Old friends, bad night, and tequila

Friday was spectacular. Mark's high school friend from Brooklyn, NY and his wife have a timeshare in the Disney area. They drove over to spend the day with us and see our new house. Now that we live here and they vacation here fairly regularly, we realized we will probably see each other more than we ever did in the past.

After showing them the house and catching up on our families' news, we took them on a drive through the community, ending at the restaurant Mosaics for lunch. They are also looking to move to an over-55 community in a few years when they retire. Since they have lived on Long Island for over 30 years and their children are still in the NY/NJ area, they have been looking at a place in NJ. Still, they were interested in looking at our community, its amenities, and the model homes.

Looking at the models turned out to be a comedy of errors. First, I thought I could just go there on our own. Nope, there are gates there now operated on a transponder. So we went to the sales center and asked to be taken over there. Nope, the lady behind the counter is the one to do that, but it's lunch time and she's alone and the only one covering the desk. Can we wait 20 minutes? Sure. We killed the time in the design center looking at cabinets, tiles, and plumbing fixtures. It was fun. Finally, it's time to jump in the golf cart and be escorted to the models. Hm...we looked at the two biggest ones and the lady returned to say a storm was coming and we had to leave. Sigh...at least they saw two models.

We went back to the house for some snacks and more fun conversation before they had to leave. Their daughter was now in town and waiting for them to return and take her out to dinner. What a great time!

Yesterday was also good in that we did everything we planned to do, which was go to shul, exercise, and watch a lot of TV, including the first Harry Potter movie (boy, did they look young, and cute!) Unfortunately, I think I overdid the treadmill. I walked 50 minutes, burned 288 calories, and walked at a 3.5 incline for more than half that time. I was sweated up and feeling proud of myself.

Sadly, it also brought me monstrous leg cramps all night long. I started off having to end my Flexi-Touch session about five minutes early because the first one started while I was wrapped up in the machine. It was in the inner thigh on the right side. OUCH! That was the worst one I ever had. I had to have Mark help me up, and I was scrambling to get out of the machine's garments. I have never screamed and cried so hard in my life....except possibly for kidney stones once. I could NOT find a way to stretch that muscle and get the cramp out. Mark actually called Evey on the phone for some advice. I drank some water, ate another banana, and just kept trying to get it stretched. After awhile, probably 10 minutes but it felt like an entire day, it started to relax. Because I was afraid to lie back down on the bed for fear it would cramp again, I stayed up reading until 1 a.m. and then tried to go to bed.

At 2:08 I hopped out of bed with the exact same inner thigh cramp, but on the OTHER leg. OUCH! I was somewhat more successful in getting this one to calm down; it didn't seem to take as long or be quite as painful as the first one. I went out and sat on the lanai, looking at the bright moon and eating one of Mark's low-carb ice cream bars, waiting to be sure it was really gone. Around 3 a.m. I tried to go to bed again.

At 4 a.m. I hopped out of bed with a monster cramp back on the right side, but running from the top of my foot up the front of my shin to my knee. Weird, but relatively easy to straighten out. I drank some more water, sat in the living room for awhile, then tried to go back to bed around 4:30.

These are the nights when I am REALLY GRATEFUL there is no work to do the next day. I would have been very cranky if I had to be teaching school today. LOL

As it is, I slept until 7 a.m. and felt pretty amazed when I looked at the clock. Mark made me our usual delicious Sunday morning breakfast of three low-carb pancakes and two scrambled eggs. Now we are heading off to Downtown Disney to see the new Captain America movie. This will be followed up by lunch out somewhere and an afternoon at the pool, if there is no rainstorm.

I took a few pictures of Mark with Vinnie and Annette, but I don't have time to upload them right now. If you are reading this blog without pictures, check back later tonight. I should be able to have them up then. Right now, we have to head out for the 10 a.m. movie.

PS Just in case you didn't know? It's National Tequila Day!! If you like such things, be sure to celebrate with a shot of tequila or even a Margarita. Mark and I plan to do that later tonight FOR SURE!!