Days 3 thru 6...

Okay, I tried...the thought was there but the time didn't seem to be!



Let's see: Day 3 ... Still not catching up on sleep but sleeping sort of normally..does that make any sense? Relaxed this morning and then headed off to Tarpon Springs (look em up) ...a greek community where they are well known for sponge diving. Met up with my cousin's son who I haven't seen in 2 1/2 years and he introduced us to his neighbor that owns a sponge boat that does tours. His neighbor generously offered us the tour for free and off we went. So much we don't know about so much. The history was very interesting, the diver went down and brought up a sponge and I, of course, took a million pictures..haha. The tour was about 40 minutes long but flew by. If you're ever in Tarpon Springs make sure to take the tour on the Nickolas (?) III. On the way home we got caught in the "tornado warning" area. Hmmm, now that was just a bit scary. The rain pelted the car, the wind rocked the car and things were flying everywhere. A few blocks later we were just back to regular rain and an outstanding lightening show!



Day 4... Family day! My aunt, uncle, cuzzin, her hubby and her boyz all live about 30 - 40 minutes from my gf...how lucky am I!! :-) Off I go about 10am to have a day of visiting. It's great to spend time with everyone ..getting to know my 3rd (?) cousins who range in age from 10 to 2 .. they are sweet girls. I stay until about 5:30pm and then head back for a birthday dinner with my gf. A full and fabulous day!

Day 5.. For those of you that have heard me speak about my godmother, lucky me ..she is wintering about 1 1/2 hrs from here and this day finds me heading to Haines City, FL. It is WONDERFUL to see her and the family (her *kids*) all together for the 1st time in 30 years. We all gather for dinner and I enjoy listening to the family banter..laughing...and all the stories. Of course I take pictures and at some point in time, I may share them with you...laughing. I don't sleep well that night...feels like a scratchy throat coming on but can't be, I've already been sick! Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I get up the next morning having not slept much and with a wonderfully froggy voice. By the time we make it back to my gf's in the afternoon, I sound terrible and we have a dinner to attend at my cousins. Her hubby, who was a chef for 30 years, cooked dinner... swordfish, fresh stir fried veggies and a special rice he makes...yummm!!!!

Day 6 & 7 ... I am knocked out by my cold and we are mostly home. I don't think I've napped this much in years. Also the first time I can remember getting sick on vacation...grrrr... this may NOT happen again. Catch you with you tomorrow...

hugz