In Connecticut...

Today was day one of my mini vacation.

Here's how our day went:

Mom and I got up this morning, gathered our things for NY and left the house around 9:15 to catch our flight at 10:40. We hadn't planned on checking in any bags since we were sharing a suitcase and we just had your normal carry-on bags. Oh how things change... We got to the airport and went through security only to then get taken aside because we had fluids in our bags. We ended up dealing with the most impatient lady I have ever had the pleasure of dealing with. It was quite irritating. We were not able to go through until she went through our whole suitcase and removed all liquids and then told us to go ALL the way back to the main entrance to check the bag in... By that time it was getting close to 10 or after 10 so and we didn't really have time to get back to check it in and then come back, but had no other choice, so Mom ended up going back alone and by the time she got there (after running there.) they said she was late by 3 MINUTES and wouldn't check the bag for her. After all that she had to throw away our shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream and whatever else we had in there that was against the law. :P After that little hassle we were going through the gate to board the plane and we're told our suitcase it too big for a carry-on and the were going to check it right there. We almost lost our minds by then because we just threw away about $20 worth of necessities and they were able to check the bag right there. So they checked the bag and we boarded the plane and we were off to Newburgh, NY. :)


The flight was a little rough at times due to weather I guess, but it went by fairly quickly. We arrived in NY around 1:30ish and were driven to the Hertz car rental place to pick up our rental.

After that we went to Target which was very close to the rental place so that we could buy the items that were thrown away. Then we were off to Connecticut to visit Moms relatives.

The trip here wasn't too bad. About 2 hours and we had Dads GPS to help us, but for some reason I have a hard time trusting these things after watching that one episode The Office. Yeah, Michael Scott drove his car into a lake... Haha! It was fine though and we made it here and had a good time.

It's such a beautiful state and I wish we had more time to see more of the sights, but we enjoyed our night nonetheless. They took us out to this cool little Mexican style restaurant called Margarita's. The food was great and the area was beautiful. The weather is in the 60's here right now which is BEAUTIFUL and such a relief from Florida weather. I love it!

Tomorrow we're headed to NYC pretty early, so I better rest up for that. If there's free wireless in the hotel tomorrow night, I'll try to post a blog. Until then..... Goodnight!