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Shortly after running the Piper home security system giveaway contest (which ended on Mother’s Day), M.C. Nugget flew me out to Ft. Lauderdale to visit him on the set of a show he was shooting (called Graceland, on USA Network). It was a quick trip, sandwiched betwixt and between a vigorous pilates teaching schedule, and immediately following my gigantic hoopla of a book release party (more on that in my next post)…Mother’s Day notwithstanding..
I admit, I landed at Ft. Lauderdale airport frazzled, worn out, dazed, and in much need of a GIANT VACATION, which is why I failed to post the winner of the Piper contest…until now (see bottom of this post to see if you won).
Also, I wasn’t prepared for the thick, dripping heat and humidity. Someone said to me, “It’s summer here!” Like I’m supposed to know what that means. Come ON.
I mean, yeah. I knew it would be hot and humid.. But I didn’t really know it would be hot and humid. Know what I mean?
I loved it though. Every minute. The balmy air felt so great on my skin as we lounged by the pool on the first day, sipping cocktails.
I curled up with my kindle and continue reading a friend’s book I’d started on the plane — a true guilty pleasure by Diane Rapp called Murder Caribbean Style, a mystery/romance with totally fun, and most-likely utterly implausible situations that I immediately believed and gobbled up, because… PFFF it took place on a CRUISE SHIP, and in the CARIBBEAN.
I blew off my work… and… relaxed. Ahhh, it was wonderful.
THEN, the next day, we lathered ourselves up with insect repellant to prepare for being on-location in the Everglades. We caught the cast shuttle to the set, and stepped out into Mack’s Fish Camp. I felt pretty spiffy, myself… as if I’d stepped off the pages of my friend’s book to visit a cool, “off-the-beaten-path” place, with alligators they know and love swimming around hoping for a chance meeting with a stranger’s foot.
I made sure none of my body parts had a chance meeting with the alligators (click to tweet that). But I was completely taken off-guard by the mambo insect-repellant-resistant mosquitos that sucked my blood, pelting me with welts.
It really….. can I say this? Are you ready for this?
It SUCKED.
The next day, Nuggie and I planned to get a workout in at the hotel fitness center, but stopped to lay by the pool for a bit first. The sun was warm and cozy once again, and it felt so good to sit on the edge of the pool dangling our feet in the cool water.
The gym was a stone’s throw from where we sat on the pool’s edge. As the the warm sun grew brighter and hotter, I looked to my right and just over Nuggie’s shoulder was the door to the bar. Five more feet away was the door to the gym.
I weighed the possibilities. Bar? Gym?
I asked Nuggie about a cocktail. We deliberated about it. My welts were hurting. It was hot.
It turned out we didn’t really want to work out anyway. Plus the gym was so much further away.
That was the beginning of my last day in Florida. If anyone asks why I didn’t work out and got sauced and a bit sun kissed by the pool, tell them the Skeeters from Hell made me do it.
Dammit.
(Tell everyone on Twitter how the mosquitos sucked here)
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PIPER GIVEAWAY!!!
Here is a screenshot of all those who left comments to win the PIPER Home Security System. If a name is listed more than once, it’s because they commented here and on the blog. Not a SINGLE single parent commented to my knowledge, so sadly, as much as I’d hoped they would comment, there are none who received three entries.
AND THE WINNER SELECTED BY RANDOM.ORG IS: PAMELA MORSE!
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The ironic part about the warm weather in my part of the world is that we get about ONE DAY in the year when it’s warm enough to sit outside to drink a coffee or a cocktail, before the mosquitoes figure out that there’s bare human skin to suck on again. Thanks for the post and I hope you have a blast in FLA!
It was a blast Scott! Except for obvious reasons…
Girl! I live in the south and mosquitos are a way of life 🙁 I can’t say that I ever get used to them, but you learn to live with them. The first thing to learn is to stay away from bodies of water!! You my friend, didn’t stand a chance 😉
I will NEVER learn to live with them. BLECK!
I think the Canadian mosquitos might be more vicious than the Everglades variety. They have such a short amount of time to suck their victims dry.
Thanks… yeah… I won’t be going there!
We (my wife, her brother, his wife, and me) vacationed to FL in a popup camper. We were enjoying an evening of cards, a few mosquitoes bit us and my SIL saw one fly up and into a flap. She decided to get THAT sucker. She lifted the flap to kill it and there were hundreds of the varmits hiding there. If she hadn’t seen that one, when the lights went out, the next morning there would have only been dried bones to prove we existed. Welts? Don’t sleep against the screen of the window. My one shoulder was a feast haven for them. BTW, don’t go to Canada unless you take a sword to fight the BIG ones they have – just saying.
Yeah… I’ve been a feast far too many times.
You didn’t realize the sign on the shack said “Live Bait” and it meant YOU! LOL We live in Texas where the mosquitoes from Florida come for a bigger meal. Never do we leave the house without a good dosing of high-dose mosquito repellent (almost never but regret it when we do) during the warm months. The little buggers can even lurk during cold months but we don’t count them.
I’m so pleased you relaxed by reading my mystery novel. I promise every place they visit is real but don’t expect to find bodies dropping at your feet (except from over drinking rum). Have fun reading the book and stay away from gators.
You know, I should have Diane!!! LOL!!!! I WAS the live bait… OY
Hey, why work out when there is lounging to be done and boozing to be had?! 🙂
Exactly…. lounging and boozing… and I do them both very well!
This post hit home, Lisa. We’re bringing the boat up the Intracoastal Waterway right now. We passed through Ft. Lauderdale a little over a week ago and served your ‘Skeeters from Hell’ an appetizer.
OMG Charles! You should have stayyyyyed… you could have been the meal… I mean… we could have had a cocktail! LOL
This is very exciting to win the Piper!! Thanks so much Lisa. I am not a fan of mosquitos at all. In the desert we have a season of them, but I would die if I had to deal with them all year.
SO Happy for you Pamela! You certainly worked for it! I’ll reach out to you so I can ship it off!! YAY!
I know exactly what you are talking about. OMG those DAMN bugs can spoil all the fun living in the south. Although Houston isn’t as bad as the Everglades, they are still bad. In the summer months after an exhausting day I find myself laying in bed and hear a bizzzzzzzzzzzzz near my head, and shout “There’s a mosquito in here!”, so under the covers I go. My honey laughs at me, but they don’t like his blood, just mine. Must be a genetic thing don’t ya think sis?
It must be in the genes. I’m the person people invite to a garden party instead of bringing out the insect repellant. They only eat me up…
Complete revelation about the ‘perils’ of the sunshine. Interesting!
With the amount you work out, I think it’s totally okay that you “skipped to the bar” rather than “skipped rope.” No really, sometimes you just need to say no. 🙂
Mosquitos are the worst….when we were in the Philippines the only thing that worked was DEET and I hate putting chemicals on my skin. OF course the alternative was to risk some serious diseases in that part of the world so we lathered up. Glad you got a few days off!