Embarkation Day - 1 (Wednesday)

I didn't have enough vacation hours to take off the whole day, so I worked until 3. My boyfriend met me at work and drove me to the airport. I wish he had come along with us, but in the beginning it was only supposed to be me and my niece (a nice aunt/niece trip). Then my mom wanted to come, but ended up asking my sister and bil to go instead as a vacation for them. Anyways, I didn't want my niece to feel as if I wasn't going to spend any time with her, so I just left it at that and promised my bf we will go on a 7 night cruise in Feb. ;)

I used Spirit Airlines for the first time. The flight was direct from DC to FLL and it was cheap! (as long as you avoided the extra charges for premium seats, drinks, etc) I'd heard some negative things about this airline, but it wasn't too bad. I would use them again if I just needed to get from Point A to Point B and it was cheap. They didn't charge me for my suitcase being 1.5 lbs over, thank goodness. The coolest thing is that we got to see the space shuttle from the plane as it went up!! Read more