back in the burnie

And so the epic journey comes to a close! I am back from the upstate NY family vacation, which was a lot of fun despite a few chaotic moments. Not all of the week's events went exactly as planned, but then again they rarely do with our crazy family. Two tragedies of the week: Yettys pizza and White Rose bakery were both closed! Sadness! I was so excited for that, and they decide on the very week we are in NY to close up shop and go on vacation! How dare they! haha. Oh well, then Monday we hung around with Grandma, and me and Mandy stayed up til 4am doing a black bear puzzle. Why? Because they said it couldn't be done, and we were determined to prove them wrong. haha. Tuesday Katie, Joe and their crew came up, we did a little exploring around the house, then later in the night we went to Turning Stone Casino (an indian casino). The casino was beautiful, and at one point I had actually won money!! However, I kept playing and lost all of my money. haha. On top of my tragic losses, the casino had no drinks for us! Apparently you were allowed to bring alcohol in and they would keep it at the bar for you to use, but they couldn't legally serve you alcohol. Crazy! It wouldn't have been as crazy, had there not been 10 bars around the casino, all serving NONALCHOLIC beer! Silly Indians. Then Wednesday we walked around the Erie Canal, which was so nice, it was the perfect weather for it. Thursday, we did a whole bunch of shopping around Cooperstown, went into the baseball hall of fame (which was AWESOME, lots of Yankees in there ;) ), and had a family poker game ($10 buy in, I def lost). haha. By Friday, we were all pretty exhausted, but we went out to Sylvan Beach, did some bumper boats and a bajillion arcade games. Saturday we packed everything up and headed on home! I love vacations, but I am definitely more exhausted than relaxed after this busy week. But, I do have today to recover before the work week begins again, thank goodness.