10/4/14-10/6/14 Off to Fort Lauderdale!

It’s a scary thing flying for the first time. It was worth it for me however, when I stepped on that plane. This plane was taking me and my older brother to see my top 10 favorite people in the entire world. Some I had already seen/met in person, others I had not.

Starting in Buffalo Niagara International Airport we went up, up, up to almost 40,000 feet and all the way on the boarder separating the eastern sea board from the beautiful waters of the Atlantic Ocean the 1,168 miles to the Fort Lauderdale International airport.

Getting ready for this trip was a nightmare, that morning I had to wake up at 4:00 A.M. just to make it to the airport on time. The night before I had one of my last ever high school swim meets and then I had to go gallivanting around town so that my parents could get their new camera which they wouldn’t even let me take to Florida with me. I also hadn’t been sleeping well those few weeks leading up to the trip because of all the stress of senior year. It was safe to say that this trip was the only thing keeping me going.

My brother and I were only going to be there until Monday morning when I would sadly have to say goodbye to those I loved most. I didn’t even want my brother to go, but my mom wasn’t going to let her 16 year old daughter fly across the country by herself. Unfortunately.

The plane touched down in Fort Lauderdale, Florida around 9:37 A.M. on a bright sunny day. We said goodbye to the nice lady that had sat next to us on the flight as well as her adorable dog that was sitting on her lap for the entirety of the flight. Immediately after stepping off the plane the humidity was almost unbearable. Robert and I meandered through the airport without a single idea as to where we were going. This had only been the second airport I had ever been in; the first one was only that morning.

We were told to go to baggage claim to get our suitcase which is exactly where the most important person in my life was waiting. 

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