I'm Going To Florida And Would Like To Meet Up With Some Mylotter Friends!

@Opal26 (17679)
United States
July 19, 2009 6:00pm CST
Hey Mylotters! Opal here! I've finally booked my flight and will be leaving NY on July 29th going to Ft. Lauderdale, FL! And I would love to meet up with some of my fellow mylotters who are in that vicinity! I have spoken to a few who have already expressed an interest in knowing when I would be coming down their way! So, I thought I would make this a discussion and see if I could find out who I could maybe meet while I'm there! I will be there until August 7th! And while I'm gone I will miss my friends here because I will have no internet connection! I am visiting my Mom! No computer there~
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@Polly1 (12645)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Have a wondewrful fun filled safe trip and I hope you get to meet someone from here. I wish we all had lots of money so we could plan a big mylot convention or reunion, wouldn't that be lots of fun.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi Polly! I wish mylot admin would put a convention together! But, it still would be hard since we are from all over the globe!
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
20 Jul 09
This would be nice, wouldn't it? Kathy.
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20 Jul 09
Hi Opal, Oh my dear frien, you have a lovely time and hope you will a few mylotters, wouldn't that be grand?, but don't worry you just go enjoy it, we will still be here when you get back and eger to hear about your adventures, love and hugs. Tamara xxxx
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi tamara! Thank you! Still not heard from any mylotters in the area! But, still hoping!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
20 Jul 09
Wow...you'll be meeting some mylotters there. It is great to be able to meet mylotters in person. I am sure you'll have a lot to tell us when you come back. So have a nice holiday. Will miss you Opal.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi zandi! I am hoping to meet some mylotters! So far I haven't heard from anyone definitely!
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hiya Opal---hope you have a great time in Florida...Yikes NO internet for 10 days...I'd go out of my mind You'll have to tell us everything once you get back...and hope you do connect with some MyLotters while there
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hey pye! I don't know how I'm going to make it that long without my computer! But, even more than that without my babies! I am so going to miss my Star & Luna!
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hey Opal! I'm in Jasper, Alabama, which is 43 miles northwest of Birmingham. Fort Lauderdale is in northeastern Florida, isn't it? I don't remember where it's located on the map exactly. Since you will be flying, I don't know how it will be possible for us to meet. Maybe we can work something out, though. It would be so nice to meet you, if we can! I'm so glad you finally booked your flight. I pray that you will have a safe trip and that you will have a nice visit with your mother. Kathy.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi Kathy! I wish we could meet! Maybe one day! I still owe you an email! Will send you one before I leave, I promise! Am nervous about the trip, not much of a flyer!
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Yes, maybe someday. If you're ever in Birmingham in the future, maybe I can meet you there. The problem is, I don't have a very dependable car any more. If I go anywhere out of town, somebody will have to drive me. I really hate this because I've always considered myself to be independent. I've learned in the last few years that we all need help sometimes, though. Also, since I'm living on SSI now, I can't afford to travel right now. Kathy.
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@maharlikah (1045)
• Philippines
20 Jul 09
How nice! It's like hitting two birds in one stone. Meeting your mom and seeing another mylotter within the vicinity, that's great Opal.
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@BarBaraPrz (45475)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Jul 09
Your mom may not have a computer, but there's always the library or internet cafés... Have as good a time as you can.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hey Barbara! I just may have to convince her to take a quick trip to the library! But, we have plenty of things that we will have to do and I'm going there to swim and get some sun so I hopefully will be busy enough!(Yeah right!)
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@greenline (14838)
• Canada
19 Jul 09
Hello Opal. We will definitely miss you a lot , every day , every hour. But, I wish you a happy trip. And, have a nice time meeting up with fellow myLotters. That is ofcourse an excellent opportunity. Give my greetings to them too ! Ha ha ! We will be waiting for your return !
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Hey greenline! Well thank you and I will miss you too! I hate the thought of being without a computer for 10 days! But, I am going to see my Mom and am hoping to maybe meet up with a mylotter or two who might be close by! We'll see!
@littleowl (7157)
23 Jul 09
Hi Opal, I really hope you will meet some mylotters whilst there, it is a lovley experience and wonderful to be able to make real deep friendships with people you may never of known apart from through mylot. If I lived in the States I would come and see you hun..but am in the UK and have been fortunate enough to meet our Fishy Friend..he is really lovely...hugs LoLo
@littleowl (7157)
24 Jul 09
Hi Opal, that would be lovely if we could all meet up, and it would be a real bonus to meet you and some other friends across the pond...let's think positivley maybe one day it may happen!! hugs LoLo
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
23 Jul 09
Hi littleowl! I do wish that somehow mylot would be able to arrange a way that we from the US and UK would be able to all meet up! There are so many friends from the UK that I would truly love to meet! Who knows, maybe one day! Hugs, Opal
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Jul 09
its great your visiting your mom. now i feel so bad. because i was in florida and could have seen you had i stayed longer. sure would have liked to meet you. but alas, iam now in AZ. you wouldnt happen to be coming here some day would you? that would be great.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
23 Jul 09
Hey bunny! I wish you still lived there too! Right now I have been checking on the weather there and it is just as lousy there as it is in NY! It is going to be thunderstorming the whole time I'm there and my plan was to get some suntime and swim! I see that this is not going to be good, but my tickets are non-refundable so I have no choice! Maybe we will get to meet someday! I do have relatives in Arizona, but I don't like them!
