Headed South For The Winter - At Least This Current Cold Spell

So this morning Steve and I headed for the airport to catch a Southwest flight to Orlando.  With all the recent flight cancellations and delays, we got there early (like a little after 5am for a 6:40am flight) in case there was a big crowd - there wasn't.  So we had some free time to sit around and listen to the people across the concourse applaud when the Southwest lady announced that their flight would indeed soon be leaving for Chicago.

We boarded our flight and flew safely and smoothly to Orlando, got in the rental car, and headed to the race expo.  Yes, we're in town for some Disney races.  Molly will be joining us later tonight.  Tomorrow is the 5K and we'll be meeting up with Katie, whom we met a year ago on a cruise.

Anyhow, we got to the expo with our priorities straight.  First, Steve was going to stand in line to get the new Disney running shoes for those who had requested them.  They have new models this year, and several female members of the family were really wanting a pair.  The system was you stood in line to get an appointment to go to the shoe kiosk to get your shoes for purchase.  Almost three hours later, Steve finally got to make his appointment - only to find out it would probably be four more hours before he would get a chance to buy the shoes.  Meanwhile while he was in line, I was trotting from building to building picking up race bibs and shirts and race souvenir stuff. 

We decided to leave the expo in order to get lunch and check into the hotel.  The shoe people said they would text when it was our turn to get shoes.  After eating, we decided to return to the expo and wait, just in case our number got called.

Meanwhile, Molly texted us to say that Katie had gotten to the expo at 12:30 (long after they had disbanded the shoe sign-up line) and had just walked in and purchased her shoes.  This lit a fire under Steve, and we went to the shoe place, walked in the back door, and five minutes later walked out with the shoes.

Oh, and the text telling us it was our turn?  It came four hours later.

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Today was a great day because:  Safe, smooth flight to Orlando; no long waits at airport; nice rental car; picking up all our stuff at the expo; Molly arriving in Orlando, albeit a bit late