Hi All,
I'm back from Florida!! I don't call it "Sunny Florida" because everytime DH & I are there, it rains!!
It was much better than our honeymoon though. For starters, we didn't miss our plane...
The hotel was beautiful, we stayed at the Renissance Hotel in Boca Raton. We were on the 4th floor overlooking the pool. And the pool/jacuzzi were 24/7!! It was nice and sunny until we got our rental car and once we hit the road to the hotel, it started pouring (flashback to honeymoon!) We met up with some other family members and got reaquainted. Went in the jacuzzi for a little bit Friday night, like 10 or so, once it was dry again. It was good because the jacuzzi was not hot, it was like a warm bath, so I figured it was OK to go in. Saturday we got up and met everyone at the pool for some swimming. The hotel staff said the "Del Mauro Party" had pretty much taken over the hotel! We didn't see too many other people and it was nice. Most of the family ordered lunch from the hotel, but Jim and I (being cheap as we are), decided not to pay 20/each for lunch and went across the street and picked up a couple pizzas. Of course family helped us eat it. It wasn't like "Jersey" pizza, but it was good. Saturday night was the big "Nana Bash" at the hotel. Nana was soo excited, she had a new dress for the occasion and all. Everyone had a great time, with the exception of my nephew Blake, who did not want to take a nap that day and pitched a fit for the first hour or so. He refused to look at the camera for any pictures (they hired a professional) and I thought my BIL and SIL were gonna send him to the moon. Finally after sitting by himself for awhile, and a little interaction with me and Jim, (his fav Uncle), he relaxed. Pretty much all the grandkids got up to say something about Nana and I pretty much bawled my eyes out listening to it all! Ugh, prego hormones on top of a normally emotional me!! Sunday, we got up and had breakfast with the family at the hotel, and said good bye to everyone. Some of them were staying down for further vacation, but Jim and I had to come home. Our flight was at 12:40, and we had to stop over in Charlotte, so we didn't get in til a little after 5:00.
Four airplanes in 3 days is not my idea of fun. It we had gone for a whole week or something, it would've been OK, but back to back was pretty exhausting. And 3 of 4 of the planes were older and very uncomfortable for us, with our long legs. I practically begged them to let us sit in first class on the first flight to Charlotte, because there was NOT ONE PERSON in first class, but they wouldn't let us. The people in front of us, all short of course, had their seats reclined!! (No offense to short people!) ARGH!!
So there's my weekend, sorry if it's a book!! Overall, a great time.
Karen- Welcome!! How old are your kids? Good for you making the change to get back on track.
GG- UGH, sounds like you had a bad week. Sorry to hear that, I hope next week gets better. I don't think I know which machine you're talking about.
RR- Glad you're feeling better, and the baby's OK too. I have my appointment at 4:00 today. Going to try for a quickie U/S!
Have a great day all!!