We decided at the last minute to head on to Destin, Florida for vacation. We stayed at the same resort we stayed in last year. This year, it was just waaay too crowded and apparently NO ONE teaches their children anything these days.
Now, toddlers are one thing, but we’re talking children 8+ to teens. MY children behave and respect other people’s belongings….I guess we are just a dying breed. Several days, I truly thought I was gonna go find a kid’s momma and just take out my frustrations ON HER. The four of us couldn’t even wade out into the water together. The ONE time we did, some ten year old just sat down with our stuff and started playing with my children’s toys!! My babies are 5 and 8 and they would not DARE just make themselves at home with someone else’s belongings. What in the hell is wrong with parents these days and where the HELL WAS HERS??!
Teen boys throwing big clumps of wet sand at one another until they HIT my little girl in the head…then the former Drill Sergeant awoke in husband when he saw this and got PISSED, he used his peal paint voice and let it be KNOWN he was PISSED – and the miscreants quickly scattered heh heh. Saw one teen telling his Dad…Dad (little bird chest man) was getting all puffed up. That is, until his miscreant pointed at husband – and dad quickly turned and went the other way. Yeah, doubted anyone had the balls to come say something about how we told their BRATS to quit throwing sand and hitting OUR EIGHT YEAR OLD when they were clearly 14-15 years old!!! DARED someone to say something…no prayed they would so I could tell them and everyone within ear-shot TO PARENT THEIR FREAKING BRATTY CHILDREN!!!!
You wonder if any adult in their lives EVER carry on a conversation with them or teach them even the basics of manners, empathy, personal pride etc. Too many fat moms with fat daughters and NOT ENOUGH bathing suit to cover the fat. I readily admit I no longer have my 22 year old body that I had when husband and I met. I admit that after two c-sections and two other abdominal surgeries, my belly ain’t NOTHING to be seeing the light of day and scaring strangers with. I KEEP IT and my other non-attractive areas covered to the best of my abilities heh heh. Please people, if you have rolls and dimples in your thighs, belly, butt (you get the idea) spend the money on enough fabric TO COVER IT and spare the rest of us. Even with a tan, it still ain’t gonna be attractive. If your 14 year old has more rolls than a bakery, please don’t let her buy that bikini and tell her she’s cute…she’s NOT. How about you cook a healthy meal, go on walks with her and help her learn about a healthy lifestyle instead of ignoring the fact she is an obese (but otherwise healthy) child and she doesn’t have to live that way! Ughh!
Other than the people we shared the beach with lol, we had a great time :). The drive down was wonderful. We barely had the radio on and instead just talked the entire way down. We stopped for the night in Mississippi that Saturday we left. We got up at 5 Sunday morning and headed on down to Destin. Check-in was at 4:00, but we arrived around 12:30. Last year, we’d stopped in early and they called us when the room was ready around 2. I was extremely surprised when they said it was all ready for us and we could check in early. It was a nice start to our five day stay.
We were again on the 17th floor – and enjoyed the balcony almost as much as the beach itself. You can see for miles and watch fish and dolphins out in the Gulf. The water is such a clear blue/green….honestly, I cannot think of anywhere on earth with more beautiful beaches.
Husband would get up around 6 am and go put our chairs and blanket on the beach so we’d have a great spot. Usually daughter would get up and go with him while son and I snored for another hour. By 7 we were up and all of us would sit on the balcony and get “woke up” before heading down to the beach at 8. We’d come in for lunch and then hurry back down to the beach again until 4 or 4:30….
As usual, the day to leave came too quickly. We packed up around 7 Friday morning and hit the road. Thankfully we decided to stop at the same place in Mississippi for the night. When we got up that next morning, husband was going to get the babies settled in the truck while I turned in the room key. Instead, we had a tire going flat and were going nowhere. The great thing about where we stayed in MS was the fact a Wal-Mart was right across the street. We were able to put some air in the tire at a gas station next door to the Wal-Mart, then drive it up to the service/tire dept. Unfortunately, it was so early, we had to sit in the parking lot for an hour waiting for them to open. Another unfortunate was the fact that the tire didn’t have a hole that could be plugged. Instead, the inside wall of the tire had a gash in it and we had to buy a new tire. The good part was that we stopped early the night before instead of trying to make it to Memphis or another bigger city. Had we done that, more than likely we would have had a blow-out. I’ll take buying a new tire any day….
Now we’re home and back to the same ol’ same ol. Yea me. Yea us. Husband’s getting ready for deployment and working long hours. I’m just trying to get my heart ready for another year of worry and little sleep….
At any rate, we’re back and I should be blogging more regularly now. Hope everyone’s summer is off to a great start!
The Shannon Chronicles 