Hahahaha Donna!!!! I hadn't thought of that
Day 1 - Arrival
Alright, so it’s settled, solo trip to Negril. I’m stoked. Wait, no I’m panicked. In all the chaos and the blah blah blah, I had completely neglected to do anything in preparation for this trip. Accept I did get my hair done. It’s Friday, April 20, 2012…the day before the trip….I don’t have to tell y’all about this feeling do I? Work… dragged… by… soooo… slow. Sure didn’t help that a bunch of people were already in Negril and celebrating 4/20 @ Boogers party without me. LOL How dare I book a trip to Jamaica leaving 4/21. WTF over? Talk about poor planning…
When 5:30 pm rolled around I hit the ground running. Few last minute things to pick up and a Mana/Pedi of course. G’ma would have the kids at her house already since my flight would leave at 5:55 the next a.m. (clearly I did NOT learn my lesson the first time did I)
That’s ok, I will just pack real quick and go to bed early…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Yeah right. Who does that? If you know me personally, you know that I sometimes resemble poster child for ADHD…one that forgot their pill. LOL I’m pretty sure I tried to set the mood with some Rum/Cold cuts/Reggae to get me goin….annnnnd I’m pretty sure I ended up dancing around the house until about 3:30 AM. At which point I had to buckle down, pack and get myself ready to go. Somehow managed to walk out the door only 10 minutes behind schedule, dressed and looking good even. lol Dropped my truck off at the Parking Spot and arrived at the airport with plenty of time. Between here and Mobay Nothing very eventful happened and THANK GOD for that! Hahah I made my connecting flight in ATL, and arrived in MoBay early afternoon.
Sangster was pretty lively. Spent about 45 min in line but got through customs fairly quick. Boy was it HOT in the airport. I KNOW I will be packing lighter next time (hehehe) cause I vividly remember trying to awkwardly maneuver suitcases around, while wearing 5 inch platform sandals and thinking someone put a freakin body in there somewhere between point A and point B. Nope, It was all my CRAP after all. LOL That effort alone made me break a sweat.
When I walked out the door into the warm Jamaican air, I began searching for Chicken (whom I had only seen in pictures). A tall, young, nice looking fella came up to me and began trying to take my bags for me. I was confused but after a moment saw Chicken’s familiar face. He explained to me that Ricky was his son, so I gladly handed over my stuff and made introductions. I liked them both right away. Chicken soon pointed me over to the bar and informed me that I had friends waiting for me there. OOOOOOMG….my first boardie encounter….Dum duudda dum. Who could it be??? Make my way up the steps to the bar and right into the outstretched arms of Guirigay and SweetiePie (Who is even more beautiful in person). We were loud and excited and ready to set this sh*t off. They already had a round of stripes ready to go. I sure do like them. We made easy conversation between the three of us and Chicken and another man whose name I forget. Wayne maybe? Really nice guy anyways. We waited about an hour for the rest of our party to arrive. Right about the time we were feeling like lifelong buds…I saw the expressions on my faces friends change and I turned to see what they were looking at, but I was totally blinded by the beautiful bright smile of Marley9808 right behind me… and then it got LOUD. Really loud. Everyone was sooooo excited and hugging and yelling….such excitement that Marley’s husband Ninja (aka Ralonzo, aka Raul, aka RaOOOOOL) managed to sneak in under the radar, but that is no surprise because, after all, he is a great Ninja (with a killer smile to rival his lovely wifes). I literally felt like I had been reunited with old time friends. It was a really great feeling to be there.
We loaded up onto Chicken’s Bus and popped some tops for the road. We had a few stops to make…the first being Digicel? Yes it was on the hipstrip in MoBay I believe. Running errands has never been more fun! I got a phone+minutes and the others did the same, or they topped up the phones they already had, etc. When I walked out of the store I heard some women calling me over saying “Hey Sexy girl….come see my tings” Hahaha Well you GOT me….seriously flattery gets you everywhere with me. So I took off down an alley to see some TINGS….and you know once you stop in one, you gotta look at her friends stuff too….all 5 of her friends. LOL Eventually someone from my group came along and rescued me. Good news is I knocked out most of my shopping for other people. One less thing for me to remember, which is great cause my memory’s NOT!
Back on board Chicken’s Magic bus. Wheels go round and round. Next stop? SH*t I don’t know where we stopped next. A roadside bar maybe? Or Biggas? Well, we made both of those stops I just don’t know what order that happened. The little bar had a facility and also had cold drinks. This is where Guirigay turned me onto Stones. Oh man I love that…what is it…gingerwine? Whatever it’s good. Our stop at Biggas was fun, even though the man himself was not there, Mrs. Bigga took good care of us. Jerk pork and red stripe….at last!!!
Back on the bus, we continue our pub crawl…I mean our airport transfer….hahahaha, we had GOOD time! In fact we were having such a good time that we were surprised when we noticed the sun was already setting on us and we we were just now getting into Negril. How did that happen?? We were lucky to snap a few shots of the sunset through the window of the bus. It’s ok, we’ve got plenty more ahead of us.
First stop was down a little road off the West End Rd. We bid farewell to Guirigay and Sweetiepie, but not for long, as we would all be freshening up and then meeting back up at Seastar Inn for the Webcast and Luciano show. Yep this party aint even started yet.
We pull up to my stop. Chicken hollers that we are at Catcha and it takes me a minute to realize I’m supposed to get off the bus. Damn. Got a pretty good buzz going, so I take a second to organize my thoughts. Marley, Ninja, and myself exchange “see you laters” and I step off the bus in front of Catcha Falling Star’s green gate, where I was greeted by a sweet older man name Louis…he was kind and had a really warm smile. He took care of my bags while I went to the office to check in. I was greeted by Mauvette and led down a path to the Moon Cottage…