• United States
19 Jul 09
That's funny, I will also be in Florida next month, but from the 12th of August until the 19th, so we won't be seeing each other, though I will be in Destin, Florida anyway, so I don't think we would have haha. I am so excited to get to the beach and in the warm water! So much better than the Atlantic, which is so cold. But anyways, I hope you have a great trip, enjoy yourself!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Hey sugarplum! I hope you enjoy your trip too! I am hoping to get to the beach too! I have a good friend who lives near the beach that I am hoping to get to see! But where my Mom lives there is a pool just a few feet away from her house!
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi Sweetheart: Oh that is wonderful news! I'm so glad you are going to visit your Mom and Hey maybe meet up with other fellow Mylotter's...that's so cool!! I hope you have a great time, meet lots of new friends, take lots of pics and come back share it all with us ok?? Love & hugs to you, and HAVE A BLAST OK?? YOU DESERVE IT!!!!
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi jan! So far, no takers! I really don't know who lives in the area near my mother since Florida is so big! I'm really going to see my mom and get some sun and swim, although she keeps telling how lousy the weather is! Great! I'm going to miss being able to come here and of course miss my Star & Luna! Nine days is a long time.....Hugs, Opal
• China
20 Jul 09
I'm going to USA and have to meet with H1N1.
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• United States
19 Jul 09
i think thats a tad bit. weird. you want to meet up with some people from online. i guess thats ok in a way. because your going to a state where you don't know anyone. and your hoping they might show you around. i did that only once. i was going to flordia as well and i remember one of myspace friends is from there. but she ended up leaving one city away. and she couldn't meet me. were just kids. so i hope you find a mylot to hang out with!
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
19 Jul 09
Hey tiffany, It's not weird, I actually have a few mylotter friends who live in Florida that have said that when they know that I'm going to be there that they would like to try to meet up with me! I am going there to see my Mother and one of my very close friends!
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@GardenGerty (157546)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Tiffany, when you have known people a while on here, it is not that weird. I went to see a friend in Minnesota when I went to see my daughter and new grandbaby in June. It was a fun trip. It also gives us even more things in common.
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
20 Jul 09
Wolfie sniffs, not fair, most of my friends are too far away for me to see! I hope you have a wonderful time my dear friend, you sure deserve it, have fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do (he he he!) safe journey and I shall look forward to hearing all about it on your return. I shall be going away on 3rd August just for a week, I need the break to be by the ocean! Wolfie hugs x
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi my very dear friend, I am happy to hear they you too will be going on a vacation for awhile! I'm not sure how much of a vacation this is going to be! Me and Mom don't exactly have the most fun relationship! Have a wonderful time and will check with you when I got back! Hugs, Opal
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
20 Jul 09
Well Sweet I hope you get the Chance to meet some of your Friends from here as it is great when you meet them face to face, you have a safe trip Big Hugs
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi gabs! So far no one from Florida has responded! I am more concerned about leaving my babies, Star & Luna! I will miss them so much! I know I will be crying every day and wanting to get home fast!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
20 Jul 09
I do hope you get to meet a few of them! It's so much fun to connect with your friends from here and have the opportunity to speak to them face to face! I can't wait until I get another chance to meet another mylotter! We should have a big picnic sometime! LOL....we'll miss you while you are gone too!
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hey jill! I'm kind of getting worried! So far, no takers! I wish mylot would arrange some sort of convention, but it would be difficult still since so many of our friends are across the ocean! Nine days without mylot is going to be a real challenge for me!
• United States
20 Jul 09
I'm taking the kids to Disney in October. That is going to be my very first time in FL. But I'm not excited. I foresee 5 days of screaming kids, heat, humidity, and having nightmares about large rodents. Try to have fun on your trip even without your computer. I love going away without mine. It truly is a vacation.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hey cynical! I am the only "kid" that has never been to Disney still! My mom won't take me! (She's 79)! Your kids will love it! As for you, hmmmm.... October is a good time to go, except it is hurricane season! Have a wonderful time because it will be trip that you and your family will treasure always, and I envy you! Hugs, Opal
@littleone3 (2063)
20 Jul 09
Hi Opal I hope you have a great trip and fun time with your mum and that you do get to met up with some of your Mylot friends Enjoy your trip.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Thanks littlone! I will let you know how it turns out!
@bing28 (3795)
• Philippines
20 Jul 09
Wish you a good trip and hope you enjoy your vacation there. Congrats nice of you to be meeting mylotters friends. I'm happy to hear friends online who meet each other as that's one of my dreams, just unlucky it might not happened.
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
20 Jul 09
Hi bing! And thank you very much for wishing me a good trip! I don't know yet if I will be meeting any Florida mylotters, but I am hoping too! And if not this trip, maybe some other one and you never know maybe you will too!