Vacation Time!

It’s Groundhog Day!  Same thing as yesterday… To the pool by 0900.  Pool had been filled up to normal levels and the rain added some coolness.  Pool water was chilly today.  The sun?  It was hot.  Hit near 80F (27C).  But we didn’t complain. Lunch was next door at the pool deck restaurant.  But after lunch, as Alex was walking back up to the room, he missed the very last step, stumbled, and fell.  He poured his drink all over himself and cracked the screen protector on his phone.  He was angry and threw his now empty cup.  Nothing was hurt but his pride.  Sadly, there were no witnesses and no video.  We did enjoy his retelling of the events tho! More cornhole games in the afternoon.  Sandy and I tied Andy and Alex 1-1.  But the game Andy and Alex won had our team going back 3 times and them going back twice.  So technically we should have won 42-35 because that’s how many points we each scored!  Alas, t...

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...