It's amazing how easily innocent items from your youth can be corrupted by simply making an impulse buy at a Kangaroo gas station. I'm referring, of course, to the way that Sharill and I have completely redefined the Care Bear stare. For starters, you'd now have to look at our navels to receive it.

Yes, that's right. We got Care Bear bellybutton rings. Not matching, because that would just be silly. They were $9.99 (such a bargain) and came with a free bag of BBQ pork rinds, which we politely declined. We cleaned them with Bactine and popped those suckers in. When we get a chance, we'll post a photo.

On to the rest of the night. We arrived at Stacy and Ben's house at about 10:00 and spent the next few hours playing 90’s Trivial Pursuit. Who knew that Vanilla Ice "wrote" an autobiography called Ice to Ice? At the close of the game, we retired to an extremely comfortable futon, and I got 8.5 hours of sleep, which I think is a record for the last 3 or so months. This morning Sharill, Stacy and I went to Boston Coffee and had excellent coffee and breakfast. We’re now on our way from Deland to Orlando. Approximate arrival time: 11:30. Planned itinerary: check in to the hotel, go get a pedicure. Return to hotel for secret rendezvous with unsuitable young men.

Sharill loves breakfast bagels. And Volvic.