Friday 18 May 2007

I got to Mom & Dad's house a little after 1a. Dad went right to bed but Mom and I stayed up to gab till 3a, then I watched news until 4a. I was up by 830a and finally washed the road grime off with some brunette shampoo i found in my mom's bathroom. Mom and i went to the grocery store while Dad went to a car wash--Port St. Lucie is under a water emergency due to the drought they are having, they are about 9" of rain below normal--and i bought beer, wine, and got a card and cash for my niece Natalie who's high school graduation was the inspiration of this trip. Kris and Laura stopped over at M&D's for a quick greeting. after dinner, M&D take me in my first ride in their golf cart to go to the clubhouse for this senior's development's weekly mixer. They treat me to a pina colada, and eventually i buy myself 2 more for $1 each (bargain!). M&D each just had 1 (cheap dates!) then Dad walks home because he has to take a nap before doing his shift as a Citizen Observation Patrol, or C.O.P., from 1 to 4a. Mom and I stay a little longer, then she drives the golf cart home. Then I get to drive the new Kia as Mom and I go over to Kris's for a visit. Dad gives me his traditional warning: you damage that car, just keep on going! My mother is also traditional: a traditional backseat driver! She screams about every stop light and oncoming car and then resumes her sentence without interruption! After we get back to M&D's and Dad goes on his beat, I get on the internet on their computer for the first time since Wen's'day and start working on this blog! At 3a i decide i'd better stop with the blogging and get to bed before Dad gets home and finds me still up--old habits die hard!