The night to myself

Justin is off with his friends to have a light supper and then attending a Jacksonville Sharks (arena football) game downtown. Even though I was invited to join my friends out around the pool for the evening, I opted to stay in and just hang out by myself. Not being anti-social but just not inspired to get dressed again after coming in from the pool late afternoon. 

This morning Justin came to my room and was recapping his enjoyment of the time spent at Whitey's with his friends and me. Last night in a text message he said something about me not having folks of a certain "ilk" but rather I had folks who were "peeps". We had no sooner arrived at Whitey's than did one of my neighbors come running up to say "hello" to me. I told Justin, after I introduced him to her, that this was the lady for whom he carried a bottle of tequila down to the pool for me one recent Saturday. 

Here is that story: My friend, Lee, has a sister in the liquor business, and had given Lee some of her 'extras'. Since neither Lee nor I have use for the tequila, I offered it to Julie and Patty to use for their making of margaritas. I sent Justin a text message asking him to carry that bottle down, which he did, in a plain cloth bag! It was sort of comical, being all secretive about it like that. Anyway, that was our first sighting when arriving at Whitey's! And by a peep, not an ilk, mind you. Justinisms!

We decided it was too late to go get breakfast but if we got ready quickly enough, could do our store errands and then grab lunch. Usually I have my lunch at the pool with my friends, but it was still Justin's birthday weekend so off we went. We hit two stores including one offering Diet Coke for a good price. He needed ingredients for making a special 'sherbet' dessert. Because of buying 'cold' items, he pressed the Jaguar cooler I gave him into service!

                  

As we were driving out to the Island, I got a call from my friend, Jacquie, who was already at the pool. I assured her I would be there as soon as we were done with our errands. Justin laughed knowing I was "expected" at the pool. I sent Lee a text message telling her Jacquie was there already, before 11:00 a.m. We got our needed items and went to "Koko's" for a quick lunch. Oh yum! Happy birthday, Justin!

When we got home, he offered to run everything upstairs by himself, if I wanted to just go and sit. The sky had greyed up, looking threatening, but I opted to help carry our stuff upstairs and got changed very quickly. It was so good to have our group together again around the table, gabbing and laughing, the others enjoying their lunches. Bob, sitting nearby, referred to me as the ambassador for the pool and I am cool with that!

The skies cleared and we got into the water for a bit. Betty and Kathy came out, along with Kathy's brother, Gary, our usual later afternoon group. Some folks peeled off of the gathering as others joined. After all afternoon in the pool and around it, it feels good to stay in tonight and marinate in these very enjoyable times!!