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San Deigo was fun.
Apr. 3rd, 2021 09:31 pmMaybe next time, less planning and more just doing stuff...or doing nothing.
And freaking hell, if something is going to be planned, don't half-ass it!
I swear!
Wednesday we went to the aquarium. I touched sea cucumber poop! hahaha Really, the way the aquarium worker explained it, sea cucumbers are like scavengers and suck up water and other microscopic organisms and when it poops, it's clean sand...that then hardens? I don't even know.
When left there and went to the hotel. We found out our reservation comes with free dinner and breakfast! Score! So we have a late lunch of chicken potpie from a take-out container and some rather bland lemonade. My niece has some wine.
We get up to the room and relax for a bit before my sister begins to get ready for "dress-up dinner".
My niece didn't do her research and every restaurant she looked up and called needed a reservation and/or they were booked, which HELLO! we're in a pandemic! Just because a place is open, doesn't mean you can walk in and ask to be seated. SIGH
My sister STILL wanted to get dressed up, so we did. Took some and then headed to The Sugar Factory and ordered our food to go.
There was drama when we were leaving the parking structure. How I ended up level-headed and being related to my sister, I'll never know.
It started with my sister trying to decide how/when to pay for parking (it was $5 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour after). I told her that if she waits to pay, she might hold up the exit while she gets out of the car to pay at the machine, so she paid right then. She paid, got her ticket back, and a receipt. She then wanted to eat her fries before they got cold (even though our room has a microwave), so we sat in the car and ate. Once we were finished, SHE COULDN'T FIND THE PARKING TICKET OR RECEIPT!So we spent 10 mins looking for it! She found it and when we go to leave, she puts it in the reader and there's an error. A Parking attendant comes and explains that she has to pay. We all tell the attendant that she did pay before we went to the car and we even got a receipt...but of course she couldn't find it.
This is when my niece gets hot-headed. She tells the attendant to go check the cameras and see that we did pay. The attendant tells her that she doesn't have access to the camera so she can't do that. Jasmine gets even madder all the while I'm trying to help my sister find the receipt and telling her that she needs to clean out her damn wallet. What good are faded receipts going to do for you?!
I get tired of hearing Jasmine nearly berate this attendant and I pull put $5 to pay so we can leave. My sister insists that she has the receipt as proof and HELLO! THE EXIT IS BACKING UP BEHIND US! Finally, she pays with the money I gave her and the attendant was like what do you want me to do with this? *7 million facepalms* *sighs* The attendant eventually takes the parking ticket and money and gets the "correct" receipt and when it gets put in, they want another dollar because we've now been there 2 hours but the attendant overrides than and we can leave.
Jasmine grumbles the whole way, just about, to a friend's house...where the story is recounted again. So I pull out my phone and start playing a game on it until it's time to go.
We get back to the hotel and Jasmine and I decided it was time for bed. My sister was going to watch TV (and still get up early for breakfast...HA)
The next morning we missed breakfast (it was 6-8am) because first, my sister took a shower, and then my niece took one. But we ate our leftover food from the night before, then tried to decide what to do with the day.
Eventually, we settled on The Japanese Friendship Gardens and the zoo. HOWEVER, when we got to the gardens, there was a crazy long line and then we saw how big the gardens were and noped right out of that! We ended up going to the San Diego Museum of Art for about an hour before heading to the zoo. (pictures)
And then more drama.
Andrea put in the GPS how to get to the zoo and it told her to turn at Zoo Dr, but she was going to turn at Zoo Place. I pointed that out to her and she was like "I know..." YET SHE WAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! There wasn't anyone behind us, but we had the green arrow to turn and the street was clear...but she was still stopped there talking about "no one is behind us..." until someone honked and she sped up to turn! *rolls eyes hard*
Then we start in the line from hell under the sun that was the devil's balls. I proceed to get sick from the heat. Dizzy, nauseous, a headache. I ask an attendant if there's someplace I can sit, so she points me to a shaded rock and 2 other attendants come. One gives me a bottle of water to put on the back of my neck and they tell us that once we're ready to go into the zoo, to go in the side entrance to the ticket booth...and if we aren't able to stay, we can get tickets for another day. I sit there for about 10 mins, feel well enough to go in and we're good...For about 10 minutes. My heart starts racing and I feel dizzy again. This is not good. We go to see if I can rent one of the scooters, but I see there are reservations for it...and the rental fee is $55! Pass! Jasmine and my sister decided to get tickets for another day and we get some souvenirs and then leave.
I feel sad, but fuck...if I can't walk more than 10 mins without my heart racing and feeling dizzy, that's decidedly not good!
We get to San Juan Capistrano before stopping for lunch and a bathroom break. Then back on the road with a stop to pick up my package from Old Navy (clothes I would have worn while in San Diego) and I'm getting dropped off at home.
There are other little bits, like my brother calling while we're in line for the zoo and making plans to go back to San Diego before he leaves AZ in May and how I would rather go to the USS Midway than the zoo...especially if they have that long snaking line.
