Saturday, July 4: Going to LBI w/ Alice

Well, we woke up around 5:25 AM and as we were getting ready, there might be a leak in the bathroom because there’s some bubbling going on. That’s what it looks like. So she called maintenance and we were very lucky because the maintenance guy was already in the building for another leak and he looked at the place and he said their moisture meter said it wasn’t moist so that was good but we’re running behind. Alice has already landed. It’s now 6:09 AM. I’m gonna call Uber in about five minutes. Well, we got to Alice at the airport and choose and last she was waiting for us. We managed to get a cart and then got picked up by the shuttle. The woman didn’t even drive up to meet us. We had to meet her and walk for like 500 yards to get to her. Then we got to the rental place and this guy who looked like very gay was kind of a smacked ass and wanted to upgrade us. Then we had to spend extra money and put me as a driver for the whole two weeks that Alice has the car even though I’m only using it for a week. Then we we thankfully found a Starbucks on route 70 which was a blessing and I’ll be able to zip with my iced coffee in hand. We mostly had a smooth trip to the island. We then went to Target and got some food & stuff. We got got to the island and then there was a huge traffic jam on bunch of police trucks and traffic forever. I think we’re on the road for an hour just dealing with the traffic jam then we got ice for the food. Well, the rest of the day I got a list from Marion Alice and I thought of some things myself of things to get to supplement our time here at the beach. It’s now 6:26 PM. I made 2 1/2 trips to Wawa went to a grocery store, went back to hands, and I got everything on the list and I might’ve gotten the wrong kind of pods. I wasn’t sure if it was for washing machine or dishwasher so I just bought it and as long as I save the receipt, I’ll get my money back so I just been doing my thing and Mary and Alice have been crashing out. It’s cooling off now and it was fine. I was in the mood to run around and do shit and do my own thing and space out to Steely Dan and the Byrds. I mean my second round came back and crashed with Mary and that was nice. I really did need that nap. Once I got up, I was hungry and eventually I saw Dave and he was doing mini golf with his daughters and their boyfriend and husband of her daughters. And then we decided to get pizza I needed to go out and get it because GrubHub wasn’t doing any deliveries after 9 o’clock on a Friday night on a vacation on a holiday weekend. Which made no sense but ended up calling Nadia. They did do pick up so proceeded to go towards Nardi‘s. Well, it took 45 minutes to get there because they’re all traffic due to the fireworks stuff even on the Ocean Road. Eventually didn’t get there, and I went to the front entrance where all the young folk were getting carded in the bar was really loud. A little talent for that now, but I used to love that kind of crap. Anyway, I went to the pick up window picked up two very large pizzas. Dave and Debbie donated some salad and couscous, which was delicious. We out down the pizza and save the whole bunch of slices for later on in the week. Allison and I we all decided to talk and it was very nice to us. Sit and talk and I talked to Alice and  went to bed. It was a different sort of day, but it ended up being not a bad day at all even though I had a little concerned over Mary’s knee and how I was going to pull off all the shopping and get everything that was needed plus the amount of pizza I bought, but it ended up working out all right, which was very much of a relief for.

Friday, July 3: 🥵Hot!🥵 Brunch w/Mary. Yoga!

Happy heat wave Everybody including the Bros who walked up, practically ran me over trying to walk by me on the left side of the patient because that’s the side that’s shaded. Anyway, Mary and I got up early. She had an appointment and I decided that I wouldn’t go back to sleep so I can sleep better tonight. That’s because Mary and I  gotta get up at 5 o’clock in the morning and pick up Alice at the airport and drive straight to the shore a.k.a. Long Beach Island. Anyhow, I decided to go to the café and just sit and eat and play with social media, etc. That’s exactly what I did. I had a breakfast burrito. Had a nice coffee and just Nurse that sing along and that was really good. Mary met me after her appointment. We just sat and chilled out and discussed matters so serious and  unserious. We left the café and melt it out at Mary’s for a little bit. Next thing you know it 3:15 PM came along and both of us got ready for class. Mary thought about going to class but after she got there, she thought better of it. She did get to talk to Kaitlyn about her situation knowing that Kaitlyn could relate. I got ready for Class. She talked to Kaitlyn for a while. I got prepped for Class. It was really nice to come extra early so I didn’t have to rush around. It’s nice to be back in the studio. I spent the first part of class getting my sea legs back. I did struggle, but not terribly, which was a relief. I was breathing heavier, and I was pacing myself. It was really good that I drank something right before class. That always helps! Anyhow, 75 minute class which was a good thing in this case since it was 99° when I got the class and it’s still 99° as of 6 PM. That’s what you call HOT!!🥵 Well, I’m gonna go pick up the stuff that got delivered by Amazon, which includes super coffee, which will be really nice to have when I’m up at 5:15 AM in the morning.. I’ll tell you that café air-conditioning was suffering and barely keeping me cool but the Dorchester‘s AC unit wow that is world class! I came back to Mary’s and lied down for a couple hours and took a nap. That was pretty glorious cause I was whiplash after that class I felt pretty good considering, but it was really good. Knapp then Mary did finished off her laundry and then I put on a couple last stickers on my thermos and got rid of E 84 sticker it has been forcibly removed and purged the ghost of E 84 from April – May 2025 are gone in the trash where it belongs. We ordered Indian and I’m picking it up now as of 947. It’s dropped down to 84. I think we’re just about to get some thunderstorms.