It is 1am local time in sunny florida, would love to say have just got in from a night of dancing and fun, but hey ho am 44 married to 'the husband' and have five children. I can't sleep had some work emails to catch up with and after 10 days am ready to go home. Tomorrow I may get the retail i requested but it has been diluted to an afternoon not the whole day I asked for, bit like how I feel a diluted version of myself in this marriage.
Haven Weymouth Bay
Pre US we headed off to Haven at Weymouth with the Browns, a much smaller camp than last years Devon experience. It was an easy five days we gave most of the entertainment a miss as the main room contained the stage, bar, shops, photo outlet and fast food outlet, once you had got over the chip smell, the sticky carpet and untalented performers aided by a bottle of the house plonk you could pass an evening their!
We had a great time with a Kayak, in that we i mean the kids and Jo I have never been in one and have no intention of getting in one ... the see was a bit choppy. Our Gala dinner was very pleasant at the spyglass inn and we had an entertaining hour at Fantasy Island the pleasesure fun fair at happy hour where the kids did helter skelter, fell out with the men on the bumper cars and I played the 2p slide machine with the little girls.
The most amusement was the hours hire we had of a decripit cycle 4 seater car thing, with a dodgy break only one set of working peddles and two screaming mothers in hot pursuit as the kids did their very best to ground the vehicle on the dips and curves of the park perimeter road.
I was in touch with my gypsy in the caravan keeping it neater than a pin, after 4 nights I was glad to say good bye to the uncomfortable mattress, unpredicatable oven and erratic shower that scalded or froze me against its plastic sides.
Miami
I would love to write I wore my nice clothes and wandered the art deco district, sadly that is not the case my highlight was the hotel Miami Mojhito and the kids playing the piano in the foyer. The kids had a great time in the pool with all the inflatables and the newly purchased crocodile!
Fort Myers
How could I have forgotten the monotony of Route 95 the endless everglades that go on for miles, 127 of them in total with not a croc in site. The kids got totally bored and the husband ranted at all on regular intervals.
We find the house immediately it is a refurbed canal side, the pool is half the size it looked in the photos and the location is not really in the swing of things.
Times Square
Tacky and dirty, overpriced fried food and tourist souvenir tat, guess who wore their white linen trouses and nice top far to sophisticated for muffin top central. Mmm not at all what I expected.
Parrot Key
The one highlight to date this fab bar with live music touched all the holiday buttons, food good, cocktails live entertainment and other people.
Hum drum holiday
The husband does not get it, yes he drives but here I am up in the morning loading the washing machine, unloading the dishwasher, feeding the kids, so far he has slapped some burgers on the BBQ and a couple of chicken breasts. I have rustled up no less than 6 cooked meal, breakfast every day and lunch at home. Tonight we went to passable beach resterant Anthonys - it had table cloths and was clean, the waiter was polite and service was good. Even the bill was not a shock. Husbandis worrying he may not have time to drink the 12 pack of beer he brought, i am worrying I may commit homicide before we get back to the UK.
In my Dreams
I would like to get dressed up have the pedicure I planned, get my hairy legs waxed and hair done. The quick turnover from Haven to Miami meant I have had no me time for 4 weeks now and wall to wall family, way tooo much. I had planned to pick up some new glasses but the husbands total allergy to retail is stopping that.
Tomorrow
We will all get dragged to the beach which in itself is beautiful but 6 of us dispite liberal spraying of every known insect repellant to mankind get bitten to death, I have now over 30 red whelts screaming at me.
Only 4 days here then we are on the downward stretch to going home, at least i get to wear nice clothes to work and people appreciate me there.
Feeling very sad today which is so silly for a woman of 44.
