We thought we were going to live there forever, but we got a call back to Pa. from the Fla. Keys after only five months. We hadn't even did any tourist stuff because we had to find jobs and a place to live since we went down there on blind faith that we would make a place for ourselves. Soooo...off to Key West we went, in search of the tourist trap. We spent all day just roaming around and drinking and eating and having fun. We ended up at Mallory Square and saw a sign for a Champagne Sunset Cruise aboard The Western Union. Hey! What the hell!?

On board the champagne was flowing like water and apparently I was dehydrated. We hoisted the masts and sang songs and watched the sunset...and I was fine. It was a lovely trip. At the dock, I stepped up to get on land and suddenly I was blind. Blind drunk, that is! I have never before or since been so stinkin, blind, sloppy drunk. Good thing Mr. Lixy loves me or I would have been left in Key West and he would have come home without me. I'm told...cause I can't remember much after I stepped off the ship...that he had to drag me through the streets of Key West, all the while I was crying and fighting with him. I stubbed my big toe and later, threw up on it. It was windy and I kicked the door to our Camaro open so hard it nearly hit the front tire. The passenger door never worked right after that.

All in all...that's one thing I am NEVER doing again!

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Minds are like parachutes. They only work when they are open.

~Thomas Dewar~