And then I saw my life flash before my eyes...

Ok, so went on a little frolic and detour last week involving a National Park (one of my absolute favorite things - to visit National Parks; more on this addiction later). On the drive down to Key West, we watched the car in front of us hit the median, got a warning for speeding (whoops) and finally arrived around 11pm after celebrating our "divorce" (we've been working together for many moons and are now looking forward to dating/seeing/having lunch with, well frankly, anyone else).

Got up the next morning and headed for the seaplane to take us to Dry Tortugas. You actually land on the water (super-cool!). We were on a tight schedule with only 2 hours on the island so we zipped around - toured the fort, read the plaques, etc., and then went snorkling. Slight aside - I adore snorkling; I adore the silence, the sound of my breathing and the absolute relaxation from taking deep breaths. The first thing my esteemed colleague said to me when we got in the water was "I just saw a shark." No worries; I've swam with sharks before so we head in. About 20 minutes later, I found his shark (or the shark found me); I looked over and there was a shark swimming beside me - just la, la, la. I admit to panicking slightly but we were on a tight schedule so I only had 4 seconds to freak and then had to move on.

The seaplane flight back was a dream but then we got on the flight from Key West to Miami; somewhere right before Miami the plane dropped causing my esteemed colleague to scream and yell out "fu*&!" The flight from Miami to DC caused some further consternation as the pilot missed the runway in DC; yep, pulled up at the last minute. Granted DCA landing's are difficult so I have to cut the pilot some slack. But in combo, I've learned my lesson - no more dinking around on company time (well, maybe just one more time....)