Life with MK: Post M3 Vacation

I realize I probably would have blogged daily on my crazy busy vacation, but alas I did not so here is a quick recap. On Saturday, May 2 I flew down to Ft Lauderdale, FL to meet up with my mom, Michele, and John to spend a few days on the boat and accompany them on their first shakedown cruise on Sea Dog. The first day we mostly went shopping, hung out, ate, etc. Sunday we set out for No Name Harbor in Key Biscayne and had a nice journey despite my nausea. Yay open ocean sails... We spent the night at anchor and then walked around the national park a bit in the morning before heading back to Ft Lauderdale. Not long after leaving the harbor we ran aground and ended up having to get towed off the sandy bottom, which was chaotic and but us behind. On the way back we saw a manatee in the oceans and that made the entire trip! I love manatees and all I wanted was to see one in the wild! We finally ended up getting back to the marina around 7:30pm which gave me very little time to shower and get ready before meeting up with my freshman roommate for dinner. We all made it and had a lovely dinner! Tuesday morning my mom and I got massages before having Mexican food for Cinco de Mayo and then heading on our ways, me on a bus to Orlando and she back to California.

Orlando was a total blast. I spent all day Wednesday at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Epcot, and the Magic Kingdom which was awesome. I didn't make it to Animal Kingdom because I just wanted to take my time and not rush around. According to my Fitbit I walked 32000+ steps, aka over 13 miles! Needless to say I was sore and walking was very painful after this day! Thursday I spent the day at the two Universal Studios parks, which most importantly meant HARRY POTTER! It was absolutely amazing and I loved it. I had a great time at the parks and really enjoyed it. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is so magical indeed. Friday morning I went back to the Universal Parks for a few hours, and then met up with my roommate from NYC for lunch, which was really fun. After lunch I rested at the hotel until my flight to Chicago, which ended up being two hours delayed.

Chicago was really fun! I spent Friday night through Sunday there with my best friends from school for my friends bachelorette. We ate good food, went shopping, saw Second City, and did flying trapeze! it was awesome! I was absolutely exhausted by the end, but overall fun vacation!

Today began M4 year. I start in the CVC ICU, which is the ICU where patients go after cardiac surgery. It seems like it will be a good month so far!