The (second) Honeymoon

Well our friends left yesterday and Julie is already missing all of the sports talk...truly, it was a great time and it was a perfect dose of friends and a taste of home. By the way, I should mention, that by the last day, Julie asked me, "Hey Ry, let's go play Smashball on the beach." This came as somewhat of a shock to me, since I didn't know Julie liked Smashball or had ever played, but she assured me it was "just like tennis and would be easy." So off we ran down the beach, with two paddles and a small rubber ball. Let's just say it wasn't long before we realized that we weren't going to be Smashball champions or go down in the Guiness Book of World Records, and despite our best efforts to get a "rally" going, Julie took the SMASH in Smashball quite literally.

Ko Phan Ngan was a beautiful, less developed island that offered the basics, a beautiful beach, a few eateries, a lot of bars, and sparse accommodations. The beach was filled with young people looking for a party. Julie and I thought we could hang with the partiers (and our buddies), although despite our noble efforts we were wiped out after the first night and spent the next day napping on the beach! [Insert Julie's comment: please note that napping on the beach includes full sunscreen toe to wrist clothes and my wide brim hat, no sunburn for this girlie!] That day, I seemed to have lost our hotel key, which I am certain was due to the fatigue, not any personal traits. (Don't worry, Julie found it by the end of the day!) [Insert Julie's comment: I was trying to figure out how to explain to the guesthouse owner, in Thai, that my husband lost the key. . . I should have asked our Thai language teacher that phrase in advance knowing my love's history with keys.]

Julie and I are now back in Ko Samui. I asked her if she wanted to stay in the beautiful 2 star hotel we stayed at with the guys :), but she chose option B, the nice, quiet honeymoon-like resort on the other side of the island. Our room has a DVD player, so yesterday Julie went and inquired as to the resort's video library. She came back and told me there were no movies that we would want to see...so, today when I was walking by another guest perusing the video library and saw some great action/adventure movies, I was curious what Julie meant when she said there were no movies WE would like. [Insert Julie's comment: I guess after several days of 'guys' I was ready for some romantic comedies and they didn't have any, oh well.]

We spoke to our families today, which was wonderful. It is always great to hear every one's voices and to find out what is happening back home.