Today (Sat) has been a really long day…. have been just under 23 hours awake at this point. Seriously, what sane person sets up a wake up call for 2:30 am? But since we had to be at the airport by 4am (YAWN!!) , there was no choice… especially since all 5 of us were sharing one room (and one bathroom!)
May I just take a sec to remind people that I am a night owl, usually heading to bed at that hour, not getting up! UGH! And my sister is a twisted morning person who was pervertedly chipper when that phone rang at 2:30.
Flights were quite smooth. With some great work by a couple of nice gate agents, we were able to change the seating so that we weren’t scattered about the plane. We didn’t all sit together, but we did sit in groups, so that was nice.
And by lunch today, we were in Florida. We walked out of the airport into the heat of the tropical noonday sun. That wonderful, heavy, humid heat felt wonderful. And the palm trees were everywhere. Breathe deeply-- we’re on vacation and it feels good!
After a bit of wait for the shuttle, we were checked into the Hampton Suites and Inn in Hollywood, Florida. (Who knew there were 2 Hollywoods?) We are billeted here as we will be on the cruise, so I have my own room. It’s quite nice. Anyway, we all changed into “summer clothes” and headed out to a nearby mall - huge, huge place. Late lunch/supper at the “Rainforest Café” (delicious!) and then about 3.5 hours of shopping. Well, they shopped, I browsed. Found a fabulous bookstore, but reined myself in. Lots of high end stores … designers galore. Leslie and Rayna were in heaven, and Davie bought himself a GUESS watch.
We headed back to the hotel about 8:30pm, and just chilled, hanging around the outside pool. What luxury- sitting outside under the palms, watching a humungous water beetle (called a palmetto bug) swim around the pool. We watched a determined raccoon try to sneak into the BBQ at the hotel next to ours, but the people were wise to his moves! Eventually, the day started to catch up to us, so we drifted off to our rooms for some much needed sleep. The hotel has free wifi, so I thought it was a good time to start this. But now, I am ready to crawl into bed. The bus picks us up at noon tomorrow to bring us to the port in Miami, and the Carnival Glory.
WOOOHOOOOO!! Now, where's my Gravol?
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Ending with an Astrophe update : Late start to yesterday's drive to Halifax, since Astrophe had a vet appointment at 8:30am, and it didn't go well. Her blood count dropped again, and my vet was on the phone to an internist getting some feedback. They are going to add cyclosporin to her meds but the internist said she was relatively stable, especially with no fever or heart involvement, so I decided to have some faith and leave for the trip ... it was HARD!
After yesterday's heartbreaking setback, I was unable to even look at the sun and palm trees while waiting for today's email from my vet. And it was worth the wait! According to Dr R: “She seems to be doing very well and has turned the corner towards recovery. I am going to recommend that we recheck her again Monday but think she should be fine over the weekend. I will be on call if there are any problems.” I can breathe again! Please God that she is right, and the corner has been turned. Email from Tyler later on, confirmed she was eating, etc.
Now I will enjoy myself... on a day to day/ email to email basis, of course!
Night all!!
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