my vacation
DAY THREE.
I was awoken on this day by a loud “ROSE. GET UP,” from downstairs. Then my brother came in and tortured me. Every day he tries to open the curtains and every day I yell at him incoherently and groggily to say that he’s doing it wrong. Oh, yeah, I got the room with the door to the outside second story deck. Did I tell you that?
I had another donut for breakfast. Then we drove over to my Uncle’s place where we went in the pool nearly upon arrival. I took some pictures, fooled around.. Also, it seemed overnight my sunburn emerged. I have one half of my back and right shoulder burned, as well as a bit of my face. That’s it. Isn’t that odd?
We invited my Aunt and cousins to come with us to the Cape Hatteras lighthouse. We had to squish 8 people in a 7 person car but it wasn’t all that bad. My Aunt is very flexible-it seems at times that she’s always afraid she’s bothering people. Maybe that’s just an on-the-surface thing, I wouldn’t know. I feel bad for her sometimes.
Anywho, this lighthouse is the tallest in all of the United States. 257 stairs up, 12 stories. And we climbed ‘em all, baby. Not for nothing, I was winded after the first set (there are 12 sets) of stairs, but I made it. We were followed by these surfers from Kansas…apparently it’s very much in style to show off your buttcrack? I mean, I knew this, but at the same time, I didn’t know it to this extent. They weren’t wearing shirts, so it was that much more obvious. Not that I was looking…::shifty eyes::
The view from the top was fabulous…it was quite nice, as demonstrated by my cousin.
Jonathan had a newfound fear of heights, convienently emerging once we got to the top. My dad also pretended not to be scared even though we all knew he really was. He freaked out if we so much as touched the railing ^_^
The walk down was much easier, obviously, and yet much slower…Jonathan was leading the way.
After that we decided to head out and get some lunch. We went to a place called Sandbar & Grille and I only caught the pun three hours after we ate. I got a NC BBQ Sandwich and it was really quite good. Pulled pork on a bun with barbecue sauce. Apparently they’re really popular. The restaurant was on the bay and you could go outside and walk around on the deck, which was nice. My dad and I thought we spotted the bird, but after lunch we went back outside and it was still there. We was duped, oh boy. Then we decided to try to find the village of Hatteras, which is apparently nonexistant.
We did find a spaceship, though.
So then we found a few very tourist-y shops and walked around. One was almost the size of Waldbaums and reminded me of Spencers, content-wise O_o. I watched an old lady buy a mug with boobs on it. I laughed a lot. Then I got one of those nifty magnetic bracelets, and some goggles with a nose-thinger because I suck at holding my breath underwater.
Afterwards we went to-get this-DAIRY QUEEN. This was a very exciting time because we do not have a Dairy Queen anywhere near us on Long Island. We got Blizzards. My mom messed up my order (after I corrected her twice on it) but I love her anyways. Next door was this bead shop and LOOK WHAT I FOUND.
COMMA BEADS. THAT HAD COMMAS ON THEM.
I nearly died laughing and my mom looked at me s trangely. I figured it was pointless to explain it. She also yelled at me for taking my camera out in the store but I had to.
We headed back to my Uncle’s house at about that time. We put our bathing suits back on and went back in the pool. My cousin’s cousin Jimmy hung out with us a bit and finally seemed to open up. I think he’s a year older than me or so. We also went in the hot tub and I talked about the time I almost passed out because I stayed in one for two hours ^_^ I liked my new goggles.
Oh, funniest thing. My brother Jonathan has apparently decided he wants to be a dolphin. He proved this by DIVING INTO THE POOL at least three times. This also included a complete somersault flip-dive. He has perfect form. It’s something of a miracle-no Beers can dive. We were all astounded, and later at night back home I thought it was the funniest thing and I couldn’t stop laughing for 15 minutes. It was also very dangerous as it’s only a shallow pool and he only jumps in the shallow end, but still. It was amazing.
I took a video of it and not knowingly, caught one of his dives. I then screencapped it for your enjoyment.
LOOK AT HIM. He’s a maniac. I can’t even jump in the water without holding my nose!
Well, I can, I just don’t like to.
Oh, and I was finally able to take a picture of the sunset, as well. Finally. I’ve been trying for two days. We face the ocean where the sun rises, so poo. Maybe one day I’ll arise early enough to see it.
Also, we were watching some windsurfers. I think. Well, they had boards and were holding on to huge ass parachutes from the water. It was crazy. And like…super freaky to watch. But very awesome, all at the same time.
We didn’t stay for dinner, as we had a big lunch, and before we left we invited my Uncle to our house as he seems to be dying there with his in-laws. I don’t know, I think he likes to grouse a bit. They seem nice to me…true, I haven’t spent 10 days with them so far in closed living spaces, but when I look at them in comparison to our family, I’m astounded. Whilst my Uncle was complaining, he actually said, “And they love it.” And I wanted to say “good for them.” I cannot honestly imagine what it would be like to have either one of my extended families in a house for two weeks. We would die. By killing each other. With butter knives and throw pillows. And we would all have a terrible time, and we’d spend every minute alone talking behind someone else’s back. So really. There are worse things to complain about. S’all I’m saying.
We had bratwursts as a kind of before-bedtime snack, since we had lunch & ice cream earlier that day. We watched the second installment of Back to the Future…I used to think that one was my favorite, now I’m not so sure. I hate when that happens. When they’re not as good as you remember them. :( Still love it though.
Then I was banished to my bedroom. And here I am!
Today I had The Ballad of John and Yoko stuck in my head.
Christ, you know it ain’t easy...
You know how hard it can be.
The way things are goin’…
They’re gonna crucify me.
And now, it is raining.
How sad.
Bye.