We made friends...and we DIDN'T have to pay them!

Jenn returned from Ohio in a perfect time to be put on the same work schedule. Our manager didn't trust that we are super nurses and work well together, but we must have proven ourselves because we now have the EXACT same schedule! Let the fun begin!

Basically we took everyday off with a goodnight sleep or not and made lotsa new friends. First, we took our new friend Sarah out on a much needed night on the town. She has four kids under seven and has been married for way too long already! The biggest shocker is she is our age, time to do some corrupting! So we headed out for some drinks, dancing and salty pizza.....Whaaaaat Sara thought it was the Parmesan cheese! Apparently, after the night was coming to a much needed end we ran into our neighbors and their boat owning friend and suggested they take us out for a Sunday fun day on the boat. Who could honestly say no to our drunk cute faces that were slowly turning into the sad puppy plea.

We also found out later that not only did we request a boat ride we also promised to bring basically a 5-star meal, but is all we showed up with was cantaloupe. Noon rolled around too quickly so it was all we could scrounge up in a pinch! Not to fear our Siesta stand in mom brought us carrots, hummus, chips, crackers, and Gatorade! What we would do without Lori is beyond us!! After a quick boat fill up and a purchase of 2 large Chaladas (Clamado juice and Bud light something we learned from Aunt Del in Texas) to ease our shaking hands we headed out on the water.










The boat was running smoothly and their was no sign of an malfunction thus far. Minor anchoring problems arose when no one was on the boat but rather holding on to a rope on the back. We looked up and it appeared as if the beach was moving, but as it turns out the anchor came loose and we were floating away into the great big ocean! EEEKK! Again we jumped ship and let the boys handle that situation. In the meantime on shore Jenn got herself a boyfriend and a date to his favorite place, a BUFFET! Sounds like a match made in heaven! After while we were itching to try out  the water skis. Sara was first and failed miserable lasting just about a hot second and possibly getting the worst wedgie ever... Our neighbor Steve was so nervous to try this out he nearly pissed himself before he got in the water. Surprisingly he dominated this sport and even began to ask questions such as "What angle should I hit the wake at?".

 Clearly he takes new things to a whole new level. Mama Lori had to yell at Steve to give the other girls a try. Jenn was up next and also proved to be some what of an all star, but the next day she felt it like an old person! We also took our friend Shan out and she was in the water geared up to give it a whirl when the boat wouldn't start up and the current was quickly taking us straight to the jagged rocked edge. It was about to be a mini Titanic

if someone didn't act fast. Let us break it down to what everyone is doing at this point:

Lori: slowly heading into a mental breakdown and will probably suffer from PTSD
Steve: throwing anchors out the back of the boat like their is no tomorrow (similar face on like he had when he was going to begin water skiing)
Jenn and Sara: not taking this seriously at all (big surprise) decided to crack their last luke warm Chulata when they heard a little voice. When they peered over the edge they saw their friend Shan holding on for dear life asking for a little help back on the boat...no worries she had a life jacket so it wasn't like she would drown, but we pulled her on board!
Finally...
Jason (boat owner) and possibly the only person with any senses on the boat: Jumps overboard using every muscle in his body to push the boat away from the rocks, literally with 2.2 seconds to spare.

PHEEEEWWW! That was a close call! After recapping the event their a couple things that could have been done differently like not anchoring the boat to a pebble that moves, especially when their are boulders all
around! Luckily they got the boat running just as we were taking our last sips of now warm clam juice...delicious! 2 for 2 on the boat and breakdowns..maybe we will give this whole boating thing a rest for awhile.




After a couple quick days at work we decided to pull an all nighter into and all dayer and headed to our coworkers house for a relaxing day of fun in the sun.

We thought it was just going to be us, but were pleasantly surprised to find that family was flying in from all over and this was basically a glorified reunion. We were 100% invited to stay and ended up fitting in, not sure if that is such a great thing but it was sure a whole lot of fun! We taste tested a whole spread of home cooked food and Big Papa made a special trip home just so we could try his famous moonshine soaked cherries from NC. No comment on how those tasted :). After completely outstaying our welcome we decided to head home for a much needed nights rest before our road trip in the morning!

                       

We decided it was about time to put a face to the voice behind the phone. Our nursing recruiter Vicki lives in Boca Raton, so we packed the candy and snacks and PorkChop and Applesauce hit the road for the longest drive to a dinner date EVER! We had big plans to hit Miami and Key West, but after much deliberation we decided we don't need or really want to be away from our island for that long. Soooo instead an 8 hour round trip dinner date occurred. WE made a quick pit stop at Target to grab a gift for Vicksters and we were in complete amazement when we walked through the doors. It was a TWO story target with a set of escalators and even a special convayer belt for your carts!!! Coolest thing we have ever seen...today!

All in all meeting Vicki was awesome, the food was delectable, and possibly the best part about it was it was on the company! Apparently, Vicki told her manager she was "going to meet up with those two girls who were peanut butter and jelly and that picture i showed you with the big red lips", her manager said instantly "O them, put dinner on the company card". See acting foolish really does pay off!!

The fun didn't end there, we decided to become one with nature and make friends with our fish friends under the sea. We woke up with the sun, made a bloody mary (what it was a holiday weekend!), and headed to the Point of Rocks to do some snorkeling. We truly looked like mermaids flopping around the ocean as we spotted various different fish and fed them our frozen peas.

We spent the rest of the day on the beach until we grew hungry and decided to keep up with the ocean theme. Siesta Key Oyster Bar (SKOB) is our favorite bar so we headed their for some delectable oysters that were more than we bargained for, but no regrets!

We weren't sure Sarah would be up for hanging out with us again, but this time was more low key as the whole family came over for a day on the beach and cook out at the house. Who said we couldn't civilized human beings? The beach wore us out as we jumped in the waves, which were HUGE and STRONG, soo fun! We took a looooooong swim out to the sandbar with crumbsnatchers clinging for dear life the whole

 way. It is a complete body work out to drag a crumbsnatcher through the water as they kick and scream in the opposite direction. We would have had more pictures of the sandbar, but unfortunately the underwater camera took a turn for the worst and seems to be dead. Let us take this time for a moment of silence as this camera has been through all of our travels thus far, may it rest in piece (KISS. KISS. BLOW).

We actually worked up an appetite so we headed home to start the BBQ. Words cannot describe how delicious dinner was..mmmhmmmhmmmmh. For dessert Mama Mike made a cake with all the guest present on it. Sara, Jenn, Ariana were the black bears because we are tan and everyone else was the pasty white bears. Very very creative mama mike! O and did we mention it was chocolate mouse sent from heaven!!!! We played a couple games well into the night and unfortunately the crumbsnatchers had to get home for school. They packed up all their crap, shoved it in the car, and were out the door within an hour. We made sure they didn't leave anything or anyone behind! They are well behaved kids, but lets just say we got us an extra strength dose of birth control today!

This all just geared us up for extremely busy next couple weeks as the out-of-towners start flooding in...

To be continued....