Hello Internets! For those of you who aren't following me on Twitter,
this is Eli Monkey. I'm giving the Monkey Maker the night off, and doing
the Sock Monkey Monday entry this week. Last week, Sirus and I went on
vacation (we were nice, and brought the Monkey Maker with us too) so I
have lots and lots of photos to share.
Sirus and I posed on some fake people at the Providence Airport
We left Friday afternoon, which Sirus and I spent IN THE SUITCASE,
because the Monkey Maker said we were luggage! At first, it wasn't fun
(we were in with the shoes, gross!) but then we were granted reprieve
from the stinky shoes, while we waited for the plane to arrive.
Potato chips would be our traveling companions for the rest of the trip.
I told Monkey Maker that if I HAD to be in the bag with the chips, then I
wanted to go to Starbucks before we left. I needed something to go with
all those chips after all! Sure, Monkey Maker SAID that it was the
cabin pressure that opened the bag, but Sirus and I were hungry and the
stewardesses don't offer snacks and drinks to those of us traveling in
the OVERHEAD COMPARTMENTS.
Nope, no plane yet.
It
was a bit cramped in the overhead compartment, but once we got to
Wisconsin, Sirus and I got to roam free around the house. Sirus relaxed,
while I made friends with a giant white kitty. The kitties are MUCH
bigger in Wisconsin than they are in Monkeyville.
Mostly, Sirus and I spent our vacation eating some REALLY good food
cooked by chef Tria. Way better than the foods we normally eat (the
Monkey Maker always says there isn't time to cook-- blah!). For example,
on Saturday, there was "Luketacular 3" which was a really tasty
crawfish boil.
Mudbugs-- yummy!
This
is a seriously awesome way to celebrate a birthday, and maybe next
year, we'll do it for Sirus's birthday. One morning, we woke up to
homemade WAFFLES (imagine that in Donkey from Shrek's voice) another it
was homemade, warm blueberry muffins. We were spoiled little monkeys for
the whole weekend. I wouldn't be surprised if I gained a few ounces!
It wasn't ALL delicious food, one day, we went to the zoo. We saw lots
and lots of animals, including snorting seals, lions, snakes, and some
monkeys that weren't made out of socks! HOWEVER, I need to talk to you
"people". What's with putting the monkeys behind big, huge fences?!
Don't you know that monkeys like to roam free???
Poor guy, I feel for him. There aren't even any chips for him to snack on.
I
had a strict talk with the Monkey Maker about this, but apparently it
was for our "safety" because only sock monkeys are able to roam free.
After that, I did my best to look especially "socky" so no one would try
to put ME in a big cage.
When we got to the snakes and other reptiles, I was glad there was glass. I'm not noms!
Hey look! Escaped humans! Get them, quick!
We flew home on the Fourth of July, which was pretty cool, because we
got to fly over all of the fireworks. Also, because there were no chips
in the bag, Sirus and I didn't have to go in the overhead bin, we got to
sit in a seat like all of the humans!
I
think the Monkey Maker was trying to make up for the whole zoo thing,
but as we were flying over all the fireworks of people celebrating their
freedom from England's oppression, I couldn't help but think of my
monkey brethren being oppressed at the zoo. Sirus said I was making a
mountain out of a molehill, but I was still irked. I started a hashtag
on twitter about it even-- #Freemonkey. Maybe it was all that time I
spent in the suitcase, or maybe Sirus just isn't as willing to fight for
primate rights as I am. He says things are different once you're not in
college.
We had a lot of fun on our vacation (even the zoo), and hopefully, we'll
be able to go back soon. The Monkey Maker made cheese toast for dinner
tonight. Cheese. Toast. What kind of dinner is that?! We miss Tria's
cooking, watching Misfits, and hanging out with friends. The Monkey
Maker misses it a lot too, so hopefully, we'll go back soon! |
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