Vacation

I took a job teaching an evening class (meets Tuesdays and Thursdays) for the summer session at the local community college. I thought it would be easy money, which it definitely is. It is more or less a computer course as all of the lessons are on the computer. I present a lesson on Tuesday evenings and on Thursday evenings the students work in the computer lab while I assist. I also am allowed to work 5 additional hours in the computer lab, so I work 10 hours/ week. The only bad part was the class began on May 10, while I was still teaching high school (my full-time job). So, I would get up at 5:00am, be at work at 6:30am until 3:00pm, then on Tuesdays I would begin work at 3:30pm until 9pm (Thursdays I worked until 8:00pm). It was pretty rough until school got out in mid-June. Now, I work 3:00pm-8:00pm until July 28.

Because of this job, I have not been able to go anywhere for a vacation. So, I went to Orlando for this past weekend. Many months ago, I heard a comic on a comedy channel on XM radio (which I listen to in the car), and he was hilarious. His name is John Caparulo. When I got home, I did an internet search for him to see if he would have any shows close to me. He was going to be at Comedy Improv in Orlando July 20-24. I wished it had been in Jacksonville, but Orlando is a 2.5 hour drive away. Close enough. A girlfriend and my son said they would go with me, and my friend suggested we go for there on Friday afternoon and stay through Sunday. So, we got tickets for July 23, got a hotel across the street from where the Improv is and that's my vacation for this summer. Orlando was pretty hot, and since we live in Florida, we have already done all of the theme parks (plus I never go to them during the hot months). We didn't do very much at all, but the comedy show was probably the funniest one I've ever been to. I laughed constantly the entire time and had tears rolling down my face. If you ever get a chance to see John Caparulo in person, do it. I would go again and again and again.



Here's a picture after the show of John, my son, and myself.