So what does love cost?

Flight: $488.10
Shuttle from Miami to FLL: $34.00
Taxi to Hotel: $18.00
Hotel: $88.00
Taxi to Pier: $15.00
Taxi back to Hotel: $15.00
Taxi to Airport: $14.00
Spending the afternoon with Akis after being apart for 3 months: Priceless

So some may think I am crazy, and perhaps I am inclined to agree with them. But when I found out that I was going to be flying out from San Juan on Saturday and I might be able to see Akis on Sunday in Port Everglades, I needed to see what I could do to see him. He did say to me, don't spend money ~ but I also knew that if I didn't it was going to be another 3 months before I saw him.

So the story goes...
* I94 had me leaving from DFW to ACA but I didn't notice that it expired on Feb 28th so I freaked out thinking that the ticket I just bought I wouldn't be able to use as I would have to leave from the airport in Dallas.
* I get to Miami and realize I'm staying in Coral gables... completely the opposite direction from Fort Lauderdale
* Book a seedy hotel on line as everything is booked for the cruise lines and the cheapest non-seedy I could find was $150/night
* Arrange transport to the FLL airport that doesn't cost a fortune
* Get to seedy hotel and they won't let me check in until 3pm
* Didn't want to take bags to port as I didn't know if they would be able to bring them in ~ call Akis (where he proceeds to run around the ship like a rabbit trying to find somewhere for me to leave my luggage on the pier...)
* Feel at this point I should have rented a car and I could have left them in the trunk
* Meet guests who managed to sweet talk the manager into giving them a room for 18 people's bags... and they let me keep my bags there ~ god bless them. Only condition was I needed to give Akis a kiss from each of them. I was hoping the group was bigger than 18 at that point!
* Taxi to port, see Akis...
* Taxi back to hotel, spend the night and get a late wake up call...
* Arrive at airport, and my bags are overweight. I give the man $100 to pay for the bags after repacking one to make it underweight. (Nothing like displaying your underwear in front of everyone at check-in... Hey haven't I had this dream before?!?) Then forget to get change from the $100 bill I gave to the man, and he chases after me to give it back. See there are still good people.
* Stress that I have booked the flight to the wrong airport
* Arrive in Ixtapa and can't speak english and stress that they don't know where to take me. Hand over the $25 to the cab driver and figure, if I don't make it on the ship, I'll stay have a Margarita and then fly to San Diego for embark....

I am pleased to say that I did make the ship ~ and of course as is the way with hindsight ~ I think, geez, if only I could have relaxed a bit, this could have been an enjoyable 'break'.... Ahhh, who says I'm not Type 'A'?!?