What a week. There are a lot of things in this house, and I have done a little bit of everything. Swimming pool, kayaks, beach, hot tub, billiards. We have gone out to the beach a couple times (that's enough to get my fill for the next decade). We had a forecast of rain every day this week, and it only ended up raining twice. After the rain, the mosquitoes and gnats came out in full force. Yesterday we went swimming at 10:30pm and our heads were surrounded by a swarm of bugs every time we popped out of the water. That swim was short-lived.

Other notable things from this week:

• Stephen pooped in the bath tub... twice
• I am still not into taking photos, apparently. Today I have to force myself to make up for lost time
• We went to Food Lion more than once a day on average
• The bugs here are horrendous
• The wireless router in this house is not password-protected, and everyone in the neighborhood uses it. Sloooow
• I love to come in second place in Yahtzee
• Parcheesi is a horrible game of back-stabbing and betrayal. Don't play it unless you want a divorce
• Homemade ice cream sundaes are a great idea, any day of the week
• I really, really like swimming pools. The ocean? Not so much

More later? Who am I kidding?

Edit: I now realize that this sounds like a negative post. That was not my intent. I had a great time.

We're here. And it's a very nice place. Much cooler than I thought. I've already been swimming twice, kayaking. Played Mario 3 on the Wii. Just got the camera and laptop out for the first time.

This weekend was more my speed. We took Stephen to the real pool for the first time yesterday. There was no one there despite the weather being perfect for swimming. Stephen can stand in the kiddie pool but struggles to walk. We actually spent most of the time in the regular pool, alternating between holding Stephen and swimming around for pleasure. There was shade from a tree in the late day. It was nice. By the time we got out, Stephen was dunking his face in the pool over and over and loving it. Jaime was standing in three feet of water and he kept holding his breath and bobbing into the water.

Today Stephen's Grandparents did some babysitting while Jaime and I had a mid-day date. It's nice to get babysitting in your own home. It simplifies the whole thing. We had a good 4.5 hours out of the house at a movie and lunch at Don Pablo's. Of course, during all this relaxing (never more than 3.5mi from the house), we failed to go back to the swimming pool today or go grocery shopping. Jaime's car is getting some body work done this week so I do not have a car. This means I/we have to go grocery shopping tomorrow after Jaime gets home from work. Blech.

In a month, I will be on vacation.