Florida Vacation, part 1

 I wrote this last night:


After leaving home at 8:30 this morning we FINALLY arrived in Palm Beach at 8:30pm. It took another hour and some to pick up the rental cars (oh. my. gosh. craziness....) load everything up, get to the house we're renting, let the guy who owns the house go through and fill us in on everything.... and now it's 10:00. Mom and Dad are buying burgers someplace for dinner.

Highlights

-This house is SUPER nice... cute! and 4 bedrooms! 4 bathrooms!!! sweet kitchen. SA-WEET 40" plasma high-def... Wall-E is playing on it while I type. The littles are hooked even though they're exhausted.

-Sarah B. LOVED takeoff and landing. I was semi-afraid she would be scared. No. Quite the opposite. She laughed through the whole thing.

-Every time we experienced any turbulence she said "what's he doin'?" (referring to the pilot)

-Luke and I were travel-buds. Interesting. To say the least.

-While we were still climbing after takeoff he held his arms up so they were hovering over his armrests and shouted "LOOK! MY ARMS ARE FLOATING!!!!" I said: "You're holding them up." He realized I was right and said "oh" in a very disappointed tone... :)

-Sarah B.'s unhappy tummy (she's had diarrhea for a week, poor thing) decided it needed to go to the bathroom immediately before landing in West Palm. SO. Mom and S.B. were IN THE BATHROOM during the (very bumpy) landing. Mom was holding Sarah on the toilet. Sarah was yeling "WHAT is the pilot DOING?!?!?!?" And Mom was bracing herself against both walls... She (Mom) was white-faced when she came out of the bathroom. (And for an hour after) Sarah was fine.

-They served FRESH BAKED CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES on the first flight. Midwest. I love them.

-It is humid here in Florida.

-I'm wearing capri pajama bottoms

-No socks!