Florida update!

Hey dad,

Just wanted to write you to tell you how things are going here in Florida.

It’s so beautiful here in Fort Myers, where Sandy lives. It crawls with herons by the lakes, and there are multiple signs saying “Please do not feed the alligators” it’s kinda funny and scary at the same time.

Mom and I rented a car and drove to Miami for one day. She had to pay attention to all the traffic signs saying “No outlets”, and  “No turn on red” cause traffic here is a bit crazy. We parked at Ocean Drive and went to South Beach, which was so lovely. We also went to Fort Myers beach, and I hoped we would see a lot of exotic animals, but all I saw was fish and seagulls.  A little disappointing, but on the way home, we went to McDonald’s and I saw armadillos outside, which was so awesome. You would never see that in New York.

The shopping opportunities are great here and everything is so cheap. One morning, mom went shopping with Sandy, while I was at home by the pool, and when she came home, she brought me the newly released “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” which only cost half here, and Sandy bought a fake Mona Lisa painting for 10 dollars, just to put something on those bare walls in the corridor. So cheap! Another day, we went shopping at Miromar Outlets, an outdoor mall, where I got Chanel’s new lipstick, Rouge Allure, and some everyday basics, such as Venus shavers, sunscreen and so on. There was this little boy screaming “I’m hungry” and when he got a sandwich from his mom, he was attacked by a hoard of pigeons, haha!

I met two girls over here, Andrea and Ciara, who are so sweet! I have never met someone so eager to sit in the front seat of the car when we have to go somewhere! They always yell “Shotgun!” at exactly the same time. It is hilarious.

Sandy has been very productive. She put in a door under the stairs, so she can use it for storage. She didn’t have any help. She only asked her neighbour if she could borrow his saw, and went to buy screws and hinges, but otherwise she did the whole thing by herself. For New Years, Roger is making something with sweet potatoes and shallots and mom bought Ben & Jerry’s for dessert. Nothing huge, but I like it. I heard Christina, the young girl next door, talking about throwing a party in her garage, so I am going there. Don’t wanna sit with mom, Sandy and Roger, and listen to their doctor friends talk about kidney transplants – I would rather have beer and fried onion rings with people my age.

Anyway, all I really do is hang by the pool. The weather is so nice here. I’ll be landing in the John F. Kennedy airport on Wednesday 11 am, see you then!

Love you