It's Monday, the day before Daphne and Nathan's big day. The sleep the night before was not great. The beds are not very comfortable. Online reviews of the hotel mentioned that the beds are very hard. They weren't lying. Brian and I fought constantly about the air conditioning. The air conditioner is loud and scares me, and the room is too cold. Brian probably could sleep in a freezer and it would still be too hot. This is also a constant battle at home as well. Well I figured since he was going to snore all night long I would turn the air conditioner off. Since we are sleeping in separate beds I don't have the option of kicking him or shaking him to stop snoring. There is a book lying on the nightstand between us. I think about throwing it at his head but with my lack of co-ordination I would miss. He definitely is not going to get to snore all night long and have the air conditioner on as well, and get to have a bed to himself as well! I constantly check Jorja to make sure that she is not too close to the end of the bed and move her closer to the middle forcing me to sleep in a space about the size of a sandwich. I realize that the beds are not queens but doubles. I squint my eyes at the clock and realize that it's 6:30 AM. I guess it's time to get up. We all shower and get ready to check out the resort. Someone knocks on the door. It's Brady! He is staying with my parents in the next room. They are heading down for breakfast and will meet us down there. We eagerly head down stairs for breakfast. We find a table for our family and make our way to the buffet. I start opening up lids. Waffles, pancakes, hashbrowns. Pretty much what I expected. The scrambled eggs look runny so I decide to avoid them (I didn't eat any eggs the whole time in Mexico). I opt for some waffles, fruit, and a muffin. There is champagne and vodka placed on the table and cards that read Mimosa and Bloody Mary station. Sounds great! Mimosa's with breakfast it is. Brian chooses to have vodka with his orange juice. Jorja decides to have waffles and fruit as well and milk. We all sit down and enjoy our breakfast. It isn't even 8 yet and it is hot! The restaurant is very open and the view of the beach and the Sea of Cortés is really pretty. There are small birds everywhere in the restaurant. Kind of gross but didn't bother me at all, even when Brian told me that they were eating the buns/rolls and bread. The restaurant is filled with noisy birds during the day and moths at night. Huge moths! The night before I thought they were bats! They are beautiful large dark moths and they have a wingspan of 6 inches easily. We finish eating and head up the 60 steps to our room to change into bathing suits. The pool opens at 8. Get up to our room, lather on the sunscreen and collect our pool towels. We spy a nice area around the pool which we would make "our" area for the entire stay. Brian and Jorja get in the water without hesitation. I ask if the water is cold, Brian says it is fresh water (no chlorine) and it is warm. I get in and it is really nice. Daphne and her friends one by one make their way over to the pool and quickly start grabbing lounge chairs. We realize later in the week that you have to get to the pool early to get a good spot. We chit-chat and find out that Mel, Daphne's friend who is doing her hair is trying to get a passport and on a plane today........and she does! 10 AM finally comes around and the pool bar opens! Everyone heads over to try some new drinks. My aunt was drinking Miami Vice's last night so we decide to try them......pretty tasty. We also try some type of mudslide drinks and some other random cocktails. They all look so pretty but some of them taste terrible! I'm pretty sure I watched Brian having random shots of tequila and I know by the end of the trip Tequila Sunrise was definitely his favorite drink. We decide to head to the beach to check it out. Jorja does not want to get out of the pool so I have to convince her that we will find some treasure when we go to the beach. We walk down a long flight of stairs to get to the beach and realize that the "beach" has been filled in with some type of coarse sand. We walk further and get to the real sand. Much more coarse than I expected but still nice to look at. The waves are loud and quite crazy and there is definitely no swimming going on at this beach! We walk around a bit and Jorja collects a few small shells. We are approached by a few men selling jewelry but we aren't interested. Back to the pool it is! It is getting hotter and Brian and I both realize that Jorja needs a hat as well as Brian. Ooops I forgot to pack Jorja's sunhat. We head back to the pool, the place where Jorja and Brian would spend 80% of their time. I am glad that we enrolled Jorja in swimming lessons prior to this trip and as soon as we got home we registered her for another session. It's after 11 AM so the snackbar is now open. I quickly realize that I am going to eat some of that delicious guacamole and salsa that I can remember when I went to Mazatlan with my friends a million years ago. I can still remember how fresh and tasty it was. OMG, so good! We have developed an awesome time-telling system here in Cabo. Neither Brian nor I have a watch or any type of time-telling device. Breakfast starts at 7 AM, pool opens at 8 AM, pool-bar opens at 10 AM, snack bar opens at 11 AM, lunch is served at 12 PM, and dinner starts at 6 AM. We have rehearsal this afternoon and then dinner at one of the restaurants at the resort. I can't remember what time each of these events are at so I better finish writing these blogs soon! I decide to take a nap before getting ready for dinner tonight. A nap! I am so excited. It feels like it has been so long since I had a nap! Brian and Jorja stay in the pool of course. The phone annoyingly rings as I am sleeping. It's someone trying to sell me a golf package. I look at the clock, it's only been about 45 minutes since I got back to the room. I try to close my eyes to sleep but can't. I head back to the pool. Everyone is sitting around and the drinks are flowing. Jorja and Brian are still in the pool. We head up to our room to get ready for rehearsal and dinner. My mom knocks on our door and we head down to the pool. We meet with the wedding coordinators and they lead us through the ceremony. Everyone is able to follow along easily. I am excited that we will be walking through grass and on a stone pathway (the location was changed the next day). I didn't have a chance to buy any nice sandals so I brought along my old faithful dancing shoes which I absolutely love! I do have a new pair that are hot but I have not broken them in yet and the heel is about 1 inch higher so I still need some practice. The wedding is at 4:30 the next day which is great because it gives me a ton of time to get ready. We head off to La Terraza for dinner. Daphne and Nathan make a few small speeches while we order our food. Jorja decides on some spaghetti and Brian and I choose some shrimp skewers. Dinner being served at the buffet tonight is BBQ, which we missed (my dad and Brady went down after). Our dinners arrive and the portions are very small. Jorja is falling asleep at the dinner table so we excuse ourselves after dinner and head up to our room for bed (at 9 PM). We stop in the small convenience store on the way up and buy a few snacks. The store is super pricey. I think bottles of sunscreen were selling for $20! Brian advises me when we go to bed not to turn the air conditioner off. I tell him I won't but I know as soon as he is asleep and snoring I will turn it off and he won't know until he wakes up in a pool of sweat. I flick through the channels and try to find something in English. One of the Twilight movies is playing with Spanish subtitles. I am pretty excited and now that we are back home I plan on watching them all......Brian is really excited as well.
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