Good Morning!

Here's the highlights so far. . .

3:45 am - The only other times in my life I've been awake at this hour was to give birth to my middle-of-the-night baby, sick with the flu, and sharing kidney stones in the ER with Rob.

Why was it so easy to jump out of bed this morning when every other day I hit the snooze multiple times around 6 am?

6:00 am - We're racing to Park-N-Fly, get in their limo shuttle and Rob immediately strikes up a conversation with a stranger in the car with us about their F-250's and how big is your engine and what's the gas mileage like. I'm quickly reminded I'm traveling with Bob's son, who knows somebody everywhere you go.

EVERONE has black luggage - note to self: tie a bright ribbon on the handle next time, or buy a wild color suitcase!

Next, we hear our names over the loud speaker! How embarassing. Now I know how my kids feel when I can't find them in Wal-Mart and have them paged. I promise to never to that to you again. They're holding the plane for the partying Marrero's . We have to duck to enter the plane!!! It's a small American Eagle. When the stewardess learns we are heading to Barcelona, she warns us of pickpockets. :-( We had a great flight, cruising at 30,000 feet. Beautiful, cloudless day.

8:00am - Chicago, sunny and 40 degrees. Glad I wore a jacket. Found a McDonald's to get, possibly, my last Diet Coke with lots of ice. Ate my 'in the zone' egg mcmuffin.

Boarding now for San Juan. Gotta go! :-)

Ciao