Lost my cherry

Some of the things I did for the first time ever whilst on holiday:

1) Used a newspaper vending machine. Seen it so many times on the movies, I was really, sadly, excited by this.

2) Went on an air boat. Didn't see any alligators but it was great fun and very, very noisy even with the ear protectors on.

3) Went skinny dipping. First time I got in the pool with my knickers on, but then took them off and after that there was no stopping me. It's been a long time since my boobs have been that perky without the magnificent engineering feat that is a WonderBra. I would just like to add that I only did this after dark with the pool light off. One night whilst floating on my back a shooting star shot by. Cool.

4) Had a Krispy Kreme doughnut (donut?) and it was pretty damned good.

5) Had to deal with head lice. Long haired son managed to acquire them. The rest of us remained unaffected. I'm pretty sure he got them on the plane because he had been grounded for so long before we went away that he hadn't been in contact with anyone outside the family for about 4 weeks prior to scratching.

6) Did the old hurricane thing (see previous blog)

7) Got something for nothing. I usually get charged more than everyone else seems to, but the extra 3 days we had to stay cost us nothing at all. We were staying in my mum's house (available for rent if anyone's interested......) so that cost zip. The car hire bods at Dollar had waived all extra days charges, and at the UK end they didn't charge extra for the car park either. And, the nice toll road people also waived toll charges because of the hurricane.

8) Tried grits. Tasted like school semolina pudding to me and would have been ok with a large blob of jam but they were served with steak which was a bit too freaky for my taste buds.