John W. Vanderbeck

Inevitably it always seems to happen, no matter how hard I try to delay it :) Tuesday marks yet another birthday. I plan to spend it in luxury though :) Ever since I first toured the Portofio Bay Hotel when I worked in the cruise line industry, i’ve wanted to stay there. Monday night I will do just that. I’ve got a deluxe room at the hotel monday night, which cost me a bit over $200 with my annual pass discount. I think the room normally goes for around $350 or so.

The current plans are to spend the day monday after school in the universal parks with my family and maybe a couple friends depending on how things roll out, and then hit citywalk at night, sit down somewhere and have a few drinks with family and friends. I’m also going to check with some of my classmates on monday see if any of them want to come. Something about the way the school is done, I don’t know, but i’ve already gotten to the point that I consider several of them friends. That is unusual for me since i’m normally a rather shy person who takes a long time to build any sort of relationship :)