Jensen Withdrawal

Wednesday 19th November - I did nothing but sulk - packing our bags and saying goodbye to the Jensen's upset me so much, Callum decided not to speak to me for the entire day, just incase I ripped his head off! So we drove away from Captiva, over the Sanibel Causeway and into Fort Myers; watched a film, ate some food and found a motel. And that's when I started to really miss home. After being looked after so well for the past 12 days, leaving and slumming it in a not up to scratch motel, sulking to boot - does not make for a great mood and by 6pm I was about to get in the car and head for Orlando airport. Until I asked Callum for a hug and he told me where to go (as a joke but for a split second I thought he was serious!) so that made way for a smile, then I felt bad for him enduring a day of Jenni sulking, so I left the smile on my face and drove us to pick up some beers!

So, once I was talking again, we decided to give Key West a miss. I've been before, and it's not a place I imagine Cal would appreciate after already holding him hostage on Captiva for the best part of two weeks! Packing up again, the next day we headed down to Miami Beach. Nancy's navigating proved top notch this time - no arguments to document, and soon we were parallel to the beach. A lot like Venice Beach, CA to look at on the beach side, lots of places (lots of up market places) to eat and drink on the street side. We drove a little further along Ocean Drive, not being able to find anywhere that looked less than $300 a night to stay, we drove on, the Bellagio 'Complex' playing in my mind.

Nancy found us a motel, just shy of 20 miles outside of Miami - towards Fort Lauderdale. We checked in for three nights and dumped our stuff. It smelt a little and was quite small, but nothing we hadn't seen before on our journey across the States. With it only being 5pm ish, we decided to find a cinema and some food.

Tired and belly's full with a SubWay (I'll express my sheer horror now that I have found out that a Veggie Max is actually OK after years of boycotting this establishment - sheer horror!) we made it back to our room. Having a shower and putting on nicely laundered pyjamas usually makes you feel lovely and ready for a good nights kip - wrong... I got into bed and bowed my head in disbelief as I found one, two, three, four... a bloody million animal hairs in my bloody bed... awesome! Closely followed by discovering curious stains on the sheets... double awesome!

I threw my clothes back on and stormed to the reception. How did they rectify the problem??? They gave me the key to another room and told me to inspect it, not apologising, but to just let them know if I wanted to move. I did inspect it... and it was worse than the first... so I went back... "We don't have any more rooms, ma'am". Oh for God's Sake!!!! The evening ended with me politely asking for fresh sheets and making my own bed up again...

It's nothing like the Jensen's, in fact it's crap (sorry) but it's only somewhere to sleep and we can spend the days in the places that matter - like the beach!! So that's what we intend to do. Beach for three days then up to Orlando for the epitome of touristy weeks! Sea World and Universal Studios - can't wait!!!

Bit of a short blog today, sorry! But I'll fill you in properly when we've spent some time here! So bare with me!

Jen