Ocean!!!!

Unfortunately, we lost our last game of the UCF Tournament, even more unfortunately it was to michigan, ugh. But such is life. So we packed up at the hotel, and grabbed a quick lunch before heading to Clearwater. We had another blast from my undergrad past and stopped at Pita Pit, where my food decision making was again lauded. We still had some time to kill since we couldn't check into our houses until 430, so we debated on how to spend it............ ummm no we didn't, we scarfed down lunch so we'd have to time to go to Jeremiah's again. I had a strawberry lemon gelati this time, still think red raspberry was the best but still sooo tasty. So we said a tearful goodbye to Jeremiah and headed down I4 to Clearwater Beach. I was not prepared for the traffic, wow. Living in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road for the past almost year, outside of the exact opposite of a bustling metropolis has it perks, AKA no traffic. We FINALLY got over the damn Clearwater Beach Bridge, and made it to our condos, but I tell ya, driving a huge bus/van through busy people and car traffic is NOT what I call fun. However, we were rewarded. Our 3 condos are a 4 minute walk to the beach and this is the view from our rooftop patio (Be jealous Northerners). So we watched the sunset last night, and I watched the sunrise this morning. Pretty frickin cool for 2 reasons; A: Im usually already at work before and after both of those occurrences and B: Its 0 degrees at home, I dont even think the sun wants to watch itself rise and set in that. Then we had some pizza at the houses for dinner, and then the freshman all squealed and chitterchatted while watching the Oscars. That was my cue for bedtime.....

Today is our first day off, some of the girls are going to Harry Potter world ( no im not going) Busch Gardens, or around Clearwater/Tampa with thier parents. My plan is to hang out at the house, do some laundry, grade some finals and enjoy some sunshine and beach hopefully. Ive gotta keep working on this awesome farmer's watch tan I've got going.