I kind of miss regularly updating on a blog. I know that when I look back I will value having these entries to remind me of what things used to be like and already occassionally like to look back at my xanga to 2003-2007 to remind me of things I forgot about. Its also neat to see where I've come and how I used to think. Despite my intense hatred for "internet culture", I've enjoyed keeping up with friends, as well as keeping them informed as well.
Anyway, on to the updating! A lot has gone on since my last post. The best part of that time period is a trip to Florida! It was quite an adventure beyond just going to another state. Our flight was scheduled to leave on January 31 at 5:50 pm. If you recall we had a HUGE snow storm scheduled for that night starting at 6:00 where at least 10 inches of snow was expected. The forecast was predicting some minimal flurries during the day with accumulations starting at 6pm. Well when I woke up it was snowing pretty heavily, but I dismissed it thinking it was just temporary. While at work, I saw that the snowing continued throughout the morning and at 10:30 Scott called me to tell me we had received a call telling us our flight was cancelled. I called up american airlines to see what was going on and found out all the evening flights were cancelled due to the snow. The only flight we could make was at 2:50 to Orlando and then grab a connecting flight to Miami after a layover. After a quick explaination to 4 superiors I was on my way home and Scott was leaving his class, as his professor and classmates cursed him for getting out of the snow!
We got home and threw the bags in the car and immediately headed toward the airport. The parking lot was jammed with cars and everything was covered with snow. We parked approximately a half a mile away and trudged through the snow with our luggage toward the shuttle to take us to the terminal. We just missed the shuttle and saw it roll away as we neared the top of the escalator. We waited for another one impaitiently noting that our flight was scheduled to leave less than 2 hours. We finally made it to the terminal and got in an enormously long line. After a few minutes an official shuffled us over to another line where we only had to wait about 5 minutes only to hear that our Orlando flight was delayed making it nearly impossible to catch our connecting flight. We were also informed that there were no other flights out to Florida that weren't completely booked. Our only option was to get put on standby for a 2:30 flight to Miami. We were given priority status and decided to send out bags on the flight regardless of we were on the flight or not. We were put at #2 and #3 on the list with high hopes we'd be in a state where the temperature was about 70 degrees higher. Of course the flight was delayed and we wouldn't know if we could make the flight till about 20 minutes before it was scheduled to leave. After some impatient waiting and trying to pull all the strings we could, we heard our names called and we ran on the plane as if it were a mistake that our names were called.
The flight went smoothly and we arrived in Miami relatively quickly. Once we got into the airport, getting our luggage, rental car and navigating through traffic to my dad's condo was very time consuming. We got in at about midnight and went to bed immediately.
The rest of the trip was great. Scott's birthday was the next day and we celebrated it by going out on the boat, going snorkeling, having drinks on the beach and eating at a really good restaurant. I forgot to mention that Debbie and Bud (my aunt and uncle) were also staying there so it was a good time of family and warm weather. We did lots of other things in Florida during our 5 day stay including a tour of key largo, going to a national park, seeing the African Queen (a boat from the movie), taking a day trip to Key West, shopping and eating lots of good food. I will let the pictures speak for themselves!
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