Mr. X Does Negril (2010) with No Reservations
Chapter 46 – L & M (or M & L) Grocery
September 8th, 2010 – Wednesday – (Day 5)
Wife not feeling so good. Will turn out to be too much pre birthday sun and fun. She mostly just hung out in room and rested. While I floated.
We decided to walk to L and M (or M and L) grocery store which is just down the road to get drinks and snacks.
I am feeling pretty good. I am on vacation in Negril. I am staying in a freaking castle. I am staying in the Penthouse (prepaid) of said Castle. Since hardly anybody else staying at the Blue Cave Castle you could say (my story) I am king of the castle
I am feeling way better than good.
Sh*tty year but I am king of the castle today!
I wonder if people outside the castle know there is a new king?
I am sure word filters out among my kingdom. We walk from the Penthouse down to the gates of my castle. Right before we leave I ask the security guy “How is it out there?”, He looks at me with a serious look and maybe a little worried look “It’s pretty rough out there” I smile and say no worries brother not our first rodeo.
We exit the Blue Cave Castle and kind of stood right outside the closed gates to soak it all in. Well word MUST have reached the people that a new king was at the castle. I notice out of my peripheral vision people coming at me from all directions. Cars are stopping and honking at us. I am just soaking it all in. Love me some Jamaica. Love me some castle. Feeling pretty good about myself right now.
2 minutes pass and I notice that I am involved in 6 separate conversations. Yes me and 6 people except they are all ignoring each other and all are having 1 on 1 conversations with me. Some are in the early stages. Greetings, What’s up? etc.
Others are in more advanced stages. Like weather, sports, weed etc.
1 of the conversations we apparently are in some kind of heated negotiations over what I don’t know. He appears mad that I am driving too hard of a price. Whole time since leaving the castle I have not said 1 word.
I glance over at my wife and she is talking to 3 other people don’t really know what they are talking about but they are waving shinny trinkets at her. Not good.
She is reaching for the bracelets...
I felt like I was in a dream state and then I woke up. I laugh and grab my wife’s hand and start walking to the grocery store.
From A Modest Trip Report by jon c (12/17/10)Obviously new to the action, I was quickly surrounded and a bit overwhelmed despite my foreknowledge that this would likely happen. I ultimately just threw up my hands and walked away from a group of hustlers who made it clear they considered that poor form.
That pretty well describes it. Lol
I did not care in the least. I remembered the dangerous part of this trip was not these clowns it’s the freeway that I got to cross with wife. Soon as I started moving in my fast walk dragging the wife behind everybody was left in the dust. Easy walk to L & M Grocery except you still had to be extra careful on the road. Pop in store. It’s like a convenience store at home except its small and the aisles are very tight. Lots of stuff I recognize and stuff I don’t. Excellent selection of what I want. Drinks and munchies. Some stuff does not have a price on it. Get a few things including several fresh juices. Trust me if something does not have a price on it I am going to ask what the price is before I buy. This is where quick calculations help.
Get a few things. Wife definitely not feeling well. Walk by No Limit Bar they do not appear open. Maybe they should cover the sign when they are closed. No limit except when we are closed. Slow season.
She sees bracelets and decides she wants to look and get some for her “nieces”. She picks out agrees to dumb price for cheap bracelets. It’s her birthday. What am I going to say. She forgot the part about this is the one time u do want to negotiate hard when it’s cheap stuff that everybody has and you can get everywhere. Anyhow. He can’t make change. Course not. No problem I will wait for my change.
We are walking and she said he was nice. I said yes he was. In fact it was very nice of him to offer to sell me some coke. HE DID NOT! For a fact he did. What did you say? No thanks I am cool. We get back to the castle and guard lets us back in.
Mental note I will have to get some kind of public works program started to improve conditions in my kingdom. Right now I got to deal with the queen who is not feeling good and just wants to go back to bed. Get her situated. Back down 39 steps from the Penthouse to find the Teddy of Teddy’s Hideway Restaurant which is located in the back corner of the Blue Cave Castle.
I ask guard and he said Teddy left for the night. Damn. Off season. Slow ass season. Not like I have not been looking forward to ordering Teddy’s Lobster Thermodore and Famous Mountain Pepper Shrimp. Well actually I have been thinking about it since the day I made reservations at the Blue Cave Castle. I was mentally prepared to order same thing 2 nights in a row. Been thinking about it every day since then. Sure I mean split these 2 entrees with my wife. Lol. So truth be told I have been looking forward to eating with Teddy since a long time. And of course it’s my wife’s birthday dinner.
I get over my personal problems and think about my wife. Well if she is really sick then she would just stay in bed. I am guessing my wife is going to feel better about dinner time. Which means I got zero plan for her birthday dinner.
