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Ok, this is the third time I’ve typed this. GRRRRRR…..blogger is killing me today. I wanted to post about Florida

Thoughts On Florida:

1. They have more than their fair share of Hummers. I think it should be the state vehicle.
   
2. They have more than their fair share of rude people too. Seems like all the clerks at the stores and stuff would rather not have me there. Now, some of these places were little Mom-&-Pop places. You would think they would want my business.
   
3. HUMIDITY – the temperature was probably in the mid to upper 90’s the entire time but the heat index was well over 100. The humidity is very different than in Illinois – much, much worse. I was speaking to one of the locals and she was totally shocked that we have temperatures in the low 100’s too.
   
4. Too many Toll roads. I saved every piece of change I could get my hands on. I think it would cost about $3-4 to get to Orlando from Cocoa Beach, then you gotta go back for $3-4.
   
5. I don’t understand the cars on side of the road. Everywhere you look there are random cars in the ditch. It looks like they might have swerved to avoid an accident or were hit into the ditch or something. The thing is, I don’t see how so many can happen. We never once had an occasion to think we were headed for an accident. What are these people thinking?
   
6. License plate variety – exactly how many different plates can one state have?
   
7. Ocean – need I say more? It’s simply gorgeous. When I stand on the beach and look out as far as I can, it amazes me. I can’t comprehend how huge it must be. Makes me think of the song "How Great Is Our God."
   
8. The plants and trees are so different than the ones in Illinois. I know it’s to be expected but it’s strange to drive along the road and see palm trees and Spanish Moss growing.

Every time we’ve gone to Florida, which is now the grand total of twice, our return flight has been delayed. Last year it was delayed due to the tropical storms that were blowing in. This year, the plane was held up in St. Louis due to mechanical problems. To make matters worse prior to lift-off, every time the Captain or one of the flight attendants would make an announcement the air and lights would go off. Let me tell you, you can be sure I prayed before that plane lifted off the ground. Yup, we were really taking a chance on that flight. But once we were in the air, there were no problems. THANK YOU LORD!!!!!!

I left 2 complaints on the comment card for the resort: 1) they don’t have internet access in the rooms. You have to leave your room and go to the lobby for wireless access. WTHeck is that all about!?!?!?!??! It’s the year 2006 people, set it up already. 2) Get new mattresses. Mike slept so bad that he ended up on the floor one night and slept better there than on the bed. Now that is just wrong!

When we were getting ready to leave, the guy that sold us our timeshare last year, Luigi, came up to our room to see how we were and how our vacation was going. When we told him our complaints, he said they were currently getting ready to wire the place so all the rooms had internet access. So next year should be better. Whew, I was sweating that one. Now the mattresses, who knows about that.

Luigi is such a nice guy. He ran into Nick in the hall and told him that he has a lump on the back of his head and the doctors have been treating it with Chemo. He’s a young guy too, probably our age, so it’s very disturbing. He never mentioned it to Mike and I though, so I want to send him a card or something.

I was not ready to come back to work, but I was ready to get home to my "stuff" and my doggy. Speaking of Rocky, Chelle house/pet sat for us and she said he moped around like he missed us.
I think he lost some weight while we were gone too, poor little guy.

Here’s a couple more photos taken at our resort. I’ll use either the one of the boys or the family one for our next Christmas card (probably the boys, it's the best). I have to try and get the haze out of the family one. Mom took the pic and had some sun in the corner, she also didn't make sure you could see Austen real good, oh well. Guess it's not as great as I thought. If you have any editing suggestions, I would really appreciate them.















And this one I really like and think it would be a cool school picture. Just need to lighten it up a bit and we'll have to see what a wallet looks like. K, that's all for today. I told ya the photos were sad.