Yikes~ real life has gotten in the way. Sorry for the delay in updating! I'll try to get through a few days tonight....stay tuned!

Ok...so we had dinner at Alfreds (this was Saturday - day 2/ first full day). Dinner was great, service was quick, and a little more friendly as the night wore on. They weren't super busy as we were there during sunset. Fish and chips times 4 with a couple rounds of rum punches then off to Sunnyside on our way home for one more...or several hours more....you know how it goes.

Sunnyside is probably my favorite place to hang out. It's close to "home" so I don't have far to stumble...er, walk, and it's usually pretty chill. Well, again, we stopped for one and ended up with me sitting on the bar taking my picture (for my boss) with the Welsh flag hanging there. Sigh.

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This night, we met a man carving off to the side. He was carving coconut and calabash. A kind soul, Tony. We chatted with him and a Jamaican couple. Oneil cooks at Coco La Palm and was telling us about the jerk chicken pizza. That certainly perked up our ears. Sounds like a great lunch stop later this week. Yeah man, we'll be down this week and look you up. Well, as if often does, time slips and slides away in a surreal way for me when in Negril. One minute is 8:30 and the next it's after midnight. We decide to call it a night - I can't remember if it was hubby and I and our friends or just hubby and I? It might have been just the two of us. Again, that slippery time things screws it up for me. Head back to the hotel and off to sleep.

**I just confirmed with hubby - in fact, Schaef (friend's hubby) and I were the last two standing tonight. I think we kept people confused during our trip. The four of us are great friends - and whoever was tired - went back - whoever wasn't - didn't. haha Hubby and Aims went back to their separate rooms (don't want any unnecessary speculation here) and Schaef and I stayed out...or vice versa - or hubby and I - or her and her hubby...or the girls....or the guys...you get the picture.

If anyone has ever stayed near Rooms, you will certainly be acquainted with the roosters next door. Some people are bothered by them...they are our joke, Those *&^% roosters need a watch...they crow all times of the day and night. I digress...

Sleeping soundly when all of the sudden BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP - a horrible screaming beeping sound is echoing off the walls. We jump up, "What the hell?!" and realize it's a fire alarm.. Check to make sure we are appropriate, and like all well trained school children, grab our key card and head out of the building. Apparently, all the people in our hotel were as well trained...everyone was outside, lots of staff running around, no smell of fire (whew! since we didn't think about grabbing any money or our travel docs!) Evidently someone was smoking in their room and set off the fire alarm.

At this point, there's no going back to sleep. Guess who WAS sleeping though. The rooster. haha Rotten little ******* got his dues. Suddenly, he was awake. That made me laugh....a lot. Well...hubby went directly back to bed. Sigh...sat up on the balcony and waited for the sun to rise.

I never really have to worry about the towel game. I'm up too early to have to worry about it. Around 6, I headed down to find some chairs and put our towels out. Yeah - I'm the one your travel mates warn you about. I made some coffee and went and sat on the beach. It's one of my favorite times of the day (is there a not favorite time in Negril? No. No, there is not.) While I get my spot early, we use them shortly there after. I'm not someone to leave my towel on a chair all day and not use it. So, there's that.

Sunday - another beach day...spent time between water, chair, and Sunnyside. More about Sunday up next.