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HetFlexK 51M
155 posts
5/23/2015 12:06 am
(a more) upbeat update

After and unforgettable weekend (more later, if I decide to tell you about it) I am happy to announce that things seem to be calming down a bit around here. The next door neighbor appears to have reached a point in the construction process where we are blissfully ignorant of his labors. The rare thud that travels through the floorboards is about all we have to complain about these days. Yes, the jerk face is still starting his workday as early as 7am, but going back to sleep has been easy enough for both punkin and I, so we are saving the complaints for now. She wears a sleep mask, to cut out on the light trying to peek around the curtains, and Papa wears ear plugs to keep the bird noise at bay, and we manage to get by. We are quite a pair!

Last weekend there were so many people on the beach, and occupying the surrounding homes, that we mistakenly believed it was Memorial Day weekend. Turns out that begins tomorrow, so no telling what things will be like around here. The lone grocery store will be packed with locals and visitors alike, and the parking area by the beach will likely remain full long past dusk. Thankfully there aren’t many douche bags who come to our area and play their car stereos really loudly, so we are spared that sort of nonsense. The worst part of being where we are, at the moment, might be the birds. They seem to have something to say at all hours of the day, and I swear it’s the same thing repeated over and over again.

We are spending a bit of time on the beach, but not a lot. The weather doesn’t cooperate most days. It has been windy, and I don’t want my delicate, fair-skinned getting any color on her skin. I prize that soft, white flesh and want her to keep it that way. Papa got punkin the kind of sunblock that smells of coconut, so that wonderful sent is often the most pervasive one in our cabin. Protected from the sun, and dressed against the elements, we have braved the sand to build castles, fly kites, boogie board, and simply take long walks. Whenever the water is warm enough, my will venture out in it, but not too far. Two or three months from now, I probably won’t be able to keep her out of it.

Things aren’t perfect, but they’re getting better. My phone really doesn’t work at the cabin, so I have to take a walk if I want to use it, which is definitely inconvenient. Internet use is spotty at best, so I’ve resorted to “stealing” it from a nearby home. This means I have to bundle up and sit at the edge of an empty lot situated next to the house, with my laptop open, and boy does it look suspicious. The solution to this comes in the form of gaining late-night access, but that presents it’s own problems; mainly that it feels twice as cold as it does during the day. There seems to be someone or something at every turn, waiting to throw another complication in my path. Boy am I tired!

Tensions are often high, but easing considerably, as we continue to navigate the stresses of our daily existence. That punkin and I are extremely alike becomes more and more evident every day, and I believe those similarities are not only attractive and endearing to us, but also very necessary. If I was still with someone who wasn’t bothered by the birds like I am, or at least didn’t understand on a more visceral level why their repetitious calls can really agitate me, I would probably feel hopelessly sad and alone right now. We seem to struggle with some of the same problems, and that helps me attain a level of reassurance I haven’t had in the past. We are similar in many ways, as family should be, and I can’t deny that makes me happy.



The arrow points to where punkin and I currently reside…


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