Vacation: Day 5 Song of the day - Good Times

"Good times, these are the good times
Leave your cares behind, these are the good times" - Chic

Today was another beautiful day. After I woke up, I took a shower. This particular shower configuration is not conducive to sending up one of my usual morning prayers. I immediately felt that my signal was being intercepted. The drain was clogged, the tub unfamiliar and once inside, the feeling was less than holy. This dwelling is a place of seasonal transience and so is this tub. It is obvious that this is no one's personal home. What else is there to be expected? Strangers come and go weekly, leaving little or no chance for the spirit of warmth to settle in. God and I are not used to meeting like this.

"Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times"

After breakfast with the family, my brother left later this morning (before 11:00am)for Raleigh, NC to visit his college friend. Funny, how easy it is to get used to someone being around. My brother is talkative and lively, so it did not take long for us to miss him. My niece remained with us. She and "The Boy" are finding their "rhythm" and starting to get used to being around each other again. We wanted to send them to the beach with my husband, but it starting drizzling, so we decided to stay in. Hubby was none too sad about it.

Instead, he decided to go to the store to pick up a few necessary things. Later on in the evening, we had a spectacular seafood dinner. As expected, my sister and I did most of the cooking and cleaning. We had scallops wrapped in bacon, blackened scallops, fried scallops, fried shrimp, tossed salad, and green beans. "The Boy" has never developed an appreciation for this type of food, so my sister fixed him a regular cheeseburger. We were not about to let good food go to waste on a non-discriminating palate. This made him happy.

"Let's get together, how 'bout a quarter to ten
Come tomorrow, let's all do it again..."

After dinner, as the kids watched television, my husband went downstairs and back to our bedroom. Mom also went back to her bedroom while Dad, my sister and myself sat down to the table to play a card game of spades. Dad's eventual winning score was 504and he beat me by 2 points. My sister came in at a pitiful third place. Ha! He may have won tonight, but tomorrow...it's on! What a nice time.

"Good times, these are the good times
Our new state of mind, these are the good times"