Being Rich

An interesting weekend, to say the least! Tim is still here...working hard and having discovered the spiritual virtues of beer and vodka, is that much closer to God. We have a new addition to the Redwood Beach Halfway House of People Hangin out - Jon Goering. He is a photographer (haven't seen any photos yet but he has some bomb cameras). He is here for about a month and paying our discounted monthly rate. So far, I've made it clear to him that "it isn't always this much fun.... sometimes it's FUNNER." which I think gets him to giggle on the inside (he's sort of a serious guy....) He spent 2 hours on the beach yesterday at sunset photographing horses and dogs. Running the entire time (ahhh, to be young again.) Colleen and Oscar from Chicago came back after their trip last year. I'm pretty impressed because of a couple of reasons: first, they've never returned to the same vacation spot, and second, Oscar almost got airlifted out on a MediVac last time because of God-Only-Knows-What. This time, he decided (involuntarily) to get violently ill the first night, so we got that out of the way. We set him up with a cooler last night to soak his legs in. Mike brought out a ladle and we considered adding some vegetables, but the Rum and Sangria flowed, so we just ate MORE lobster instead. Not sure why, but 3 people have "suffered the Mechapa Blues" here - Rob, Chip, and Oscar. We told Oscar that only the tough people can handle being here, so he said it was time to "Man-Up" - which I think includes Benadryl, lots of booze, a cooler filled with ice water and a ladle (who would have thought that a ladle would be considered a medical intervention?!) They all woke up this morning, downed a couple of Bloody Mary's and hit the boat for an early fishing trip with Enrique Gasteazoro. Enrique bought the biggest bottle of Olive Oil I've ever seen and a tube of ground beef (among other things - like Grey Goose Vodka....) This is a vacation weekend for Nicaragua, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Independence - or the Sandinista War - which to us is sort of like celebrating the Civil War saying, "Yes! This is the day our country really started to fall apart! Let's Party!" I guess it's just a good excuse to have a long weekend. So, I've got 4 cabanas going....listening to Pandora Radio....Boys just pulled in on the boat - Head count.....all here. Gots to go! I feel Rich!!!!