Florida Madness!

ABOVE: me, laurie, and kerry
Above: Tall Paul and Laurie
Above: Kerry, Me, and Small Paul
Above: The gang at the Southern Most Point in the US (or pretty close)

Above: an uncomfortable moment on the hammock near our condo...

Well... Florida was hysterical. It is almost impossible to even summarize my 5 day trip in a way that would make sense to anyone who wasn't there. We had a great time staying up late and waking up late... we ran around all over the place..(remember that time we went to CVS all day?) and laughed so much our faces hurt. The weather was beautiful and the water was crystal blue.

We all arrived at Miami International at different times. The rest of the crew arrived around 10am and I came in at around 3:30pm. Kerry's bag didn't find it's way to Florida until about 6pm because they simply forgot to put it on the flight in Boston...then they forgot to put it on the 2nd flight out, and finally decided to put it on flight # 3! We spent a fair amount of time at the airport on day 1, but when we got to our amazing condo, everything got better real fast. We arrived to our casa a little later than anticipated, but couldn't believe it when we got there. There was much rejoicing when we saw the size of this place. We had 3 bedrooms, a huge living room, kitchen and dinning room. There was a pool outside and we had a really cool view of the ocean. It was like winning the lottery. We hit the supermarket to stock up on all of the healthy essentials (cookies, ice cream, veggie chips, tasty cakes, ding-dongs....) and headed back to the palace to cook dinner.

We had such a great time everyday. I loved just waking up and hanging out with my best buddies. We got to rent a boat...I know.... My favorite quote from the woman who rented Small Paul the boat was "You have an 18 foot Wagner." Oh the laughing.... I got to celebrate my birthday with my silly friends who bought me a balloon that said "United We Stand" instead of Happy Birthday...it quickly became our theme. The mini-vacation was filled with funny quotes...mostly from Laurie who "gets a little nervous when she holds it." and "prefers you keep it in the pouch." Turns out she was talking about her and Paul's new digital camera...but it was enough to make us all crack up. We learned some interesting facts about Florida's "mangroves" and obsessed about a lizard who had this crazy red pop out thing on his neck... I think we took pictures of him for about a half an hour... There was the trip to the Southern most point of the USA, which was cool. We met saw some crazy people down in the keys... they were not even phased when we drove around in the mini-van (yes we had a mini-van) and Tall Paul had himself out the window yelling "WOOOOO!!!" and pointing... he also showed a crowd his nipples, but they were not even phased....I was laughing to much to breath, but they could have cared less....

There really is too much to write down. I just feel really fortunate to have been able to take the time out to spend it with my silly friends. I am so lucky to have them in my life. They really make my life so colorful and just funny. I guess that's all for now.... there is just too much to write down. Hope you like the pictures!