Oh Flor-i-da how I've missed you

So I"ve made it safe and sound here in sunny Florida. And when I mean sunny, I mean bright, hot and well, bright. The heat here is definitely different, and you forget about the humidity until it hits you like you're walking into a wall as you get out of your car. I drove a new way this time and it was very easy and I made great time. I went about 80mph the whole way, give or take sections depending on how crowded it was. I took I-85 to I-77 to I-95 to I-295 to I-10. About 9 hours to get here; I arrived around 4:20pm eastern standard time. Whew. I was proud of myself; I was super tired but I stopped a lot and drank A LOT of coffee. And my new sirius satellite hook-up came in super duper handy!

So I went out with my brother and his friends to dinner and then a bar named Bullwinkle's. It's 21 and up, but I definitely felt like the older person in there, though I definitely wasn't, as there was some old Hispanic man doing moves from the '70s. It was quite funny, but I realized that the bar hopping bug has definitely left the system. It was boring and silly to see everyone try and re-enact a scene from an MTV music video (you know, when they still played videos).

But I was super tired when I arrived home around 2AM and I had been up for about 20 hours at that point. Whew. Sleepy time.

On a great note, my brother got in to TCC's nursing program! He's gonna be starting the RN program in the fall! The great news arrived when I did, and that makes for some great synchronicity.

Anyhoo, now it's off to go grocery shopping w/ the mom, and this oughta be fun since she keeps forgetting that I'm now a vegetarian (for about 8 mths now, give or take).

But I"ll be posting regularly this week as next week I will not b/c I'll be too busy drinking margaritas by the sea mommacita. Whoo and hoo!