Florida Vacation with Amy & Brandon part one

Well you will be glad to know that I am back from my first vacation in just about 5 years. A big thank you goes out to one person well really two people for making me want to take some time off and enjoy a little R & R. They are Amy and her son Brandon. Thank you Amy so much for all you do I had a great week and Brandon was a trip. I’m glad I had a chance to spend a week with you both. Now with all that out of the way what a fun week it was. And what I think I’m going to do as far as telling the story of the week vacation in my blog is to post about each day or maybe every two days of the vacation once a day this week until the whole vacation is covered. So keep checking back this week there will be more added each day about the vacation week.

As in my other post here http://hufferd.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-first-vacation-in-almost-five-years.html my vacation really started at 5:00pm on Friday the 15th I didn’t fly to Georgia until Sunday the 17th but have no fear there was plenty to do around the house getting ready. I spent most of the day Saturday packing and doing laundry and making sure I had everything in order so I could have someone come in and take care of the pets while I was gone. Well Saturday went by quick and the next thing I knew it was time for bed Saturday night and well of course just like a kid the night before a big day I couldn’t sleep at all. I woke up early Sunday morning got ready and headed out to the airport with plenty of time to get there for my 12 noon flight to Georgia. Cutting out some details I got to the airport and was in the check in line with my bags and thought “It would be nice to upgrade my seat to business class with those rewards points I have.” So I did and was looking forward to some extra leg room and a nicer seat for the flight.

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We board the plane I’m sitting in my seat and see a man come on that looks a good bit younger than me. He sits down across the row from me and I over hear him telling the man sitting next to him that he had just gotten back from a tour of duty in Iraq.

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We are just off the ground and still in our climb and I look over at the man who had been in Iraq and he is crying his eyes out I mean sobbing. I’m ashamed to admit this but my very first thought was only of myself and the others on the plane. I thought to myself “Oh my God this guy is going to come unhinged here in mid air and we are all going to die. Trust me you had to be there I was not the only one Im sure that was feeling that way. The crew was keeping a very close eye on him and everyone of the flight crew I think (well other then the captain) was checking on him “Can we help you sir are you ok?” and so on. I only felt that way for a split second and I was glad to see that he did settle down and started talking to the man in the seat next to him.

Then it hit me (Bam-thought to self) “You dumb idiot you left your car unlocked back at the airport.”

(Fast forward a bit more)

After a stay Sunday night in a hotel near Atlanta I met up with Amy Brandon & Bobba (the dog in the picture below) Monday morning and went on our way heading to Florida. I was surprised that Brandon didn’t say the famous words that all kids say more than he did “Are we there yet?” I think I said it more than he did that was my attempt to give Amy a hard time and act like a kid myself. I have told Amy all along she will have two kids to take care of now.
Well that’s about all for this part stay tuned for part two of the vacation blog.