Florida
Jan. 1, 2005
Kim and I have been in Florida since the end of the fall semester. Since we spent part of last summer in Europe, we didn't get a chance to visit Florida and our families, so we haven't been here in a year.
Surprisingly, I forgot how much warmer it is than Illinois. When we left Indianapolis airport, it was 17 degrees and snowing. Since we've been in Florida, I don't think the temperature has dropped below 55, and is consistently about 70. Illinois can keep their white Christmases.
Besides hanging out with my family, I've kept myself busy with reading, both for fun and also for this paper I'm supposed to write by March 1. So far, I've read "Lucky Wander Boy" by D.B. Weiss and "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman. I'm not sure what to start next, but it will probably be "The Scar" by China Mieville.
My dad bought tickets to the Bucs-Panthers game, but it was an embarrassing disaster of poor football. Kim's mom bought us tickets to Cirque du Soleil in Orlando. I was pessimistic about it, but it was actually a lot of fun.
The trip has been lots of fun so far. It was great seeing my family again. I've spent a lot of time outside enjoying the weather, trying to suck as much sun into my bones as possible before returning to the desolate winter wasteland.