Aliya now has the Road Trip Virus but at least we know what it is and what to do about it. She’s fine as long as she’s doped up on Motrin. Adlani’s blood cultures came back negative and he’s fine now so she should be fine in a few days too. As I was typing this blog entry Norah asked me to take her temperature and she has a fever too. Oh well, at least we can get it all over with.
We arrived at Grammy & Popi’s house in The Villages, Florida on Tuesday around lunchtime. The Villages is a GINORMOUS over-55 community. It’s kind of surreal to see literally thousands of 1-story homes with perfectly-manicured lawns, and golf carts zipping around everywhere. There are more than 20 golf courses and around 60,000 residents. The downtown areas look like movie sets – new buildings that have been “distressed”, with faded lettering on the signs. Everything is picture-perfect.
The first night we went down to hear the live music which they have every night on the town square. They have Happy Hour with 2-for-1 drinks…these people know how to have fun! The next day we went to the movies to see Kung Fu Panda and the theater was just about empty. We had lunch at Johnny Rockets and Aliya dumped an entire strawberry milkshake on me after I told her numerous times to put the top back on. It reminded me of the time in Wal-Mart that I told her not to carry the huge jug of hand soap around like a baby and she dropped it and it broke in the middle of aisle 12. Or the time I told her not to throw the salsa into the cart in Trader Joe’s and she did it anyway, and the container cracked open and spilled everywhere. I’m sensing a pattern here.
Today we spent some time in the pool and then I worked while the kids took a nap. Now we’re headed to a paint-your-own-pottery place, then to dinner and off to the airport to pick up Ben. He was supposed to fly in tomorrow night but at the last minute we decided to change it to tonight. He had about 15 minutes to pack and he’s on the Logan Express bus as I’m typing this. We’re about to get a torrential downpour so hopefully it clears by the time he lands at 10.
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