Since the Florida Keys trip didn’t go exactly as planned, I missed out on some fun activities.
Like snorkeling. Swimming with the fishes (literally, not in the mafia way) in the clear blue waters will have to wait for a future trip.
I swimsuited and snorkeled up and tried to snorkel in the bathtub at home, and I even threw in some of Radley’s toys for wildlife, but it just wasn’t the same.
I also missed my opportunity to meet a blogger in Key West. Oma from Blurt (my long-lost father who I was stolen from at birth) was on his Keys vacation while I was down there.
What are the chances? So we planned to meet.
Only I wasn’t feeling well the day we were supposed to meet, so I couldn’t make it.
Instead, I sent him this beachy-themed letter instead:
The waters in the Keys are surprisingly accurate…and fast.
Ok, ok, ok. I mailed it. #11 on my 35 Before 35 completed!
Favorite Comment From Last Post: “Everyone keeps asking what I did for NYE and my answer is, ‘nothing.’ Then they ask why and my answer is, ’cause I hate people.’ Makes me seem like a doll.”—Lorraine
Thoughts Appear 
January 8th, 2013 at 8:35 am
I’m sorry your trip didn’t go as planned, but Sting is probably happy for the press. 😉
January 8th, 2013 at 8:41 am
Still, sounds like it went better than teh Kevin Costner movie, Message in a Bottle.
Or an awful lot of Kevin Conster movies, actually…
January 8th, 2013 at 8:42 am
“I wasn’t feeling well…” sounds suspiciously like, “I’d gone to Sloppy Joe’s the night before.”
January 8th, 2013 at 10:09 pm
And the bottle had a long and arduous journey once it got to town. It took days to travel from the mail room to my office.
A few people have asked about the message in the bottle. I tell them it is from my daughter. It confuses them.
January 8th, 2013 at 10:42 am
I am in Miami. Been to Keys only a few times. Lost much of its homey charm, so touristy but the art shows are worth a trip. It is so expensive to live there for blue and white collar workers. Sometimes a dozen waitress and waiters will share a two bedroom expenses and sleep in shifts as work shifts are different.
January 8th, 2013 at 12:16 pm
I can see how snorkeling in a bathtub with plastic toys wouldn’t have the same effect 😉
January 8th, 2013 at 12:32 pm
LMAO *visual of you in the bathtub with snorkel and tub toys*
January 8th, 2013 at 1:13 pm
I often snorkel in my bathtub too. Maybe one day we will swim into each other.
January 8th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
Well . . . what did it SAY?
January 8th, 2013 at 3:39 pm
Although the trip wasn’t perfect that message in a bottle was!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
January 9th, 2013 at 2:01 am
Can I just say that I am glad to be reading your blog again? It makes me smile all the time. And I love your “nom nom nom” picture for FB. Hahahah!
January 9th, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Bummer, sorry your trip didn’t work out as planned. Bathtub snorkeling doesn’t sound too bad though, perhaps I’ll give it a try.
January 9th, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Love it! But what does it say?? Suspense building…
January 10th, 2013 at 11:04 pm
Sigh. Thoughtsy, in the words of someone that’s not me, “The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray…”