Vacation Weirdness

Y'know that email forward that went around a year ago with weird ramblings like, "If Hawaii is an island, why does it have interstate highways?" I have my own list of ramblings from this spring's vacation:

1. I don't mind being sore from beach work-outs such as bodyboarding or jumping in the waves. I do, however, mind being sore from the gym and the balance ball.

2. That being said, it is much easier to work out when the gym overlooks a gorgeous pool with a waterfall and palm trees...especially when you know you have to don a bikini later that day.

3. I have bi-coastal Hurricane preferences. On the ocean side of FL, it's Grills. On the gulf side, it must be Beachhouse. And yes, both involve a lot of alcohol.

4. Signs are posted everywhere, that glass and alcohol are prohibited on the beach. So why are they selling Corona in glass bottles?

5. Florida has some weird local news stories. Every day, at least one story involved a massive snake or alligator.

6. Our personal culinary preferences generally stem from the great food Jack and I eat on vacation. Such examples include bacon-wrapped scallops, crab cakes, panko-encrusted salmon, wasabi-seared ahi tuna, lobster with Old Bay, jerk pork, black bean cakes, and champagne sangria. Are we just trying to recreate vacation when we cook at home?

7. Do hot tubs really encourage people to talk to each other? At the resort, we experienced several MTV-esque hot tub sessions that start out with collegiate questions like, "So where are you from?" and "What do you do?" I guess in college it was, "Where are you from and what is your major?" Still, we probably met 20 people in our various evening hot-tubbing. Oddly, many were from the Chicagoland area. We ended up becoming pals with several folks we met and really enjoyed that social element.

I already miss that resort (tear). I wonder if I can telecommute from my villa in Florida? And yes, the above picture is my own Corona moment from Cocoa Beach.