Not What We Expected

David and I honeymooned in St. Thomas. We were probably the youngest couple there and we were not even old enough to rent a car. We had a great time and always said for our 10 year anniversary we would go back. We have nothing planned yet, so hopefully it still happens. Ten years ago I remember stepping off the plane and was hit by the heat and humidity. It was uncomfortable to be outside during the day unless you were by the beach or the pool. Maybe we can go this winter - it wouldn't be as hot and much more enjoyable.

Instead of beautiful St. Thomas, we were in Dubuque. I took the kids to VBS for the last day of fun and David went to work. David had a beautiful vase of mixed flowers delivered and I had a card (with a nice love poem) for him. It is kind of sad that this is all we had for each other after reaching this milestone still happily in love. However, I did tell David not to get me anything because I just wanted a fancy refrigerator in the new house. In the evening, we went to the Rowan's to see new baby David.

David's mom and Richard are in town to help out the Rowan's. They came over to our house tonight to babysit so we could go on a date. We went to the restaurant Houlihans - very delicious. David had a house salad with ranch and fancy pot roast and I had a tuscan salad and a chefs special (crusted chicken, artichokes, mushrooms and creamy sauce over linguine).

Right next to the restaurant is a casino, so we decided it would be fun to check it out. We walked around for a while and realized what a depressing place it was. Smoking was allowed 'on the floor', so the place smelled horrible. All the slot machines were making noises, so there was this annoying constant high pitched hum. About 90% of the people in there belonged in a nursing home - a sign was even advertising wheel chairs available. It was sad to see people wasting their money - didn't they realize that they had little chance of winning. So we decided to join them to see what was drawing them in. We each had $10 and decided to try a slot machine. We watched as others would rub the screen for luck, alternate between pulling the lever and pushing the button, and switch machines when they were loosing. Well, our money went up and down and was completely gone in about 15 minutes.