I originally planned on spending a little me time while waiting for the grill to heat up. I had not sat down for more than a minute when my three year old son appears next to me on his stool. We counted to ten and recited ABCs and had an interesting conversation for his age. Sometimes it’s great being a dad.
I was going to go the library for some quiet reading, but said, “screw it,” and headed for the beach. My route took me down Ocean Dr which is kind of like the rich part of Corpus; all I can say is is I want a house there…I’ll pay the hurricane insurance! It was a beautiful drive that eventually took me down to the beach. The place I originally stopped didn’t have the showers so I continued on…I eventually found the place I was looking for and while wading out in the water I had a nice conversation with a guy who hadn’t been back to corpus in 10 years. Something odd I found in the water were these balls that looked like whiffle balls, but had spikes on one side. There were two sizes: one the size of a ping pong ball, the other the six of a softball. The softball size were all over the pier. I thought they were part of a buoy rope at first, but noticed there was no rope. Since I didn’t know what they were, I did my best to steer clear of them, but I think one got me in the side…stung like he’ll and swole up. I slathered some of that hydrocortisol from and the swelling went down an the burning went away, but you can still see marks. I’m going to have to research jellyfish, but if this was one, it isn’t one I’ve ever heard of before.
Well the residency was flea-infested, so I made a run for the door, but not before about 20 fleas made their way onto my legs. I am not exagerrating the number either. My legs are swollen from the bites and me swatting myself trying to get them off me. I stopped by a local Walgreens and picked up a tube of hydrocortisol.
I have made down to Corpus, dropped my pants off at the dry cleaners, and am now enjoying breakfast at a nearby Whataburger. I swear I should own stock in this place! After breakfast I’ll check into the residency and post a few pictures over at http://www.fuzzyshot.com/scottmcc13
