Marley and Ninja: Having Their Cake And Drinking It Too! Trip Report - April 2012

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Day Two, cont.

We arrived and the whole group got off the bus and started heading through the property towards the beach. The party was already started and well underway so most of the group made a beeline through to the bar. This was my first time at Seasplash so I took a more leisurely walk through the property which was a beautiful little tropical oasis with what appeared to be very nice rooms, that then opened up into a wooden deck and bridge with fountains and koi ponds…it was beautiful. This is a really nice place!

(I have to add this part here….unfortunately I have no pictures to share from the rest of this –Day 2- because the only camera we took with us on this day was my camera, Raul has the fancy cannon and I just carry the Olympus tough waterproof camera, and since that camera was lost at the Boardie Bash, so were all of the pictures that were on it….we were too busy all week to ever download them so all of those pictures are lost forever….so sad about that! And this night was on that camera….sorry, but I know the others have pictures from this webcast and also the events and stops that follow so hopefully they will post those)

The first person I saw was Rob and then Lisa…he had the camera set up and the webcast was in full swing. Raul and I walked up to the bar (of course) and I immediately saw a familiar face…but someone I had yet to meet, though I had been dying to, officially. It was BRASI!!!!!!! Brasi had already been in town and most everyone else had met him, but he had headed to the country on Saturday and so I had yet to meet him as he was not at the Seastar party like most everyone else was and so I yelled out “BRASI” and gave him a big hug. I had talked to him many times through emails and pms, etc. before this trip so I was so happy to finally see him in person. We chatted for a bit and ordered our drinks. I took a seat at first with Sweetness because I wanted to catch the live band. I am very familiar with Benjy Myaz and I wanted to catch his set, amazing performer! But as I quickly learned would be the case this week….there are just SO many people in town and it is impossible to sit in one place with one person for more than probably 15 minutes….there is just so much to see and do and so many to talk to, it is amazing! So I look around and I realize I see a couple of familiar faces and even some unfamiliar. To my immediate right was Indy Bob and Cindy, they were chilling with Spottycatz and I waved and smiled. I saw Rasta Stan and Betty. I saw Muzikdoc, and then who I later found out was drummerboy13, I even saw Boombastic who at that point I had not officially met but only recognized from photos. As I was looking around I saw so many familiar and recognizable folks….however there was ONE person who I did not see…….NINJA! My husband!

Where was he? I asked Sweetness, she didn’t see him either. We had walked in together he hit the bar and got us 2 drinks and that was the last I had seen of him. Now I will admit that I am a severe worrier, I try to control it, but I cannot. So I thought about it for a second. Let’s look at the facts: 1) There are tons of people here, everyone is mingling and chatting and getting to know each other better, it is a bar, people are having fun 2) Ninja LOVES to talk…he also loves to drink 3)There were a lot of folks who had gone down on the beach, he could be down there(even though I was sure he had not passed me and gone that way) 4) Ninja does have a habit of quickly disappearing where I cannot easily find or spot him but he NEVER goes somewhere too long without telling me, if he knows he will be gone for some time he just says “Hey, I am going here, be back soon!” 5) Sometimes when he disappears without telling me it is because he is doing something to surprise me….awwww, yes I know, I have the sweetest husband around!

SO I quickly calmed my nerves and figured wherever he was he wouldn’t be there for too long, afterall he would need a refill soon….like I did! A little while later Sandie joined us. She said to me “Have you seen Booger? I can’t find him” And of course I said “No, I haven’t seen him but if he is missing too, then he must be wherever Ninja is, because I can’t seem to find him either!” So now I felt a little better. I am not sure why I felt relieved that Booger was missing as well, but I did. I guess I figured they were probably somewhere together and that they were ok and would be back soon, because of course Booger would need another beer soon too. LOL Well about 15 minutes later Booger comes up to us at the table and kisses Sandie on the cheek. She says “Where were you?” and he says “I took a walk on the beach with Jon and Tizzy” I said “Where is Raul?” He says “I don’t know, I haven’t seen him, why?” OH NO! Now I am worried. We told Booger that Ninja was missing and since Sandie couldn’t find him we thought they must have been together. But they weren’t. So where was Ninja? Booger said he hadn’t seen him since we got here. NOW I was worried! It had been probably a good 45 minutes. So I got up and asked around…no one had seen him. Lisa answered that he had told her to watch his drink I think, but that was however long ago. Ok, so now, yes, I was officially worried. I guess earlier I was trying not to let my worrier tendencies get to me, but now as I was going through all of the facts and ideas….none of them added up to why he would be gone this long without telling me. And no one had seen him. So Sandie and Booger took one look at me and must have sensed my worry. Sandie offered to go up towards the front of the property and look for him while Booger went down towards the beach. Sandie and I reached the front desk and asked if they had seen anyone fitting the description walk by towards the street. The receptionist said no, but they both at the front desk could sense the worry so asked us what happened. We explained the situation and one of them got on the phone to security. Yes, it was now a full blown Ninja man-hunt! There were descriptions given, places to check. “Get Boombastic on the line” one said. Sandie grabbed my hand and comforted me, “Shauna, it is going to be ok, we will find him, don’t worry” “I won’t leave you” “We will find him” The mother was out and she was taking care of me, and the situation. I was trying to remain calm and not worry. It wasn’t like I thought he had gotten abducted by aliens or kidnapped to be sold into the sex trade or something LMAO….but I know that right before we left Catcha he had been laying down like he wasn’t feeling good and he had been really quiet the whole ride down to the webcast which is unlike him, so I was worried that maybe he was not feeling well…and maybe he had wandered off somewhere to sit down or something…what if he was somewhere and needed medical attention or something…that was honestly the bulk of my worry. So while all of this is going through my head I hear Booger say “Hey, look who I found?” and I turned around to see my smiling husband, flashing that smile that makes it impossible to be upset with him. But of course I was not upset, I was relieved! “Where were you?!?!?!?!?!?!” I said in that Do-you-know-how-worried-I-was tone. He looks at me and hands me a bag. I say again “Where were you?” and he shakes the bag at me as if it is his answer. I took one look inside that bag and just shook my head with a smile. What else could I do? See # 5 above.

Earlier back at Catcha before we left I told him that we should have walked over to the store to grab some rum cream because I would NEED it in the morning with my coffee and I knew we would probably be out partying with this bunch all night and not have the opportunity to pick some up. Well, my hubby, the sweet guy he is, always thinking of me, he decided right when we got to Seasplash that he would take it upon himself to walk to a store and get me some. He was not sure really where a store was in proximity to where we are but he figured one couldn’t be far so off he went. I will let him explain in his version of this event why he was gone so long, but once he was back and I knew he was ok, all was forgiven. Plus now I had rum cream, but I did make him promise not to wander off like that again for so long without telling SOMEONE…so that I would not have to worry about him like that again! LOL