A summer spent apart 5.21.16

This island dog is watching me eat crackers as a write this, bonking his head repeatedly on my elbow to make sure I know he is there. Honestly, it is hard not to notice when his face is pressed up against the entire left side of my body right now. Instead of sending him away, which we probably should have done days ago, I gave him another cracker – no wonder he loves me!

Nicholas sent me the greatest thing on Earth today; well I thought it was pretty sweet. It was the Genius lyrics from Chance the Rapper’s new album Coloring Book and it broke down his track “Same Drugs.” I don’t want to give much away other than my life is completely different after hearing those thoughts and it made me contemplate my entire existence. But yeah, no big deal. I appreciate Nick's love of music immensely and I tell him as often as I can to never let that disappear. It makes him so happy and he has great taste, so no complaints here.

I pooled all day again today and am proud to say I HAVE SOME COLOR ON ME! Give me a few days and I’ll be back to my Irish roots, though. While lying poolside, I got through more of Atlas Shrugged (seriously if you have not read this book please consider it) and it looks like I could possibly be done before 2017 at this rate. That gives me enough time to possible re-gift it to my mama who gave it to me in the first place (she laughed a little – not a lot – when I first told her this). That is only if I do not keep it for myself to read again though.

I think my family realized it was our last full day in this lovely place today. My mama went kayaking twice, my sister was here there and everywhere (poolside, in the pool, poolside, playing games, on the kayak, back in the pool), and my dad pretty much stayed in the water most of the day, besides the almost four hours we attempted to watch Sicario on the most terrible Wi-Fi for streaming movies. I tried to tan, read, kayak, and play with the pup as much as I could. I also played with my dad in the pool today. As you can see, we did not have any fun.

I will be sad to leave Providenciales tomorrow, but I am happy to be going back to reality where my friends don’t drink and I can have a smoke anywhere I damn well please. Also, I think my kitty’s first birthday is coming up in a few days. Time to throw a purr-tay.