VACATION...

Vacation...oh it was fabulous. Lawrence and I went to Curacao in the Netherland Antilles for a whole week. We left at 6am on August 9 and came back at 10pm on August 16. We had a fabulous time. And the munchkin got to go on his own vacation to Grandma and Grandpa Miskel's house in Hermann, MO and had a blast!

Back to Curacao. It was beautiful. HOT, but beautiful. We stayed at a Lodge on the Northern tip of the island. The lodge was peaceful and relaxing. We had an amazing suite. The lodge had all these separate little houses with two rooms on the 1st floor and one large one on the second floor. We were on the second floor. We had a bedroom with french doors that opened to this huge porch/balcony. There was a mini kitchen off the balcony where we cooked most of our dinners. The evenings were gorgeous because it cooled off and we had a view of the mountains. We spent time sightseeing in the city (Willmestead), laying on the gorgeous white sand beaches, snorkeling in the bright blue water. And having a couple tropical drinks! It was a relaxing and fun week and was good for us as a couple to have some time away from the kiddo. And he actually stayed out in Hermann for 4 days after our return, which gave us some time to readjust to the real world without a kid. Overall it was a great vacation. I will say towards the end I started to miss the little man. It was so quiet with just the two of us laying around in the evenings watching the Olympics and planning our next day. I had gotten used to having this loud, adorable, obnoxious, funny nine year old mouthing off to me about something. =)

Now it's back to the real world.

GrassStains...

Here we are...the 2008 GrassStains!!!

Yes that's right. I played in the Gay and Lesbian Association of Summer Softball (GLASS) this summer. We were in the Recreational Division, but we did play a game or two against teams in the intermediate division. In fact I had words with a player from one of those teams who was taking the whole thing a little too seriously. Luckily William was with me that day so we both watched our mouths as we were leaving the fields. Yikes!

But, more importantly...our team won the Recreational Division...and we were a brand new team...and very few of us knew each other before the first game. You could say that we came together well. We had fun and it was decent exercise. So at the awards banquet...(Yes there was a banquet at a local gay bar)...we got this huge trophy for winning the division. It was hilarious...I'm talking like four feet tall. Tell me what self-respecting gay man wants that thing sitting around their house. I mean let's be honest, those trophies aren't pretty.

Additionally, they handed out MVP and Spirit Awards to each team (the players voted on these). Somehow I was voted MVP of my team. Of course we were sitting in the back of the bar drinking the free beer and I had to walk all the way up front to receive my trophy. Oh it makes me laugh. Thankfully it's only about a foot tall. Right now it's sitting on top of the bookshelf in our bedroom, although it may find another home soon... =)

Anyway, it was a fun summer. And it gave me an outlet on Sunday afternoons. In fact I'm playing ball this fall in the same league. However, they aren't doing divisions and are just going to randomly throw people together. So no GrassStains this fall. But I am on the Orange team (hopefully we'll get to name ourselves!)