Robert and I had Sunday and Labor Day Monday off together for the first time in 5 years!! We decided to take a quick "get away" trip to an area not too far from home. My friend Maria told me about Winter Park, which is just north of downtown Orlando. It is the most quaint town, with parks, museums, gardens, flowers, a boat ride through the lakes in town, and the most adorable boutiques and restaurants!! We decided to go Saturday evening after Robert got off work and come home Sunday evening. We booked a room through Priceline, and got a steal of a deal for last minute holiday weekend reservations! We stayed at the DoubleTree in Downtown Orlando. It was really nice. We went to the pool and relaxed for a while, then went to the room. I kept reading the hotel menu and book. They had chocolate chip bananas foster!!! I WANTED it, but I didn't NEED it. I didn't break down and order it, but I did read the other hotel information. We planned on sleeping in, since nothing would be open early on Sunday. At 2:30am I woke up for what I assumed was a bathroom run, but as I cleared my head I realized I smelled smoke! Not sure if I was dreaming, I took a minute and walked around, but as I got closer to the bathroom and the door, the smoke got stronger. I had just read the damn hotel information a couple of hours before about what to do in case of a fire, HOW COULD THIS BE??? I woke Robert up and told him something was on fire, so we got dressed and got all of our stuff together and found our way to the stairwell and ran down 5 flights of stairs, only to see a sign that said "If you exit the door, you will be outside" so we went up a flight and out the door, which lead through the kitchen and conference rooms, and finally to the front desk. Now remember, we are dressed in wrinkled clothes, half asleep, hair CRAZY, carrying our luggage. I told the guy "There is strong smoke on the 5th floor." The guy at the desk informed us that I was the 20th person to say that, but that we were downwind of a brush fire. No worries. No fire in the hotel. We made our way back to our room, with our luggage, wrinkled clothes, and crazy hair. People were walking around like they didn't smell anything!! They MUST have been high!! We got back to our room, but I insisted that we sleep fully clothed with our luggage packed and ready to go JUST IN CASE. Try sleeping after THAT! Anyway, we did get a little sleep here and there.
We spent the rest of the day walking around Winter Park, going to museums and on the boat ride. Cheryl met up with us and spent the afternoon with us. It was great! We decided to head home around 5ish, then changed our minds. I said, "Lets go to Olde Town" which is one of my
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happy memory" places from my Disney days! We walked around, looked in the shops and watched crazy people embarrass themselves on the mechanical bull!! We even found hot sauce with Mississippi State on it!!! It was the perfect way to end a great weekend!!! Fun times!!I will try to update this blog more often. Sorry for the long delay!! I still need to write about my new job.
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