Hey noodle what did you do today?

Well I woke up at like 4:30 to go to the bathroom, then ran downstairs and pooped for like 15 minutes. I came back to my room, then slept for a bit. I had a dream that my mum collected really small pokemon sets, which were like those Polly Pocket toys, but had living pokemon in them. She set one up at the base of a plant and a pidgey kept making noise (which was caused by a noisy bird outside my window irl). After that we went to a Walmart that had closed and had been turned into a grocery store, but it was going out of business. Dad said that I couldn't make a better store, and I screamed "Who would open a grocery store this close to an IGA in a part of town that sees such little traffic?!". After that some of us swam through the air in the store, and a couple of us did it noodle style. I got into the ceiling tiles during one part. In a later part of the dream I was driving with grandma across the Florida/Georgia border and she stopped at a clothes store. We heard an alarm and when we went inside we found it going off on the wall (irl it was the alarm telling me to unplug my phone from the charger). Grandma looked around the store at these really nice formal wear coats for women and asked where she should travel to. I said she should go someplace that let's her wear such nice coats. And then I woke up!

I shut the alarm off and went back to sleep for about another hour, then mum woke me up at about 11ish to make sure I was okay. I roused myself awake then headed downstairs with her. I went to the mess hall area and made myself a ham n cheese sammich with mustard and mayo (One of Natalie's daughters said that it was weird to mix the two...Nup!), and also 2 little bags of Dorites and a chocolate bar! After eating I headed down to the lake, since everyone was swimming and carrying on! Nolin Lake! Yeee!

Nolin Lake is a bit of a misnomer, since it's really only about the width of a river. Kentucky Lake has coves that are larger, but there were still loads of boats coming and going and causing lots of waves, and people were having fun! I went swimming, then after a quick dip in water that was nice and cool (unlike Florida water!), I got out and relaxed on the pontoon. There were two boats parked at the little dock, but one of them was a 2 story tiki-bar style boat ith hanging seats that looked unfit for naval use, and many people were congregating on the pontoon. I took a seat in the captain's chair, and because the Sun grew too intense for most, I was in the prime location when everyone migrated back to the shade.

After listening to people chat for a bit, mum and dad and I jumped back in the water once more, tho this time I did so with a purpose! There was a blue fun noodle (A bloo noodle! Hecc!) that had washed down the shore a little, so I grabbed 3 other bloo noodles (Gotta rescue their brethren!) and swam down the shore to recover it. It wasn't hard, and I felt like a hero! Yey!

After getting back out of the water I headed back up to the cottages and changed into some dry clothes. It was about 3, and I spent time drifting back and forth between the mess hall area and the party cabin. I took photos of the goings on in the area, then after a few games of pool with various kiddos, I headed up to my room at about 5ish for eye drops. I relaxed on my bed and kinda drifted off for a little over an hour, then when I woke up I headed to the mess hall. Paul had told me that mum and dad were grilling, and when I got there mum was finishing some burgs and Tom and Natalie were putting cheese on them. I headed inside just as people were making plates, and I had a fully loaded burger and a hotdog and a salad with fetta cheese and some beans and some brownies. When mum saw me she said she was glad that I made it down and was afraid that I'd fallen asleep, and I told her that I had been right beside her while she cooked, which was news to her!

After eating I meandered back to the Party Cabin, but at some point we were called in to the mess hall for a family announcement. We went there and we all thanked Janette for arranging the reunion, then Aunt Chris presented Great Uncle Don with a quilt in commemoration for his time in the Navy. Good job, Don! :D

I returned to the Party Cabin soon thereafter, and played a little more pool. I eventually wanted cell reception, so I went out to my secret spot on the patio of the Mess Hall, and sorta bounced between groups taking photos. I stopped by the camp fire and made a s'more (The marshmallows were ENORMOUS!), and chatted a bit with Lori and Lee about their jobs. I went up to the Party Cabin and had a shot of fireball and a shot of Angel's Envy Whiskey. Also I had a beer!

I eventually went back down to the fire pit and chatted a little with Great Uncle Dave about physics (he asked some questions) and then listened to others as they told us their Darwin stories. Recounts of Nick's story from the previous night were repeated, and it turns out that he got a vasectomy and to ensure it took, they wanted a urine sample...He misunderstood, and tried beating off into the cup.

While this was being discussed I saw Sean come down the hill, and immediately thought that it was gonna sour the experience. I knew he was loud, and remembered him interrupting conversations the night before. Oh, how wrong I was! Sean was an absolute laugh-riot, and his quick-witted, nonstop verbal spew was so absolutely and thoroughly hilarious that I actually found myself struggling to breathe multiple times throughout the night. He told us stories of how he was carted off to jail and put in a carpet suit, about how the doctors won't give him focus-related meds, about how there were times in school he refused to take them so he could get the big-titted girl in his Spanish class to follow him home...Loads of incredibly well thought-out tales!

Dad sometimes encouraged me to be a stand up comedian, or at least try an open mic night. I admit the idea seemed plausible, but after hearing how funny Sean was and how high he raised the bar for humor, I figure I'd be better off just recording the wild shit he says and uploading it to Youtube. He went to bed around 1:15, and the party around the fire died away soon thereafter. By about 1:30 mum and dad and I returned to the party cabin. I grabbed a shower and brushed my teeth, then spent some time typing before heading to bed around 2:30.

I hope everyone has a Sean-laughing day! <333