July 22nd... Marcus' and my mom's birthday!! The day started with me going off to get a massage while Marcus and the boys put down the trailer. I know!! How wrong!! I am off getting a massage on HIS birthday! Believe me, I pointed it out more than once, but he insisted. Off I went for a massage. When I got back, the trailer was down and Marcus and the boys were in the pool. We finished hooking the trailer up and set off for Key Largo. I was so looking forward to the Keys and hanging out on the beach and the laid back lifestyle! As we got started, it seemed that Marcus was in a bit of a mood. That was too bad, since it was his birthday and all. We drove for quite a while, then heard a funny sound and smelled burning rubber. We pulled over and one of the trailer tires was mangled... see above photo. Marcus proceeded to change the tire in the sweltering heat on the side of a busy freeway on the outskirts of Miami. He had never changed a trailer tire, nor had he used the type of jack that was in Rob's car, but he managed. I tried to go out and help, but Marcus wouldn't let me. He said it was too dangerous, and to get back in the car. That made me feel even worse! Here is my wonderful husband out there in the heat, risking his life while I sit inside with the ac on. Hmmmm. It felt very wrong!! Happy Birthday honey! Anyway, we got the spare on, and Marcus discovered that the other trailer tire was about ready to blow as well. So we asked Jack, the gps to locate a tire place for us. We were fortunate that Jack found one within a couple of miles. When we got there we were also fortunate that the place had the tires that we needed in stock! Meanwhile, I had been hearing about a tropical depression headed for the Keys. As I got further into the research, it seemed that this storm had grown into a tropical storm and been officially named Bonnie. Bonnie was headed straight for Key Largo was the prediction. Our trouble was, we were also headed there. We decided to go to a hotel instead of going to Key Largo for the night, and were again fortunate in that there was a hotel nearby right where we were, so we checked in for the night. We went out to dinner to try to end the day with a better celebration for the birthday boy. Finally we had a nice time. Thank goodness!! As we sat there, Marcus pointed out how lucky we were that as each of the difficulties came up, the solution was easily available. He's such a glass is half full kinda guy! You gotta love him!
There were perks with staying in a hotel! There was constant cool air, no bugs, inside bathroom... oh the joys! Not only that, there was tv again!! On the 23d, we found ourselves in Kendall Miami. As we watched the weather predictions for Bonnie, we realized she was headed straight for us! I think she was stalking us! We watched as the palm trees shook and swayed outside our window. The rain came down quite hard. When most of the storm had passed us by, we headed out for a movie. We watched The Sorcerer's Apprentice. It was really, really good in Colin's words.
When we headed back to the hotel, I wasn't feeling very well, so I read and napped, while Marcus researched our future. I was still not feeling well at dinner time, so Marcus took the boys out to dinner.
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