don't you feel soooo bad for them!?

but hopefully there will be enough people around to cheer us on.

yep, that's right...us.

think michael got a little jealous when i crossed that finish line,

so he's decided to figure out how to swim (more on that later)

and start training too.

if you're feeling really ambitious,

sign up and join us!

otherwise, 

save the date of september 25th

and come party afterwards!

stop at the sign of the lemon

fun fact...

hershey park sells

DEL'S!!

i stopped dead in my tracks

and started getting very excited...

and of course none of the other park goers

(minus mz and my sister)

understood my hysteria

because they are not from rhode island

and they did not have a dad that worked for del's as a young lad

and they did not have a del's cart at their wedding...

for you NJ/PA people, think water ice but a little slushier.

comes in a few flavors but lemon's the only way to go.

and if you use a straw or a spoon

i WILL point and laugh at you.

shaking it around and squeezing the side of the cup

is the only way to go...fact.

can't wait to get some del's inflicted brain freeze this weekend in rhody!

smile break.

today was horrendous.

worked sucked.

a lot.

cupcakes almost didn't even help.

but this made me laugh,

out loud,

at my desk,

a lot.

click here to read the post! do it!!

might just make it to the top of

my blogs i need to read

a lot...

like every day.

enjoy!

kisses

when i was little,

or maybe before i was born,

i don't know and it doesn't matter,

it was before i can remember...

my parents went to hershey park.

there are some pictures

(which i will scan and post when i'm home in ri!)

of my mom 

and a very old car,

and me as a baby,

and a fantastic hershey's kisses t-shirt.

somehow,

that shirt made it through many years,

a million washes,

and into my dresser.

it's the softest thing i own

and i'm always nervous that one day i'll put it in the wash

and it will come out in pieces.

i've tried to find a replacement

but, alas,

the company that made the shirt is no longer in business.

go fig.

so you can only imagine my excitement

when i found this on our way out of hershey park!!

mom's shirt on the left, my new one on the right.

not exactly the same, 

but pretty darn soft and sparkly, 

so it gets the job done.

oh and how cool is this...

hershey's kiss street lights

in downtown hershey.

love it!

90 degrees

the other day i took a very important

vacation day...

to go to hershey park!!!

it was AWESOME!

i hadn't been to an amusement park in sooo long

and i had heard people claim that the rides

at hershey were kinda lame,

so i didn't get my hopes up.

but it did not disappoint!

we - mz & kara -
(yea she's not only a world traveller, but she's got the pa/ma trip down pat)
got there earlyish on a very hot day

and avoided most of the water park 

but hit all of the roller coasters

without barely ever standing in line.

couldn't have asked for a better day.

not gonna lie though,
this ride kicked my butt.
it's called Fahrenheit and although kara
wanted to go on it first thing in the day,
i kept stalling,
hoping that i'd miraculously stop being a total chicken as the day continued.
yea, that didn't happen.
i sucked it up and went on the ride,
but i'm pretty certain
kara and michael were afraid i was going to puke or something...
based on the comments on how bad
i looked right before we got on, haha.
sometimes my brain gets the best of me!
in case you're wondering, it's 15 seconds to the top...
90 degrees straight up into the sun.
i know because i counted,
while on the ground,
multiple times...
so i knew the exact second when my life would flash before my eyes
:)