Brickety-Break

Spring Break was lovely. Isn't any break lovely? It is just so much fun to look forward to a break for weeks on end and then feel completely liberated the moment that break arrives. Ryan and I did make spring break plans but I think I would have been excited even I knew the break would consist of sitting around our aparment doing nothing. Our plans were definitely more fun than that but breaks are just a good thing to have no matter what you do.

We headed down to Williamsburg to soak up some history and fun. I had heard some great things about Colonial Williamsburg but was very disappointed with our experience. The day started off well but it was cold and a little rainy. I'm guessing they don't hold as many programs or open as many shops when the weather is bad because once we got to the "heart" of Colonial Williamsburg all there was to do was stare at old buildings and eat really bad food. Don't get me wrong - I really love old buildings. I just don't like paying over 50 dollars to stare at them.

Like I said though...the day started out well. We walked through the gardens of the governer's mansion. They were beautiful.

This maze was pretty fun too.

And then the rest of the day was like this...sitting, and standing, and staring (in the cold no less).

I'm being a pretty big downer about Colonial Williamsburg. I'm kind of sorry about that but mostly not. It was 50 dollars! I expect a lot when I shell out 50 dollars. I thought the town would be bustling with colonial clad actors and actresses who stayed completely in character and talked to us about the concerns of the time period. This was just not so...not at all. Ryan made up a new word for my really high expectations that are often not met. He says I "Disnify" things. I thought about protesting his new word and his attributing this action to me but I realized that I most deifinitely do this. I know that I do....all the time. I like Disnifying things though so I'm probably going to keep on doing it. Maybe next time I go to Williamsburg it will be Disnified and incredibly fun. I will not give up hope.

Our next stop in Williamsburg was Busch Gardens. It's a European themed amusement park and was pretty fun. My favorite part was the animals (surprised?) of course. This falcon was pretty cute.

Right when we entered this pretty large caged off area a bird flew right to Ryan. It just sat on his shoulder like they were best buds....SO exciting.

After snapping this picture I turned into a crazy jealous person. Why was a bird just chillin on Ryan's shoulder and not mine? I'm the one who likes birds. Animals are attracted to Ryan like there is no tomorrow and he's usually pretty indifferent to them.

Anyway, I moped for a little while and tried to get a bird to come to me but it just wouldn't happen until we bought this crazy expensive bird food. At least I can bribe birds to come.


Pretty, pretty bird.

Our last day in Williamsburg took us to the beach and then Jamestown.


It's been about 3 years since we've been to a beach. I will not be waiting that long again.


I scoured the beach for shells for quite a while (resulting in a fun sun burn for both of us) but found some gorgeous shells that I used to make a souvenir picture frame. I'm thanking Ryan for humoring me because he was ready to leave long before I was satisified with my shell collection.



I want to put up a picture of Jamestown because it rocked my socks off but it has taken me too long to put up these other pictures and I'm sick of writing this post. We had so much fun though, learned an incredible amount from our tour guide, and left wishing we could stay longer. Jamestown was free because it was national park week and I even won a little prize for guessing a question right. Colonial Williamsburg - please learn from Jamestown.

Next break of mine is in about 4 weeks! SUMMER break will consist of living in Dallas for the summer (Ryan has an internship), visiting Jena (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) in Indianapolis, and heading on a two week long excursion to....

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London, Paris, and Ireland! I am so excited I can hardly concentrate on anything other than planning and thinking about our trip.

Before that though - Ryan has to finish finals and then leave me for a month (insert huge sad face with tears and looks of terror since I hate living alone). That I am not looking forward to. All of the other stuff will get me through though (insert huge happy face).

YAY.