Monday, November 29, 2010

Dream Vacation Begins

My LONG awaited for vacation began this morning at 3am. UGH! First stop: the beautiful Detroit Airport where we boarded the cheapest most uncomfortable airline in the world, Spirit. The seats did not even recline, and somehow I managed to sleep for two hours with my head bobbing to and fro! Next stop, Ft Lauderdale. With a 3 hour layover, I thought "Great, we'll get some exercise, breakfast, and find the bookstore for leisurely browsing!" My Bad! As I set out for our walk, attempting to get out of the multicultural crowd where we were a minority, I knew the first stop needed to be a restroom. There was one right there in all the congestion. However, there was a line, and the bathroom appeared small. No worries, I thought, there will be anotherone up the way. Chris had been successful with the mens room. We began walking again, for about 20 seconds, and came to a sign that said "do not go any further". Oh....we must've gone the wrong way. We turned around, through the crowd, a 30 second walk, the end of the airport. That's it? One hallway? One restroom? One magazine stand? No starbucks? A million people? Three hours!

You'll be happy to know that we survived. We bought coffee from a Maxine look-a-like
(hallmark cards) and sat and decided to talk with zero children interruptions.

Current status: our flight to St Thomas is being delayed!!!!

I have no business complaining about any of this! I know how lucky I am to be going to the sweetest place on earth. I'll only complain if we don't make it there!

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