I should have followed my instincts

Hola!

Day one of my adventure, the travel day, was a bit tough but I received an interesting good omen. My flight was at 6 am so I was pretty tired cause I didn't get much sleep the night before. When I'm tired, I can easily get discouraged and sad, like a small kid. I might have been feeling that way on the flight here, already feeling homesick and wondering what exactly I'm doing. But during the flight, while looking in the "Skymall" catalogue, I saw an ad for personalized "Rosie the Riveter" posters. Amazingly, there was one with my name on it, spelled exactly the way I spell it. Check out the picture! I cut out the page and put it in my wallet. I'll look at it whenever I need to during this adventure!

Unfortunately, I may need some luck fixing what I did today, day two....At the airport here, there is a gauntlet of timeshare people waiting to trap you as you dash for the exit door. Knowing they would give me a free taxi ride, breakfast, and some free activities if I agreed to sit through a time share presentation, I agreed. I was determined to not buy anything, NOTHING!!!! But they're good. They worked me hard. Now, in my defence, I made sure there was an escape clause in the contract that would enable me to get a refund if I wanted it. When I got back "home", I checked them on the Internet-Royal Holidays. Tomorrow, I will go there and demand my $ back. I expect it will be OK. I have 2 big tools to help me. First, the contract says I paid $2000 more than I did as a deposit. My VISA wouldn't let me pay more, but the contract was already printed. And, I have lots of time to stand at the hotel and tell all potential clients that Royal Holidays has LOTS of complaints against them on the US Complaints Web page. (http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/royal-holiday-club-c12248.html)

Wish me luck!!!!