Pictures here because I don't feel like picking the ones to link.
And freaking hell, if something is going to be planned, don't half-ass it!
I swear!
Wednesday we went to the aquarium. I touched sea cucumber poop! hahaha Really, the way the aquarium worker explained it, sea cucumbers are like scavengers and suck up water and other microscopic organisms and when it poops, it's clean sand...that then hardens? I don't even know.
When left there and went to the hotel. We found out our reservation comes with free dinner and breakfast! Score! So we have a late lunch of chicken potpie from a take-out container and some rather bland lemonade. My niece has some wine.
We get up to the room and relax for a bit before my sister begins to get ready for "dress-up dinner".
My niece didn't do her research and every restaurant she looked up and called needed a reservation and/or they were booked, which HELLO! we're in a pandemic! Just because a place is open, doesn't mean you can walk in and ask to be seated. SIGH
My sister STILL wanted to get dressed up, so we did. Took some and then headed to The Sugar Factory and ordered our food to go.
There was drama when we were leaving the parking structure. How I ended up level-headed and being related to my sister, I'll never know.
It started with my sister trying to decide how/when to pay for parking (it was $5 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour after). I told her that if she waits to pay, she might hold up the exit while she gets out of the car to pay at the machine, so she paid right then. She paid, got her ticket back, and a receipt. She then wanted to eat her fries before they got cold (even though our room has a microwave), so we sat in the car and ate. Once we were finished, SHE COULDN'T FIND THE PARKING TICKET OR RECEIPT!So we spent 10 mins looking for it! She found it and when we go to leave, she puts it in the reader and there's an error. A Parking attendant comes and explains that she has to pay. We all tell the attendant that she did pay before we went to the car and we even got a receipt...but of course she couldn't find it.
This is when my niece gets hot-headed. She tells the attendant to go check the cameras and see that we did pay. The attendant tells her that she doesn't have access to the camera so she can't do that. Jasmine gets even madder all the while I'm trying to help my sister find the receipt and telling her that she needs to clean out her damn wallet. What good are faded receipts going to do for you?!
I get tired of hearing Jasmine nearly berate this attendant and I pull put $5 to pay so we can leave. My sister insists that she has the receipt as proof and HELLO! THE EXIT IS BACKING UP BEHIND US! Finally, she pays with the money I gave her and the attendant was like what do you want me to do with this? *7 million facepalms* *sighs* The attendant eventually takes the parking ticket and money and gets the "correct" receipt and when it gets put in, they want another dollar because we've now been there 2 hours but the attendant overrides than and we can leave.
Jasmine grumbles the whole way, just about, to a friend's house...where the story is recounted again. So I pull out my phone and start playing a game on it until it's time to go.
We get back to the hotel and Jasmine and I decided it was time for bed. My sister was going to watch TV (and still get up early for breakfast...HA)
The next morning we missed breakfast (it was 6-8am) because first, my sister took a shower, and then my niece took one. But we ate our leftover food from the night before, then tried to decide what to do with the day.
Eventually, we settled on The Japanese Friendship Gardens and the zoo. HOWEVER, when we got to the gardens, there was a crazy long line and then we saw how big the gardens were and noped right out of that! We ended up going to the San Diego Museum of Art for about an hour before heading to the zoo. (pictures)
And then more drama.
Andrea put in the GPS how to get to the zoo and it told her to turn at Zoo Dr, but she was going to turn at Zoo Place. I pointed that out to her and she was like "I know..." YET SHE WAS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET! There wasn't anyone behind us, but we had the green arrow to turn and the street was clear...but she was still stopped there talking about "no one is behind us..." until someone honked and she sped up to turn! *rolls eyes hard*
Then we start in the line from hell under the sun that was the devil's balls. I proceed to get sick from the heat. Dizzy, nauseous, a headache. I ask an attendant if there's someplace I can sit, so she points me to a shaded rock and 2 other attendants come. One gives me a bottle of water to put on the back of my neck and they tell us that once we're ready to go into the zoo, to go in the side entrance to the ticket booth...and if we aren't able to stay, we can get tickets for another day. I sit there for about 10 mins, feel well enough to go in and we're good...For about 10 minutes. My heart starts racing and I feel dizzy again. This is not good. We go to see if I can rent one of the scooters, but I see there are reservations for it...and the rental fee is $55! Pass! Jasmine and my sister decided to get tickets for another day and we get some souvenirs and then leave.
I feel sad, but fuck...if I can't walk more than 10 mins without my heart racing and feeling dizzy, that's decidedly not good!
We get to San Juan Capistrano before stopping for lunch and a bathroom break. Then back on the road with a stop to pick up my package from Old Navy (clothes I would have worn while in San Diego) and I'm getting dropped off at home.
There are other little bits, like my brother calling while we're in line for the zoo and making plans to go back to San Diego before he leaves AZ in May and how I would rather go to the USS Midway than the zoo...especially if they have that long snaking line.
Pictures here because I don't feel like picking the ones to link.
