snippets from a vacation

the beach, watching the waves and the people i love 

enjoying the sun, what a great day....

and a giant sea gull swoops down from behind my head and steals half of my egg sandwich and proceeds to eat it in front of me despite all the sea shells, rocks, and sand i throw in it's direction.

all i'm left with is the contaminated remnants of my lunch and a deep hatred of sea gulls.

scuttle, i hope you choke.

walking back to the towels and hizazzle asks 'where these expensive?' referring to the sunglasses i had lent him that decided to give up the ghost, die, and fall off of his head.

yes, mysteriously self breaking.

shoulder deep in the ocean, jumping waves, salt in the hair, sun on the water, 

floating, jumping, and stinging??? 

yes, mystery bug sting in the middle of my back sending itches and twinges up and down my spine.
irrational thoughts of a loner tsetse fly making it's way from africa and laying it's eggs in my back fill my brain.
or i was stung by a bit of jelly fish.

maybe it wasn't my day at the beach.