Current Weather in New Orleans: Breezy and Clear Temp: 55 F (13 C)Well, we made it to New Orleans in one piece. After a 3 hour drive to Chicago and a bumpy 2 hour flight to Louisiana, we arrived around 3:00 pm. After checking into the hotel, Alex sent his mother an email and I sent a few emails to my father and a few friends. I took Alex down to see the French Quarter and we walked along the Mississippi river. Before long, it started getting dark, so we had dinner in the Quarter and then headed back to the hotel.
Other than a part of tomorrow, we will not have any more time to see the city, so we are trying to do as much as we can with our free time. Since I have family in the city, I have been to New Orleans many times and there are so many things I would love for Alex to see and experience. But we have very little time for sightseeing unfortunately. But once we arrive back in Chicago on Monday, I plan on spending at least one day in the city so Alex can see it, and then drive to Michigan via the Indiana Toll Road so Alex can see the dunes along Lake Michigan.
I plan on posting a few things on Bettermost and then going to bed. It has been a VERY long and stressful day. Alex fell asleep sitting up at the table here in our room. I put him to bed and he is fast asleep. I have a feeling he will be waking up in a few hours though (I've noticed he has a tendency to do that). So, later on (if I don't fall asleep too) I'm going to climb in bed with him and watch a pay per view movie on tv. We have a minibar here in our room and I have already poured a couple of drinks. I can't believe the prices they charge for those little bottles of whiskey. They even charge for the cans of coke in the icebox ($2.50 a can I think). But there is a coke machine at the end of the hall and we can purchase coke for only $1.00 a can. Just try and figure that out. It doesn't make any sense to me.
I talked to my room mate in Indianapolis a little while ago, and my dog has already managed to escape out the front door. He ran over to the neighbors house and stole a teddy bear off their front porch. He finally returned back to the house and tried to hide the bear in the utility room. Cory found the bear and took it back over to the neighbor's house. I don't know why Cody did that. He has plenty of his own toys to play with. I guess he just wanted that teddy bear. But now I'm very worried about my dog. I'm afraid Cory will accidently let him out the front door again. I doubt my cat will try to escape because he has never been outside before. But Cody is very curious. Cory needs to keep a close eye on him.
I hear a bunch of sirens down below. I wonder what the hell is going on down there. I'm going to go check it out!
Talk to you all later!
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