Friday 10/7
"I don't want to go down the waterslides yet. I want to go to our rooms and move the furniture and unpack my bags." I grumbled this as Dimitrii tried his best to smooth over the situation. The situation being: our rooms were not yet ready despite it being 3 PM.
"Come on, Kenz. It'll be fun. I'll get you a fruity drink and we can look around."
What could I say to that logic? How could I deny a smile that sweet? I really dislike this man sometimes, I have to admit.
"With extra rum. And an umbrella." I have my price and won’t budge until I get what I want.
"Triple the rum, double the whipped cream, an umbrella, AND a plastic sword with three cherries."
Have I mentioned how much I dislike this man? He knows all of the right things to say. ****ing con man. Truly.
"Fiiiiine." I sighed and let him take my hand to lead me out the double glass doors and into our grand adventure.
He smiled again and I swear I could feel my IQ drop as my brain cells decided to melt a little. Ugh, what a big jerk.
"Do they have a little sea animal area?" Oh wait...what was that? Couldn't be excitement in my voice. No, definitely not today. Mostly because somebody rationed my drinks today so that I wouldn't be too drunk to enjoy the first day here. Ridiculous, right? The abuse I suffer.
But really? It was excitement. I love animals.
I watched as he flipped through several pages of the brochure and then nodded as he looked down at me. "Yeah, it looks like they do. Looks to be pretty big actually."
The afternoon was looking up!
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My brain is like a squirrel. It flits and flips and generally causes me to seem really distracted. Mostly because I am. Almost always.
I can’t help that I am thinking about twelve different issues at the same time nearly constantly. I multi-task like a champ.
So, because I have this squirrel brain, I got distracted when we passed the hugest slide I have EVER seen. We had a little detour on our way to see the animals because I insisted that we race down the slide. Yes, it was that awesome!
One thing I can say about Dimitrii is that he is a great sport and up for fun at a moment’s notice. And he is pleasant even when standing in line for an entire hour. I, on the other hand, am not so pleasant.
When it was finally our turn, I almost fell down the slide because I was bouncing so much from the excitement of the moment. He didn’t waste a second before making fun of me. I didn’t waste a second in signing my ire with him. That’s right, sign language. He actually understood that one finger gesture too. Miracle of miracles!
So we finally got seated on our individual sides of the slide with the low divider between us. I was ready to go; butt kicking time was nigh! Have I mentioned how competitive I can be? No?
I gotta admit that it was really cute when he reached over the divider to hold my hand. I didn’t realize that he’d get scared so easily. I’m sweet, though, and didn’t call him out on it.
I don’t know how the man managed to prevent me from winning, but I am guessing that by holding my hand like a scaredy cat, he held me back so that we would tie. I totally wanted my bragging rights!
My consolation prize was going to the animal exhibit. Or that was just his way of trying to make me forget that he cheated and prevented me from winning.
It worked. I love animals!