Back from Aruba, On To Vegas
Wow! I was in Aruba for about 3 days the weekend before last and it was a real good time! It was a solo getaway which a lot of people wouldn't do but i was like meh. Well I went, the first night i took up the local sites shopping, ate out in this joint called Iguana Joe's which was alright. For dinner and the night out, I went to a bar/restaurant called Senor Frog's and that was a lot of fun.
On the Saturday, I went to the beach early in the morning, then around noon i wanted to do a tour but they were all booked up. All of the points of interest are out in the boonies and accessible by this long dirt trail on the northern coast of the island. So I rented a jeep wrangler and went about my way for about 6 hours or so. Got trapped in some beach and a local Aruban and some family from Europe helped me get the jeep so that was interesting. And from there I just went to the next couple spots and then took a wrong turn and ended up in San Nicolaas which is an old refinery town with a bunch of bars and what not. I hung out there for awhile and ran into some weird guy named gilbert and gave me a mini tour of the area and intro'd me to some peeps in this pool hall/bar. I eventually went home and called it a night as I was exhausted.
Sunday morning, another beach trip, and shopped until I had to leave for my flight. Overall, good solo trip! And this weekend i'll be in Vegas with a group of peeps, so should be cool!
Oranjestad, What?
This week I was kinda bleh for some reason soooo I talked to my buddy who works at Delta and he hooked me with a discount flight to Aruba! So I'll be in Aruba for just this weekend(I know its not a lot of time, but whatever). I hear its supposed to be pretty nice, and that it has a lot of repeat vacationers so i'm going to see how i fare out there on my own. I really wish I could swim better so I could try some of the snorkeling but I dont have enough confidence in my swimming so i'll probably avoid it. Heading out tomorrow!
Back to the Gym
Well its labor day and I woke up early because thats what I do. I don't have to work today so all should be good, though I joined LA Fitness a week ago and I'll probably go by the gym to workout a bit. I had my official rehab physical therapy through June, then worked out lightly the end of june and a little in july, and then took almost 2 months off from working out! I mostly did it because my knee was hurting a little bit on some of the workouts but now I'm back in the gym. I even played basketball a couple times last week(half court, of course). So I think I am well on my way to recovering, which is great for me.
In addition to the knee related workouts, I'm hoping to also increase strength in every area possible, and get my endurance back up to speed because I was seriously gasping for air during those games of 21 last week. Not Cool. Anyway, thats about it for now...think im going to cook some breakfast.
