Rebecca Writes: Day 1

Well today is definitely a busy and stressful day. Currently I am in the Boston Airport waiting for the next three hours for our flight to London. Then after that our flight to Scotland where I will be spending most of the summer with Katie. We will be staying with my Granny in the beautiful seaside town of Fortrose. Of course, we will both be working, so it won't be quite as relaxing and carefree as you think. I have the most arduous task of being a maid in a small local hotel. It will be just like my Saturday chores I used to do at home as a kid, except I will be getting paid for it, which of course makes it more worthwhile. But that won't be starting til next week sometime. For now, I am sitting in the airport on the second leg of our journey and I already am getting really antsy to be in Scotland and asleep in my bed.
Since getting back from my first semester at BYU, summer break has been pretty busy. Katie and I got back on Easter and basically ever since then I have been packing, unpacking, and repacking. I spent last week in Florida with my really good friend Kat Grosshans. We did all of the typical Orlando things which meant we basically spent all day every day in some park. The first day was Epcott, the second was Universal Studios, and the rest of the time was spread out between Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. It was a lot of fun, although we did so much walking. Just getting out of bed and walking around the hotel room was a challenge by the second day. And Florida was ridiculously hot, it reminded me of why I spend most all of my summers indoors. But it was a fun trip. We got to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter which was incredible. And we got in an hour early so there were no lines. So we wandered around Hogsmeade and all over the castle. It was very well done. But once the people started coming in it was ridiculous. The lines were so long that if you did not have a fast pass it was hard to wait for them.
And all of the other parks were the same way, lots of long lines for rides and lots of strollers. I felt slightly overwhelmed by the number of strollers that were parked on the various paths around the parks. I was constantly having to stop to avoid running over small children, and sometimes on occasion I still hit them. And some of the parents there would just let their kids do anything from running and knocking innocent bystanders down to throwing temper tantrums on the ground. But luckily, most kids were tired enough that they left the park around dinner time so the parks cleared out a lot at night.
But even with crazy lines and annoying children, we had a blast in Florida. But I basically spent the rest of the week unpacking, washing clothes, packing my bags for Scotland, and hanging out with some friends. And now we are off! Off for about 10 weeks in Scotland! So, this is going to be one amazing summer.