Lots of things going on behind the scenes as of late. Never a dull moment when friends of ours are getting divorced, and there are shenanigans afoot. It’s been enlightening to say the least. Eye opening, in a harrowing manner. Yikes. These aren’t the first of our friends to get divorced messily either. I’ve seen it before, but never this close up. I kinda walked into the middle of another divorce already in progress when my oldest child started kindergarten and a best friends parents (whom we eventually began to know more personally) were entrenched in just a ghastly battle. Not for the weak of mind, nor faint of heart. Just brutal.
Here we are into November, and on the anniversary after our big trek into the US this time last year. Hard to believe we managed to spend 41 says in Florida between November and April. We arrived out of an ice storm with sub zero temperatures here, into a heat wave in Tampa Bay, where it was consistently in the nineties Fahrenheit. Talk about melting your brain. Holy cow. That was a massive shock to the system. From freezing rain, into swamp ass temperatures. No amount of SPF shirts, hats, and sun screen was able to stop my neck from charring, cracking, and burning to a crisp. We did just about all we could manage over those 41 days. Key Largo, Key West, Miami, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Clearwater, back and forth, again, and again. I did a shit tonne of driving. We visited Busch Gardens, Adventure Island, SeaWorld, Aquatica, Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios, Disney Springs, and also various restaurants, and other such outings. Pools, pools, and more pools to go along with all of the water parks we visited, and a very spectacular beach. Of our first fourteen day trip we spent eleven of them in theme parks, from open until close. It was a weight loss bonanza. Dehydrating too, but all that walking, and swimming did us a world of good. Harnessed the power of direct vitamin D to power through December, January and February.
Not going to lie like our feet, hips, and lower backs weren’t suffering from all of that hot weather walking, and standing in line. The Christmas push had started in all the theme parks we visited that November. It was rather surreal to be sweating so profusely whilst hearing Christmas carols, and seeing magnificent holiday displays, decorated trees, and all the light shows, fireworks etc… shorts and sweat don’t read as Christmas time to me. Florida, and southern countries must have a very different feel to their holiday season, should they observe it. I hate snow after we have it for more than a month, so I’m not opposed to moving someplace warmer that doesn’t get as much all winter long. But with no snow, bitterly cold weather, comes snakes, and bitey bugs that kill. So… there is that to consider.
I just can’t get over the fact it was a year ago. So wild to think about. My how time flies. Not only that, but how much has changed since then! Maybe not directly to us, but around us. What a difference a year makes. In some instances the battles continue even after one party members death. It’s really very upsetting. I can’t believe it’s even true. But I’m sure I’ll know more in the coming months.
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