Fun. weekend part une.

Brad-Lee Manor; home of thousands of family memories, Peggy's beach,  a party boat, golf carts, guest rooms, Fun. times, and a wonderful weekend had by myself, my wife, and best friends..........sounds good right?! Well...............'TWAS!

 The gang (minus children and one member JAK) left after a grueling work day on Friday, packed up Harper (kayz's brand new, and AH-mazing ride) and headed over to the bay!!!!  We spent a two great days celebrating my wife's birthday, hanging out by the pool with some cold drinks, good music and delicious foods made by our lovely and caring hosts; The Bakers.  

The weekend started off with a fried-food bang! We stopped at the Dairy Queen in Easton, at my wife's request, and since it was her birthday weekend-fun.-time, we obliged. Did you know they served food?! Well not around here obviously, but they do in the Eastern Shore! A little back story, my wife is from the West Coast, and loves all things small-town. At first, I was NOT on board, but after having the  chicken tender basket with french fries, toast AND "homemade" gravy.......I jumped on it. Yes, did it murder my stomach? Sure! BUUUUTTT it was worth it, and it made my Bunns (that's what I call my wife) happy, and we will not be having that for another 8 years, that was the deal! The next stop on the itinerary was the oh-so-classy-and-extremely-cheap Wishing Well Liquors, where we shopped for all kinds of tasty beverages.

We made it to the bay house! Around 10 or so..........and then the PARTY BEGAN! We kicked off the evening with shots! And then I had one or three "Lo Hoatz Drinks" which are well.......dangerous. I kept singing "You get a whiskey drink, you get a vodka drink, you get a Lo Hoatz drink, and then your F*&#ing drunk" (To the tune of "I get knocked down" by the incredibly famous band Chumbawamba, THROOOOWWWW BACK! They had SO many hit SONG, yeah I meant just the one "song") and then the night got a little blurry..........FUN.....but blurry. I know it involved some night swimming in a scolding hot, hot tub, (freezing, the joke was it only worked during the day whenever Mr. Baker turned it on. NOT user error, just drunk error I guess, LOVE YOU KAYZ!)  I went to bed at some point, "early" by my party people's standards, you know around 1:30 or something, and slept great. Woke up the next day with my body screaming at me, "YOU'RE 30! WAIT YOU'RE ALMOST 31! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING! WATER WE NEED WATER!" So I stumbled downstairs disoriented and got me some water, and told myself, "Self,  this weekend is going to be a RAGER, and you're gonna like it!"

CUT TO- 11 am for ROUND 2! Except this time we "took it easy" since we were drinking the whole day. The ladies cooked a great breakfast, that included a basil tomato frittata, bagels, tea, donuts and orange cinnamon rolls. Yes, I ate it all. And no I did NOT feel bad about it, then it was POOL TIME! ALL DAY SON! Drinking under the sun, swimming, and LIVING -Side note,  sun screen is VERY important. Do not, repeat DO NOT for one second believe that just because you're of hispanic decent you can get away with just putting on a little. My shoulders will tell you different- There was a Jumping contest and all.  By "contest" I mean,  it was mostly silly jumps holding hands, it became a thing, followed by a series of attempts at back flip jumps off the diving board by yours truly, which just left me with a beat up and bruised back.............Proof you say? YOU GOT IT!

That lady there....She is the most fun, loving, and spontaneous part of my life. Before I was diagnosed with this thing, I would have NEVER wanted to show my a picture like this of myself, and so now I have adopted her philosophy in life which is "WHO CARES?" Honestly, all the little flaws, moles, extra pounds, or any insecurities you may have, no one cares about them, but you. Everyone has them and everyone hates themselves for them, we should never strive to be "perfect" instead be who you are. Don't be like anyone else, be YOU.  Life will pass you by if all you do is obsess over how you look, versus how you feel. Have good times with loved ones, dance like no one is watching,  get on a party boat, drink booze, eat artichoke dip (that happened) get sun burnt, use aloe, LOTS OF ALOE, have your slice of better-than-sex cake and eat it too! In moderation of course.   "Why does  the cake say Jenn is 73?  Well because that's all we could find, and 7x3+3=24! which is her age! Boom! Science!

"Delicious, fat, fried  foods?!  CAKE?! Drinking?!?!?!??! How dare you?!"   -Holier Than Thou McGee.

Listen up, HTTM,   Am I 100% proud of my body? No, and that is why I will continue and strive for a healthier me, rather than to kill myself trying to achieve a super ripped body that I will never have, I will focus on my health. And also, NO ONE ASKED YOU!


The Cast Wrap party was held at Guapos, where we enjoyed a few more drinks, and Mexican food,  another birthday Girl's favorite. (I'm working on it guys, ok? I KNOW!)

Look at that face though.....I will eat at a million Guapos and Dairy Queen's  

This weekend I was able to get out of my head and control my anxiety and sugar levels. Not every weekend will be filled with fatty foods and drinks, but when they come around I will enjoy them. Anxiety is something I am learning to live with, yet another "flaw" I wish I never had, but it is now part of me, and I must learn to deal with it, never let it define me. Hate it, sure, but then again, who cares? Life is worth living, and besides could you say "No" to getting away with these folks?

You COULDN'T!!!
AND YOU SHOULDN'T!