Day Three: Facing The Dragon

Kelp in the surf 

Today was a day of schizophrenic weather.  We had all the Oregon Coast had to offer in one day several times over. 

I've been fighting a raging headache all day. It probably didn't help that I didn't sleep well-there was something wrong with my bed.  I had my dad check it out and we ended up calling maintenance to fix it-turns out that 1/2 the slats on the bed had fallen-I'm lucky I didn't break the thing. Or my neck. I did however suffer the aforementioned headache and associated afflictions.

It's a dog's life

I originally planned to take Mariah down to our favorite beach for the day but the rain and mist diverted us to the swimming pool instead.  I was ready to spend hours watching her splash around but she uttered the three words that strike fear in any parent on vacation.

"Mom, I'm bored."

This ended up leading to a pretty emotional day for her-she misses her friends, her cat, and a pretty endless stream of things that she misses.   The tears flowed freely on and off today. After a  trip to Wal-Mart, lunch at Subway (thanks, Mom), and watching Frozen twice,  all ended up well-as well as it could be in this situation.

Mariah was appeased with an offering of cherries

I ended up admitting defeat over the headache and took some medicine for it-this in itself is grounds for goofiness for me to begin with.  Enter my dad who hands me a Jack and Coke.  I was a pretty happy camper shortly thereafter. 

I took a few assorted photos today-the beach, some water droplets on the railing, the dogs, etc., but nothing has really struck me yet, subject-wise.

A bit of rain

I have to admit I was really looking forward to dinner-my dad made the most amazing food.  He's sure learned to cook up a storm. I rarely eat seafood, but I indulged with great  enthusiasm tonight.  Take the best halibut, bread it and fry it up in a ton of butter, and set it on a pan and smother it with shredded Parmesan and Asiago.  Add some shrimp and top it with more Asiago and Parmesan. Put it in the oven until the cheese melts.  

OMG Seafood Heaven.  And wine.  He poured me a glass of some pretty nifty wine.  I was all kinds of happy.

Mariah ate three pieces sans shrimp.  She told Grandpa that he could cook fish forever for her and she would eat it all-especially if he made her more of his homemade tarter sauce.

After dinner I even had a real almost-conversation with my dad. You never would have guessed it's been so long since we talked.  It's not a rosy rainbow-filled relationship, but being able to have a basic conversation was nice. 

Then I  brought up tattoos. I even told him I was considering getting a small one.

*face palm*

 I actually got a mini lecture. I'm an adult and can do as I please but I swear, it was like I was  five years old for a couple of minutes. Some things never change, lol. We ended up having a laugh over it, but it was a reminder that some things don't change. It's not such a bad thing now that I'm secure in who I am. He went on to tell me that there was nothing on this earth that I could do that would ever surprise him. 

I faced the dragon and came out unscathed.

Peace at the end of the day

I'm hoping to call it a semi early night so I can get some sleep.  Tomorrow I am taking Mariah and my camera to the beach. It should prove to be another interesting day!

Until next time,

Robyn