Vacation? What vacation?

Man, the time just flew by this week. We went down Tuesday to New Smyrna Beach, FL. We'd gone there many years ago when the boys were small...
The old house we stayed in first was still there...still as run-down looking as ever. I'm sure they had to have repaired it some in the meantime, but to me it looked just the same.
We had thought about staying at Coastal Waters Inn, another place we'd stayed with the boys, but online bad reviews scared us off...however, those reviews often stay online a long time even after problems are fixed, so we may give them another shot sometime.
The Bahamian Club is across the street from the beachside condos. It's a condo association where some owners also rent out by the week. We were lucky enough to find an owner who'd rent for the 3-night minimum. It was a really nice condo, and would be large enough for our entire family to visit together. One upstairs bedroom has a double bed and single bed...could work for Nathan/Kayla & Brenna. The other upstairs bedroom has a king bed. Two full baths upstairs, one with a tub, the other with a large shower. Downstairs is a great room, kitchen/dining, and a half bath that also holds the washer/dryer unit. Downstairs also has a 'Florida room' that has an upstairs deck on top. Sliding doors from both upstairs bedrooms also open onto the deck, and a set opens from the kitchen to the sun porch (which due to palms, bushes, etc. is really a 'shade porch' most of the time.)
We got one good day on the beach Wednesday, plus a great meal on the 'backwater' at JB's Fish Camp. Thursday it POURED rain...and workmen showed up to replace the A/C unit between downpours. Then as we arrived at Norwood's (a longtime favorite restaurant) the power went out all over beachside. Stayed off, too! We ended up lunching at Blackbeard's and going to a movie...I highly recommend "UP". The main character is voiced by Ed Asner but looks like Spencer Tracy, and the 'bad guy' looks like a caricature of Kirk Douglas.
Friday was 'leaving day' and we went back to Norwoods. Food was great...have their salmon salad with goat cheese. Definitely NOT the menu I remember from when I first went there 30+ years ago! Then it was simply an 'old Florida' fried fish house. They still do that, and do it well, but they now have more 'upscale' offerings. If you go at lunch, the prices are still pretty good.
Anyway, we arrived home this morning about 5 past midnight, after driving all afternoon and evening, and listening to the Braves be incompetent at the plate and (unusual for them) on defense. Today was a quick dermatologist appointment for Debbie and for me. She had her usual dozen or so precancerous growths removed, and I had two 'frozen.' The doctor thought from my skin that I might be Italian...
Tonight's our spring storytelling event. I enjoy these, because I love telling stories, but it's not like the storytelling I grew up with. Most of these storytellers have their stories memorized. They tell them well, but comparing them to the way I grew up telling stories (i.e. partly 'made up as you go along') to them is like comparing jazz improvisation to someone playing from sheet music.
Next week...VBS and the first of our mission groups.