Hi Gals --
I'm back home. We cut the trip short. Nothing's wrong, we just discovered that after a day of wandering around Key West with our friends (who were going to be there on vacation anyway,we were just kinda tagging along) and going to the Pirate Museum and Mel Fisher's museum (which we'd been to before, but they've changed it a lot......as a matter of fact, Key West has changed a lot since the last time we were there.....and not necessarily for the better!) we both looked at each other and there really wasn't anything else we wanted to see or do....... My husband is not a beach or pool guy and I feel ridiculous hanging out at the beach or pool by myself while he hangs out in a motel room watching TV.......we can do that at home. (especially at those motel prices!!) It's not an easy place for him to get around in his wheelchair, and while I'm somewhat disappointed, I couldn't see any point in staying there and not enjoying it.
I will say though that I've learned my lesson. From now on when I want to go on trips like this, I'm going with my girlfriends. (Planning a trip to Charleston in March with a group of them). We've been together 20 years, and it didn't used to bother me pushing him all over the place on uneven sidewalks and wondering if the next bathroom was going to be wheelchair accessible....and somehow it seems like he used to push himself around more, and other people traveling with us would offer to push him from time to time (the people we were with did not offer ONCE but to be honest they've never spent time with a disabled person so maybe they're not up on disabled ettiquette I don't know) but it's just not fun for me anymore. He goes off with his buddies to fishing tournaments all the time and never has any problem with me going away with my gal pals so I think that if I really want a vacation, that's the way to go.
That being said, he and I are going to Alabama in a few weeks to support a buddy of his who has qualifed to fish in a big whoop-de-doo B.A.S.S. Federation Championship tournament. The buddy's wife will be going (she and I are pretty good friends and have a good time together) and some other people we know and we're planning on getting together with my old roomate, going to the Unclaimed Baggage center (where they sell all the stuff people leave on planes) and some other things. That's a different kind of trip than this one was and we're both looking forward to it and I think we will enjoy it more.
Yes I'm kinda bummed........I was really hoping this trip would work out better. There were a lot of things that just added up to we really weren't having a good time and were ready to just come home. But I can't see any point in letting it get me down.
Jut thought I'd report in! HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody!!
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Ann
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