There’s an internet cafe on Topsail Island now. The fourth horseman is neigh.
Anyway, it’s a peaceful day at the beach. I got to the house at about 8pm last night, walked to the pier for a sandwich, and then hung at the house until my brother and mother showed up at about 9:30. Stayed up on the porch talking to my brother until about 1 in the morning. Both of us thought it was, like, 10pm at the latest. Good times.
While driving to the place from Raleigh, I talked to my sister on the phone. She was driving from Topsail to Raleigh at the same time. We tried to find some place to pull off at the same exit and have a cup of coffee, but two factors conspired against us: (1) There are no houses of coffee in central North Carolina (2) Our cell phones cut out as we approached each other. At least we waved. She’ll come back tonight. Good luck to her on the MCAT.
redmed is scraping and painting today, with scaffolding and everything. I miss her, but she’s so productive when I go away.
Birthday was blissful. Huge pile of presents, including the Sibley “lifestyles of birds” (or similar title), which is the definitive book about how birds behave and why…with awesome illustrations. Two trophies (indicating that I have survived 30 years of life). I nearly wet myself, I was laughing so hard. I mean, I asked for trophies half in jest. I got two. My brother got me one with, what I’m told, is “male victory” on the top. It’s a heavily muscled guy flexing, on top of a gold chalice, on top of a nice wooden base. It rocks. Honestly, it was an awesome birthday.
Now, back to the beach. It’s brutally hot…but there’s ocean to sit in.
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