Heat. Humidity. Palm trees. But before any of that, the most glorious sunset viewed from our tiny plane window. Small planes always give me ear pressure pain, but I managed to pull through this time with only half an hour of distress. The flight from Montréal to Fort Lauderdale is about three and a half hours long, give or take. We arrived at the airport around one and got past security by 2:45. Our flight was set to leave at 3:55 so I decided to grab some lunch. I had been feeling faint all day because all I ate was a tiny chocolate banana muffin in the morning around 8 am and another fruit muffin around noon. So I went to Burger King and got a Whopper Jr combo which helped me not suffer during the long plane ride. I found a station with a plug and I just waited time out as our plane ended up showing up late.
The flight was smooth enough. On the flight, I watched the movie Contagion and I will admit while the subject matter interests me a whole lot, I did not like the film all that much. It was a bit of a failure as far as apocalypse stories go, and there were so many mini-plots that I did not know what to think. The man and his daughter waiting out the insanity and the plague were unrealistic because he only breaks into a neighbour's house once to grab a gun and when they go loot the grocery store they don't pick up anything because they are too scared of getting sick. What the heck did they eat then to survive for so long, I wonder... but it still passed the time, so I won't complain too much.
Upon landing in Florida, there was a bit of stress on all our parts (though I will give credit to Macey for keeping her head, she tends to be the voice of reason when my mom and I get stressed out!) though I only got panicky after mother did. We went to pick up our rental car and it was Kia Soul, bright orange, I like it even if it's gaudy and flashy. On the highway, due to construction and mother not taking out the GPS, we went the wrong way which caused her to panic. Eventually we pulled over and managed to get back on the road and to the condo in Pompano Beach with little difficulty. We stopped off at the dépanneur (or corner store or whatever else you English-speaking people call it XD) to pick up cereal, milk, bread, and other essentials. It was difficult to pick a cereal box because just in that tiny store were cereals that have not been sold in Quebec in YEARS. So I was like a kid at Christmas and finally settled on Apple Jacks, which have recently begun to be sold in Quebec again but are still rare as I have only ever seen them at Wal Mart.
The rest of the evening I got my Wi-Fi connected and chatted to some people via Twitter before going to bed. This condo is rather spacious. When you walk in, there's the living room, dining room, then a balcony and the kitchen next to the dining room. If you were to turn left upon entering, there is a hallway with two bathrooms and two bedrooms - one is the master's bedroom and the other has two double beds, a sink just outside the room, and no door to the room apparently. I suppose privacy isn't an issue for those living here before us? I have no clue.
Well now that this blog post was done I will go grab breakfast and start working as yes I am working during my stay, from 8:30-noon on every weekday. If you follow my instagram you will see that I will be updating with meals and snacks I eat during my stay. :D
Have a good day everyone!!
- Panda
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