Chris and I rolled out of bed at 9 am. That is some awesome sleeping in for me. We got ready for the day and then headed down to the restaurant for breakfast. The Hilton at Cocoa Beach was located right on the beach, so we found our way out to the beach directly after breakfast. We had only gone a short distance when Maria texted requesting a blessing. She was experiencing a bout of vertigo and wasn’t doing great.
Chris and I immediately turned around and walked back to the hotel and on to the parking lot. Maria and Rafer were staying at the Best Western about two miles away. Rafer and Chris gave Maria a blessing and since we had the latest check out time at 1:30, they loaded up their stuff and headed back to the Hilton with us to spend a relaxing morning on the beach.
Rafer and Chris hung out in the water, until Rafer got brave enough to do some body surfing. Maria rented a lounge chair and umbrella and spread out to enjoy the cool breeze.
We all opted to get food at the airport, so while Chris and I headed up to our room to pack up our bags around 1:15, Rafer and Maria spent a few more minutes lounging. It was a bit of a tight squeeze getting all of our luggage in to the trunk of the Impala, but we managed all but one suitcase that found a home on the seat next to Maria.
We had to fill up the rental car and stopped at two gas stations where they had inflated the price of gas by $2 per gallon. Outrageous. We kept looking and found a Wawa station more reasonably priced. Not knowing what the lines at the airport were going to be like, we opted to find food there after checking our bags and going through security. Chris and I both had pre-check and offered to take Rafer and Maria’s extra bags.
We found food and made our way to the gate where we were boarded right away. I worked on blogging while trying to hold my arms by my side in the middle seat.
Our luggage pick up took us probably twenty minutes longer than it should have. My bag must have been one of the first off the baggage carousel. They workers there pulled it off the carousel thinking it had arrived with an earlier flight. We stood waiting for it until Chris thought to go and check for it. So nice to arrive home and hug our girls.
Savannah Vavla had stayed with the girls for the week, and though they had a great time together, she was ready to be on her way and the girls were ready to have their parents home.