RastaStan sang “Stand by me” to a cheering crowd. He's amazing! Lisa handed over her tiny laptop for me to join in the negril.com webcast next to Rob, which was a lot of fun. (thanks Lisa!) It was great seeing both of them again.
Luciano's performance was incredible. I remember all of us dancing in a big crowd.
Eventually the night began to wind down. I looked at my watch and realized it was getting late. The receptionist desk was already closed, so that eliminated the possibility of a hotel wake up call.
How on earth were we going to wake up at 6:00 AM in the morning for my cousin's arrival and our drive to Mandeville to meet the rest of my family? What if we overslept? My cousin doesn't even know what room we're in... What a terrible first impression that would be if I'm not even ready when she arrives to pick us up? I was worried. This meant too much to me. I didn't want to screw this up.
I scanned the sea of new friends. Who would be awake THAT early tomorrow morning?
Then I remembered PattySather telling me that she wakes up at the crack of dawn to go running along the beach every morning.
I knelt down next to her chair. “Patty, I have a favor to ask of you... a big favor” I whispered.
PattySather leaned in close to me and took my hands in hers. “Anything. Just ask”
((Love her))
“We have to be up super early in the morning to head over to Mandeville and there is no alarm clock in the room.” I said “I have this phone. This rental JA phone that I don't even know how to use... Could you call this phone when you wake up? That would mean the world to me”
Patty immediately agreed. “Of course, sweetie, no problem at all!!”
She took my number and promised she would give us a call at 6 AM. I was eternally grateful and relieved.
Of course Manda and Joe Trinidad were there too (on Popsicle sticks) – I decided to take Manda with me to Mandeville.
We should have gone straight to bed after that... but we did not.
