Day 3 - Monday December 16, 2013:
I
guess this part really belongs to yesterday’s journal entry, but here it is
anyway. Brent and James sort of
disappeared in the late afternoon yesterday on us. We didn’t see them at dinner and, in fact, it
wasn’t till about 9:30 pm that they re-appeared. Apparently, they had been doing a lot of
activities together, like mini golf, basketball, giant chess, giant checkers,
tennis and more swimming. Then, they
went to see the magic show that was performed that evening. Meanwhile, Dave and I were so tired from our
daytime activities that we forgot all about the magic show and we just waited
until they came back from seeing it. I
did worry about them for a time, but then I realized that it was totally
unnecessary. It’s really safe on the
resort even after dark, so nothing was likely to happen to them.
Today,
we all went to the water park again and stayed there till lunchtime. At that point, not only were we getting
hungry, we decided that we’d had enough sun for the moment. It’s easy to think that you’re not getting
over-exposed to the sun, but then it hits you later on in the day and it can be
brutal if you haven’t been wearing sunscreen and the proper protective
clothing, like a hat, for example.
Later,
after we’d all eaten burgers and fries and nachos for lunch from the Sunset
Grill, I went to the Health Spa for a total body scrub, having made an earlier
appointment with Donna, a very nice Jamaican lady who’d approached me for an
appointment while we were at the water park.
I decided that I deserved to spoil myself this week since that’s what
vacations are for, and thus the total body scrub was a done deal. First, I was told to strip down to my
underwear, don a robe and take a short sauna, a really authentic Finnish one,
which lasted about 15 minutes. Then,
Donna took me to the massage room and told me to lie face down on a table
layered with soft towels while she proceeded to scrub me from neck to feet with
soft water and sea salt. I’d never
experienced this kind of thing before and it felt absolutely wonderful! There was soothing music and scented candles
and Donna herself was a total professional when it came to doing my body
scrub. After that, she took me to a
private shower room and told me to take a warm shower to wash off all the salt
and, after I did that and dried myself off, she took me back to the massage
room and proceeded to give me a very soothing massage with deep body
moisturizer. I liked this experience so
much that I wanted to tip her appropriately, but didn’t have any extra US or
Jamaican cash on me, so I went back later and left her a $10 tip. I also booked a pedicure for tomorrow, something
that was way overdue, but – hey! – I’m on vacation this week so now is the most
appropriate time to do this kind of activity.
The
rest of the afternoon was kind of quiet, as, Dave was napping and Brent and
James were busy with their usual activities.
That was the idea – they would keep themselves busy and I would be left
alone to read or write or both, and to relax!
And, that is exactly what I did!
However, I did start to get a little bit bored and so I went looking for
Brent and James later on. When I caught
up with them, I was introduced to a couple of American women they’d met who were
also on vacation at Sunset Beach Resort.
Brent wanted to play mini golf with them, but James told me later that
he changed his mind and didn’t play with them, he just watched.
The
evening started off with dinner, followed by a suggestion by James that we play
Monopoly, a board game that Dave had brought with him. I said I would play too, but in reality, I
was kind of miffed at James’ suggestions of how to play the game properly. After all, I’ve played this game hundreds of
times, unlike him (he’s only 9). But,
finally we all settled down to play the game and, ironically, I wasreally
losing bigtime! James actually won the
game, doing it honestly, by playing by the rules. That kid is so smart; he can win most games
of chess and checkers, as well. Then,
Brent decided that he was going out for the evening and wanted to know if I
would babysit James. I told him I would
because that was the arrangement – he would keep James busy during the day and
I would look after him in the evening till Brent got back. Honestly, I do not mind doing this – it’s a
labour of love. I love that kid like he
belongs to me instead of Brent. Anyway,
that’s all for today.....tomorrow is another day!
One
more thing – we made a reservation at one of the resort’s a-la-carte
restaurants on the resort. It’s an
Italian-cuisine restaurant and you can only eat there by appointment only! It’s called La Bella Vita and our reservation is at 8:00 pm tomorrow evening. They have four different seating times –
6:00, 7:00, 8:00 and 9:00 pm. So, our
dinner will be a little later than usual tomorrow, but we can always snack our
way through the afternoon and early evening!
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