1 post tagged “jamaica”
I wrote out a long post about the trip but Vox slayed it...I take it as the Universe's way of telling me just to smile and go with it. :)
From my favorite night...
"Can I tweet this?"
"Wait 'til you see my smooth moves."
"There's jumping up and down in the Macarena?"
"Step to the left, to the left..." "Is that a ledge?"
"If Prince were a gay Jamaican cowboy..."
"Ow! I hurt my shoulder." (dancing injury)
"Do you think this is too far to jump?"
"Is that Jamaican cowboy singing Johnny Cash?"
From the beach...
"What time is it?"
"9:50 am."
"Bah. 10 more minutes for a drink."
"Will you be my Temporary Jamaican Wife?"
"I think we just renewed our vows."
"Is my ass burning?"
"You're the prettiest East Atlanta Knitter I've ever known."
"I'm the only one you know."
(brings me a drink) You're the most beautiful woman I've ever known!"
"I think I'll call it a cow."
"How are you?" "I'm beauuuutiiful, mon."
"It's snowing back in Atlanta."
"Wow. That's a damn shame. Want another rum punch?"
"Yes, please!"
"Hey, did I nap long?"
"About 2 and a half hours."
"Bah. 10 more minutes for a drink."
"Will you be my Temporary Jamaican Wife?"
"I think we just renewed our vows."
"Is my ass burning?"
"You're the prettiest East Atlanta Knitter I've ever known."
"I'm the only one you know."
(brings me a drink) You're the most beautiful woman I've ever known!"
"I think I'll call it a cow."
"How are you?" "I'm beauuuutiiful, mon."
From the lazy days...
"Wow. That's a damn shame. Want another rum punch?"
"Yes, please!"
"Hey, did I nap long?"
"About 2 and a half hours."
"Oh. Wake me in thirty more minutes?"
"Hey what do you wanna do today?"
"I was thinking, beach, drinks, lunch, nap...?"
"Perfect!"
"I'm glad we're here."
"Me, too."
We spent a lot of time just sitting quietly, sometimes talking,
sometimes not. She would knit or read, I would read or look out over
the world. Sometimes there was music, sometimes just the sounds of the
ocean crashing against
the warm, sandy beach or the chorus of frogs that sang at sundown each night. Each night the sun set in the same place and rose
once more in the eastern sky, yet no two days or nights were alike. The sky and the ocean would blend into one and give an eerie sense of infinity, of being lost and found at the same time.
"One day you'll meet God and He'll ask you what you did today. You should be able to tell him you lived, not just that you were alive."
"You really have skull and crossbone bandaids?! SHUT UP! You rock."
"Hey what do you wanna do today?"
"I was thinking, beach, drinks, lunch, nap...?"
"Perfect!"
"I'm glad we're here."
"Me, too."
From the reflective times...
the warm, sandy beach or the chorus of frogs that sang at sundown each night. Each night the sun set in the same place and rose
once more in the eastern sky, yet no two days or nights were alike. The sky and the ocean would blend into one and give an eerie sense of infinity, of being lost and found at the same time.
"One day you'll meet God and He'll ask you what you did today. You should be able to tell him you lived, not just that you were alive."
"You really have skull and crossbone bandaids?! SHUT UP! You rock."
From my favorite moments...
Of all the things we did, my favorite moments were those quiet times sitting out on that balcony in the early light of the morning, drinking Jamaican coffee and watching the sun rise with my friend.
Life is good.
Other moments I'd like to remember...
Casting on. (You make ovaries. And then poke them with sticks. No, really.)
First drinks at whatever cantina they stopped at.
"I'm tanner than you." "We're just different colors of tan." "You're in denial." (Yep, so long as "denial" is a dark tan color.)
"Dude, it's a fish buffet. They have crab. Do something for me for once!" "*blink*" (laughs)
The seemingly electronic chorus of frogs that filled the early evening air each night at sunset.
Life is good.
Other moments I'd like to remember...
Casting on. (You make ovaries. And then poke them with sticks. No, really.)
First drinks at whatever cantina they stopped at.
"I'm tanner than you." "We're just different colors of tan." "You're in denial." (Yep, so long as "denial" is a dark tan color.)
"Dude, it's a fish buffet. They have crab. Do something for me for once!" "*blink*" (laughs)
The seemingly electronic chorus of frogs that filled the early evening air each night at sunset.
There are a lot more photos, and even more on her camera which I'll try to grab copies of to post. It was at times a whirlwind of visuals and soundbites, emotions, laughter and simple fun. I laughed as hard as I can ever remember laughing. I felt at peace, in transition, relaxed, happy, lonely, pensive, reflective, loved, lazy, jubilant. Human.
