A Southern Rehabilitation

It's my Spring Break!! Spring Break 2014!! I am getting to spend it in Miami, Florida with just me, myself and I. What's that you say? How did I do that? Well, I asked my son b/c it's his break too, and he said, "no, thanks." I asked a few friends, and they couldn't come with me either, sooooo, it's me and me alone. Since I didn't get to the condo until after 6:30, I did not try and go to the beach. Instead, I unpacked and then walked a few blocks to this great little Italian restaurant I found when I was here last summer. It's called Specchio's.  You can read about it here . The food is delicious; the atmosphere is quaint and it has an intimate feeling and the wait staff are super nice.  I decided to have pasta with asparagus and crab meat with this yummy garlic butter sauce. It was scrumptious! After dinner, I walked to a nearby grocery store for a few necessities. By the time I got back to the condo, it was after 10pm. I was tired and read...

Here it is the first day of my spring break and I had a 1:25pm flight leaving Greensboro headed straight to Miami, arriving at 3:30pm. TWO HOURS... I was supposed to be in warm sunny Miami in two short hours then on the beach shortly after landing.  Weeelll, that didn't happen. looking out at the tarmac... rainy foggy grey day... flight delayed. :( Here is what happened:  We boarded the plane on time. Everyone was in their seats, carry on's already safely stored in overhead bins, seat belts on... then the pilot comes on and says, "Due to air traffic and weather related issues in Miami, this flight will be delayed 3 hours. You will be deboarding the plane. Please be sure to get all of your belongings off this plane."  What? Seriously?? Then I just said to myself, "Oh, well, better safe than sorry. What can I do about it anyway? Right? Right." So off the plane we go. I plopped myself down in a seat and commenced texting, calling, facebooking, etc... I ...