{"id":2501,"date":"2011-06-25T23:08:23","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T07:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/?p=2501"},"modified":"2011-06-26T12:02:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T20:02:22","slug":"who-needs-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/2011\/06\/25\/who-needs-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Who needs sleep?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aka &#8211; Why Lessa always needs a vacation to recover from her vacation:<\/p>\n<p>Friday, June 24th:<br \/>\n2am: Finally finish packing and go to sleep.<br \/>\n5am: Fucking alarm clock!<br \/>\n5:30am: FINE. I&#8217;M UP. Taking a Shower. GOD.<br \/>\n6:15: Peppermist &#8211; GET UP! You have to be at work in 5!<br \/>\n6:30: Mooooooochaaaaaaa&#8230;<br \/>\n7:00: Work. Ugh.<br \/>\n1pm: Lunchtime!<br \/>\n2pm: Work. Ugh.<br \/>\n4pm: VACATION TIME! WHOOOOO!<br \/>\n5pm: And we&#8217;re off to Anchorage! Nana&#8217;s driving, all is well, Lessa is tired.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; On the Drive:<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2503\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.14.46.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2503\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.14.46-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bodies? Loot? SOMETHING BETTER?\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.14.46-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.14.46-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bodies? Loot? SOMETHING BETTER?<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;Are those COFFINS along the railroad?<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;Maybe it&#8217;s Loot from a Train Heist!<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;Or, something boring, like bundles of railroad ties.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2502\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.05.11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2502\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.05.11-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.05.11-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-19.05.11-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wait...what?<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211;Their Cash Safe gives out Tacos? SCORE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Also along the drive:<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8211; Lots of laughter and talking and some yawning. The latter all from me, of course. <\/p>\n<p>8pm-ish: We arrive at the BnB, and get set up in our rooms with the rules, the key, so on and so forth. Then, it&#8217;s off to dinner.<br \/>\n8:30: Applebees!<br \/>\n8:40: oooooooh appetizers are good.<br \/>\n8:45: Margarita&#8217;s are even better! And buddy boy there weren&#8217;t shy on the tequila!<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2509\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.36.14.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2509\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.36.14-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.36.14-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.36.14-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3! Dollar! Margaritas!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>8:50: Provolone. Stuffed. Meatballs. With Fettichini. Oh. my. god.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.48.50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.48.50-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.48.50-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-24-20.48.50-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9:00: That totally awesome Margarita was only THREE! DOLLARS! WHOOT!<\/p>\n<p>Also at Applebees &#8211; overheard:<br \/>\n&#8212; &#8220;That&#8217;s our son. Enthralled by a priest. You know what this means, right? We are neeever having grandchildren.&#8221; Followed by dramatic sigh and laughter. I think she and I could be soulmates. Just saying.<\/p>\n<p>Also at Applebees &#8211; my mother:<br \/>\n&#8212; &#8220;Sure, what the hell!&#8221; Followed by her gasp, and my laughter and much teasing. <\/p>\n<p>After dinner, back to the BnB, where we puttered on the computer until<\/p>\n<p>11:30pm &#8211; head to the airport to pick up cousin Linda<br \/>\n12:30am &#8211; Cousin Linda and her luggage acquired, back to the BnB, where Lessa watches mama collapse and sleep 2 seconds later, followed by Linda&#8230;<br \/>\n2am: oh yeah. I should sleep too.<\/p>\n<p>Day Two: June 25<\/p>\n<p>6. Freaking. Am. &#8211; WTF man? Why the hell are you up and also move, I have to pee.<br \/>\n7. Freaking. am. &#8211; Really? No. Must. Sleep.<br \/>\n7:30 Freaking Am. &#8211; Fine. Shower.<br \/>\n8. Freaking. Am. &#8211; FINE. BREAKFAST. GOD.<br \/>\n9. Freaking. Am. &#8211; COOOOOOOFFEEEEEEEE.<\/p>\n<p>Then, we visited the House of Harley, The Saturday Market where I got the most AWESOME things for TBF and his wife, Chocolate covered bacon,<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2511\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.04.58.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2511\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.04.58-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.04.58-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.04.58-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ON A STEEEEEEEECK!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Meet Chad Carpenter, of <a href=\"http:\/\/tundracomics.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tundra<\/a> fame<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2514\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-12.07.35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2514\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-12.07.35-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-12.07.35-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-12.07.35-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A real live Cartoonist! Speak softly and use small words!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Discovered uses for Duct Tape:<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2513\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.50.58.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2513\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.50.58-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.50.58-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.50.58-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">...awesome.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Discovered just HOW Alaska is pissing off Texas since 1959:<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2512\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.40.04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2512\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.40.04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.40.04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.40.04-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suck it, texas!<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>AND we lucked into the performance of The Arial Acrobats &#8211; with fire eating, and flying silks performances.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2505\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.14.19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2505\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.14.19-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.14.19-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.14.19-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#039;t try this at home. Or dress like us. Heavens no.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2506\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.17.32.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2506\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.17.32-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.17.32-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.17.32-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don&#039;t worry, we&#039;ll keep licking each other&#039;s tongues until we get this tongue to tongue fire transfer right!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2507\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.23.58.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2507\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.23.58-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.23.58-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.23.58-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;remember boys, all girls can bend this way. You just have to ask them nicely.&quot;<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2508\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.26.16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2508\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.26.16-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.26.16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-11.26.16-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Remember girls, all boys can bend this way, you just have to ask them nicely!&quot;<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nETA: Mustn&#8217;t forget &#8211; Nana was SO INTENT on WINNING &#8220;Yellow Car&#8221; that she ran a red light. All together now&#8230; &#8220;GRAMMA!!!!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then to The Ulu Factory, and the Moose&#8217;s tooth, where Linda tasted her first smoked salmon, and I decided that the pizza was really healthy, because it had spinach on it. Really.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2504\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-13.40.33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2504\" src=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-13.40.33-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"SAMSUNG\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-13.40.33-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/2011-06-25-13.40.33-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOTALLY HEALTHY.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then it was off to visit a friend, to Walmart where I discovered other Jewelry counters are BIGGER THAN MINE and they have STUFF I WANT, dammit! Then to The Alaska Berry Company, where Linda got to see the Chocolate Fountain and I got some Peanut Butter Fudge and some cheapo rings (&#8230;what? Shut up. I am not a girly girl.) Then back to the BnB where I promptly took a nap, then got up and ate more fudge, and pizza (healthy, remember?) and then chatted online and repacked my shit, and now?<\/p>\n<p>All that &#8211; and it&#8217;s only day 2! \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\nNow I should sleep.<br \/>\nBecause the alarms start going off in 6 hours. <\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aka &#8211; Why Lessa always needs a vacation to recover from her vacation: Friday, June 24th: 2am: Finally finish packing and go to sleep. 5am: Fucking alarm clock! 5:30am: FINE. I&#8217;M UP. Taking a Shower. GOD. 6:15: Peppermist &#8211; GET UP! You have to be at work in 5! 6:30: Mooooooochaaaaaaa&#8230; 7:00: Work. Ugh. 1pm: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[667],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alaskatrek-2011"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2517,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501\/revisions\/2517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gonfalon.org\/eclat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}