Personal essay on trip to Florida

Beach B-day There I was, in Florida, or maybe I was dreaming. The perfect escape plan was finally in effect. It was nice to be Calgary free, snow free, and most of all parent free. Looking forward to a whole week of new experiences to be had, new people to meet, in what felt like an entirely different world. I was looking forward to so many things, but most of all I was looking forward …

…would be high in the sky in a few hours I wandered over to my favorite sand dune, sat on top of it, starring out across the sea. I started to lean sideways, slipping towards the sand, and as if someone hit me over the head with a bat I was out like a light before my head hit the beach. Just one nearly sleepless night down only six days of Paradise left to go.