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Last day of beach time today and I have made up my mind to drag the family with me to eat shrimp sold by weight! It better be good!

At breakfast my kid starts annoying me and says “I am going to go to college in Texas!” And I responded back with “why would you want to go college in a state where women are treated as second class citizens!”. Perhaps I said it too loud but I got the death stare from a bunch of ladies at the next table. Well, oops, but truth is bitter.

One of the last cousins is getting married in India as I am holidaying here. Looking at the pics and fam together makes me miss the whole thing so much. Too bad we couldn’t get our itinerary together to fit an India trip.

There was a time I loved the allure of all inclusive resorts, particularly when the kid was a toddler. Now we abhor it. The flexibility of having a car and being able to eat anywhere anytime while exploring the place is far greater than the convenience of eating all inclusive buffets or restaurants in specific time windows. Plus the kid is older so it’s not like we need a structured day as before! Makes these trips so much more fun. Added bonus? Not going for a meal plan will save you a ton of money to do other stuff!

I am warm weather beach person. I love mountains too but it doesn’t bring me the joy a beach does. For too long I kept saying to myself but oh look mountains are so much exciting because of the variety and all that is definitely true (after all my favorite park on earth is banff / jasper) but still, it’s the warmth and warm water just make me feel so good and content.

Bro next to me on the beach is going “generative AI” every few minutes to whoever he is talking to on the phone and I am very invested right now.

Caught up with the whole Colorado Supreme Court Trump thing. With the majority they have in SCOTUS out of which three were appointed by Trump himself and another two who are basically domestic terrorists I don’t expect much at all to happen. Best advice is to keep all expectations low at this point.

The hotel ac works only in one mode – cool. It has no temperature regulation of any kind so it doesn’t matter what temperature you set the room to, coz it will become an ice box in a few hours lol. And no I am heavily advocating using just fans but the hotel rules say the ac must be on to avoid humidity in rooms and mold. Makes sense I suppose.

Gorgeous sunsets on this side of island appropriately that’s where all the resorts are. The weather is just magical. I could retire here and open a scam medical university as a career option.

The hotel mandates that we keep room temperature to 72 or below. I found a way to hack it so it stays warmer for us. I didn’t come here to stay in an icebox! I came here to sweat in the heat!