My Instead: My daughter Robin
and I flew to Florida for the It Works Green Carpet Experience and also for a tiny
vacation.
Months earlier, our flight
arrangements were made and our rental car was reserved. And now it was time! My
daughter Robin and I were traveling to Bradenton, Florida for the It Works Green
Carpet Experience. Two other women, Jen and Cassidy, met us at the
airport to catch the Orlando flight. Unfortunately, there was over an
hour delay due to some mechanical problem which they fixed, but then had to arrange
for a certified mechanic to come to the MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah to sign
off on the “Band-Aid”.
Once we were up in the
air, “all systems were go”. After we landed, the four of us made a bee line to
the Alamo Car Rental, boarded our Chevy Impala, and then were on the road for
2+ hours driving from Orlando to Ellenton. Ugh.
We stayed in a house
that we rented from a married couple who does this “Airbnb” thing when they are
out of town, which is regularly….kind of like the movie “Holiday”. The accommodations were somewhat satisfactory, except for the
ant colonies that resided with us and the temperamental plumbing. We forged our
way through the “staycation” there with as little complaining as possible when
there are eight women in one place!
We all enjoyed beach and
ocean time and some of us went all-out and parasailed (see details of this in
Day 206 blog). We enjoyed some of the
night life at a place called Woody’s River Roo. They have outside seating with
mist sprays for those enchantingly HUMID evenings. The food left something to
be desired; but with the “meals” I inhale back home, I really can’t complain.
The It Works Green
Carpet Experience was quite the “revival”! There were over 4,000 people attending.
The stories that the “successful” independent distributors shared were
inspiring. The questions asked and concerns expressed by the “aspiring to be successful”
distributors were easy to relate to because anyone in the business has
experienced something similar. And the It Works Apparel Store was booming with
business! It was like Macy’s at Christmas time!
It was fun spending some
“time-off” with my daughter Robin. We even got to sleep together…haven’t done
that since she was a tween! During our stay, we were surrounded by the other
women, but it was still cool hanging out with each other without the usual
distractions.
Anyway, here’s the deal. Traveling
really isn’t my thing. It’s okay, but “nothing to write home about”…and I
usually DON’T write home about it. One of my very own quotes is “I want to go
where NO train, plane, bus, car, boat or whatever will take me”. In other
words, my mind is my universe and that is where my travel plans are stored. I
would love to take you there anytime…maybe I’m doing that right now. And may I
go visit yours?
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