Vacation Time!

It was a day like any other day… Up and at pool by 9 after Sandy, Andy, Michelle and I had breakfast.  It was a mix of weather today with sun and clouds.  We sat at the lap pool.  Ate lunch at the pool restaurant.   Played loads of cornhole.  I do not recall all the scores but I can tell you that Austin won maybe two games and the same for Adam.  I think he won two games, maybe three???  But we ended the afternoon with Andy and I playing against Austin and Adam.  They beat us, finally, 21-20 after Andy missed the board Twice!  However, they celebrated like they had just won the Super Bowl.  I think maybe Andy threw the game on purpose so they could get a sense of what it’s like to be a winner! Andy, Michelle, and Austin all decided since it was cloudy that they should paint some ceramic artwork.  Sandy decided it was a good idea to anger a honey bee and she ended up getting stung on the back of her right arm.  Ouch! After showe...

Happy St. Paddy’s Day everyone! Well it rained off and on all day today.  We started at the pool about 0900.  We got some cornhole games in.  Adam and I beat Austin and Andy.  Andy and I beat Adam and Austin.  Austin and I were up when we took a rain delay.   Lunch was on the pool deck, out of the rain.  Back to the room to play Euchre.  Poor Austin can’t catch a break.  Andy and I beat Sandy and Austin 2-1.  In those three games Austin may have gotten one single ace to go through. The rains came again, but since Andy, Austin, and I were in the pool, we didn’t care!  The other room?  They were at the Rotunda bar playing cards as well.  Seems that Adam needs to learn how to play cards same as Austin needs help.  Sandy decided a walk was in order and took laps around the resort, logging a couple of miles. Dinner was International night cuisine.  Probably our best meal to date.  Back to our respective rooms. ...

Slept in a little later this morning.  Up about 8 o’clock-ish.  Some went for breakfast and others to the sun deck.  We chose this option as it gave us more wind to keep us cool.  It reached 86 F (30 C) with scattered clouds which beats the heck out of the weather in Indiana right now.  At home they had to push snow to clear off the sidewalks for school!  We are winning for sure. We stayed at the pool until a bit after 11 and then headed next door for lunch again.  After lunch, Andy beat Austin 21-1 in corn hole before Alex an I made it back from reapplying sunscreen.  Then Austin and I beat those other losers 2-1.  We finally got Austin a “win.”  He just needed me as a partner. We got in the pool to cool down and stayed until about 3 when the basketball goal was put up.  There was some March Madness basketball in the pool with announcers.  Then it went into movie trivia.  We all bailed by 4 to go take showers. Dinner was ...

My bladder got me up at 6:30 am today.  I read about 50% more of my book before others showed their face in our room.  We slathered up and I headed to the pool to join Kathy, Alex, Lorra and Adam.  Sandy, Andy, and Michelle went to breakfast.  Austin was not moving yet. Alex and I played some cornhole to warm up.  Alex scored one point in three games!  Not much of a warm-up for him.  Then Andy and Austin joined us and we teamed up old guys versus young guys.  The old ones beat the young guys 2-0.  Then we switched to me and Alex versus the Albitz boys.  Then we realized who the loser was = Austin.  He never won a game today!  Me?  I’m still undefeated. We stayed at the pool until lunch and went next door to the original resort part to have lunch.  Their menu, while similar, is more to our liking.  The temps reached 84 F (29 C) today, mostly sunny, with a light breeze if you weren’t at the lap pool. After lunch wa...

 It’s Purdue’s Spring Break.  So we grabbed nephew Austin and several others and headed S to Cancun! The travel day, Saturday Mar 16, started EARLY.  Up at 2 am.  I’m on the road by 3 am.  Waiting at check-in lines and security for a 6:20 flight south.  Arrived in Cancun at 8:30 local (one hour behind home).  Got one big van to take us to the Royal Haciendas at Riviera Maya.  Rooms were not ready, but we grabbed lunch and drinks at the poolside restaurant.  The we got our rooms - two suites adjacent.   Some hit the pool deck, others took naps, others attempted to watch the Purdue men’s basketball team play in the Big Ten championship tournament.  We grabbed dinner right at 6 pm when the restaurant opened for business and early bedtimes for all! Ok - for the time being, I cannot upload photos.  This has happened once before and I do not recall the fix but I will document it here once I get it figured out and upload the photos. ...

 Well it’s Happy Birthday to my older bride today!  Lots of BD wishes showed up on FB and on her phone. Turns out it was Groundhog Day.  Same as about all week.  Pool deck by 9 with almost half, if not more, of the chairs still empty and available.  Stayed there until lunch then back to soak up more sunshine. After a nap, my bride says something stupid:  Shall we boost your ego by letting you win at corn hole again?  First of all, my ego don’t need no boost.  Second, would it really be a boost if we already know the outcome?  Sure enough, she loses 5 to 0 with two skunks!  She could not throw worth crap today.  Fact. So we hit the pool to cool off and she says the next dumbest thing I’ve heard: Yippee, I was hoping you would throw me in the cold pool - or something like that.  It didn’t happen, for the record, as I am still married! Dinner and relaxing in the room.  Sandy finished the first Harry Potter book.  She’s r...