Highlights (not to be confused with highbrow):
- the constant bickering and teasing between Kim and Cindy with the occasional barbs thrown in by Kyle
- Kim's brilliant execution of a car rental deal involving a same-sex partner .... Oooh this one will take too long to explain
- the delight at buying an 18 pack and a 12 pack of beer for $30!!!!!! Cold! And the good stuff!
- the location of our beach castle
- touring the beach castle
- greeting mom and the aunties as they arrived an hour after us (they drove down)
- finally meeting John's parents, siblings and kids (I'm already scheming to kidnap John's sweet 15 year old niece Mackenzie and bring her home with me for the summer - like I need more teenage girls at home)
- fine dining with Kim, mom and aunties Mary and Pat at the $5.00 "all you can eat" buffet at KFC. I loved the deep fried okra and chicken livers.
The only mis-step was allowing the aunties wash their hands before leaving KFC. We just missed the fly-by of 2 helicopters right above the beach house in John's honour. And we didn't get to play beach volleyball under the lights. But we will try again tomorrow.
Time to dig out my earplugs and try to get some sleep. I'm anticipating an eventful night. Kim and Cindy's sons are on the balcony outside our room polishing off the beer. And I'm
sharing a room with my crazy cousins. One of whom has a reputation as a loud snorer.
There are 24 of us sleeping at the beach house tonight. A few more family members will be arriving in the morning. As soon as I stepped into this place and met everyone, I longed to find a way to get the girls on a plane to join us. But hockey camp, summer school and babysitting keep them at home. I expect that there will be many more opportunities like this one. Within a half hour of everyone arriving this evening, John's mom Carmen was inviting us to spend Thanksgiving with John and Shelley in Arizona.
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