http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/realestate/sfl-pcjeb10feb10,0,5317905.story?coll=sfla-busrealestate-headlinesBefore Bush decides his next move, he is adjusting to all the little -- and not so little -- things that change when a person is suddenly no longer governor. Bush told the class of middle school students he's enjoying his newfound freedom, without a driver or security detail. "It's kind of confining to have people all around you all the time," he said. "I like to get in my car and go and be a normal person."
The downside: He's relearning how to survive Miami's clogged highways and has talked about getting a global positioning system for his car. "The most difficult thing for him is to not answer
with his BlackBerry when he drives," said Slater Bayliss, a lobbyist and former personal assistant to the governor. Miami attorney Al Cardenas, former state Republican Party chairman, said Bush is "getting used to doing things himself, makes his own appointments, answers his own phone."
Brogan said Bush and his wife are enjoying the changes. "It's really a change to ... take your wife to the movies and not sit in the back of a car like you're going to the prom," he said. "It will be a transition that everywhere he goes, there is not an international press corps waiting for him, and he'll be getting on a plane that says `Delta' instead of the state's plane." Many expect him to re-enter the business world. Bush started his professional life working for a Texas bank, heading up its Venezuela office, and later became a millionaire while partner of a commercial real estate firm.
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