There was a list of fun activities we wanted to experience before the end of "Operation Magic Recapture." A water park, Bingo night, van purchase, the zoo, an Irish restaurant, thrift store shopping and the "Superslide" were all on the list. Apparently, plans change. Some do, at least. We did O'Malley it up with a nice Irish dinner, went thrift store shopping, and went swimming (in the hotel).
We replaced going to the zoo with crashing a local wedding our first night there. For more on that adventure, we invite you to read this post. We decided to do that before we even saw the inside of our hotel room. Oh, yeah, I forgot about our hotel room.
Now when I say "hotel room," I don't mean it. What I mean is "bed with sink." We walked into the room and just laughed. Well, we smiled. We couldn't fit a laugh into the room.
In addition to the fact that we could sit back against the headboard and change the TV channel with our feet, the hotel was also under construction. Each morning we woke up to the sound of hammers and Spanish. The wife and I made a game of naming the construction workers that served as our hotel alarm clocks. One particular morning from our second floor room, the voices were unusually clear. I pulled open the curtains to see the waist of Guillermo working directly outside our window. I've never closed curtains faster than I did on him.
Our other accomplishment of the weekend was buying a van. It felt so grown-up to negotiate back and forth with the salesman. It was like a movie, including one time where he actually slid a piece of paper back to us with an offer written on it. No joke. I kind of wanted a cigar.
It really was a spectacular weekend. We made at least 34 solid memories, ate at least 6 pounds of unhealthy food, and laughed more than those three hyenas that bullied baby Simba. The magic was definitely recaptured. Thanks to our anniversary getaway, we are ready to tackle our 4th year!
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