The boys made themselves at home. James called the condo our hotel. Both boys couldn't wait to go outside and check everything out. Kendra took them out on the patio for a bit, but since it rained they of course got all wet!
Kendra decided to go for a run, so mom, dad and I took the boys on a walk along the beach. Even though I knew it wouldn't be warm enough to swim, I had hoped they could at least dip their toes in the ocean. But, the water was contaminated, and it wasn't permitted. They had fun looking for seashells, and Daniel kept getting himself in trouble by kicking and throwing sand!
We decided to walk down to the pier. Mom kept getting texts from Erica and couldn't read them in the sun, so walked to a shady area near a cement wall. Well, the wall bowed out and she didn't notice, and ended up smacking her head. No luck at all.
The pier was beautiful. James thought it was fun to throw his shells all back into the ocean (and then was upset later when he didn't have shells). Kendra ended up spotting us and joined us for the walk back.
Once back, mom needed to go drop of Kendra's and my dresses at the dry cleaners down the road to get them steamed. She had already talked with someone the week before. She worked at their other location, but was going to come pick up the dresses, steam them and bring them back to the location closest to us. Mom asked me to come along. We walked in, and the girl tells us the lady mom talked to wasn't there. The other store flooded from the rain and she couldn't come. But, she said we could take them to her in Coronado. This did not sit well with mom. She calls the other store. The lady who answered had a thick accent and is telling mom, "No she isn't here. I take your name?" Mom is freaking out. She goes back into the location we were at, and the lady calls the other location and explains what's going on. Next thing you know, a simple task has turned into mom having to drive to another city. She was NOT happy. I volunteered to stay with dad and the boys at the condo. And by volunteered I mean, I texted Kendra and told her, "YOU'RE going to Coronado with mom. I can't handle it!"
Thankfully, in the end the whole fiasco was solved. They came back with steamed dresses. Dad, the boys and I just chilled. Then when they got back we walked back down to the ice cream shop for a treat and then got to hang out on the beach again.
Then back to the condo for baths as we waited for Erica and her friend Gabby to arrive. The original plan was early afternoon. That changed to about 4:00. We planned where we would eat supper, and then just had some down time. I got to watch the sunset, which was gorgeous, and I knew it would be the only night we'd probably be there to see it.
As it turned out, Erica and Gabby were stuck in awful traffic. We kept getting updates and it kept getting later and later. We finally decided we would walk to supper and they could meet us there. We picked some local place. It was...interesting. Mostly good. Kinda odd. Erica and Gabby finally arrived hours later than planned, but it all worked out.
We hung out. I tucked Daniel in, and James ended up passing out.
He slept with me in my bed and we shared the room with Kendra. Got him all tucked in.
Eventually, mom made us go to bed because the next day was wedding day!
You'd think that would be where this night ends (and technically it WAS after midnight), but oh no.
12:30am I am jarred awake by this 2 toned alarm. This high pitch and lower pitch going off and I am in the dark wandering around the room trying to figure out what's happening.
I open our bedroom door and it's ear splitting loud. At this point dad is up and mom is up. We're trying to figure out what is happening. I think we all thought it was a security alarm. One of them finally realizes it's the fire alarm and it's going off in the entire complex.
I'm calm at this point. Just confused. Daniel is next to me. James is somehow still asleep. As I'm going to check on him I hear a voice, which sounded like dad yell, "Fire! Everyone OUT!" Well, my dad is chill, so when I heard that my heart rate picked up. "Holy crap...is this place on fire!?" I go and whip James out of bed. Kendra is yelling that she's going pee first. I slide my shoes on and head out the door only to realize I can't see. I yell for Kendra to grab my glasses. I get outside with James, mom, dad and Kendra. Gabby and Erica already had gone out. I start yelling, "Where's Daniel? Where are the boys? BOYSSS!!!" It's then that I realize James is literally in my arms. I'm still yelling, as mom tells me, "There's no time!" (UM...no time to save my kid!?). In reality she knew Gabby and Erica had him, but that isn't what came out. She did finally come to her senses and tell me and then Erica texted me saying she had him.
We get down the stairs and through the parking garage. The alarms are still blaring, and echoing in the garage. Kendra also takes this moment to tell me that I stole her shoes. I looked down and sure enough, those were not my shoes on my feet.
We finally get outside...but no one remembered the code to get back in or had the key for the gate...so dad is standing there holding it until we could find something big enough to prop it. Erica, Gabby and Daniel ended up on the other side of the building where more people had come out. A lot of the condos weren't occupied and so we're the only weirdos standing on our side of the building.
We kept debating what to do. Will the alarms alert the fire department? Why is no one coming? IS there a fire? We see a police car cruise by and Kendra sprints after him to no avail. It was hilarious watching her try to chase him down though. James was shaking because it was cold. All I wanted was for the alarms to shut up! I was about a minute away from calling 911, when the firefighters showed up to clear the alarm!
No fire.And as I later found out, it was my mom who yelled, "Fire! Everyone out!" We all know mom gets extra hyper, so I'd probably have been slightly calmer. She goes, "I SMELLED FIRE!" to which dad replied, "Clearly, you did not!"
I thought it would take awhile for us to settle back down. James was asleep the instant I laid him back down. Kendra and I chatted for a few minutes. I was like , "Thank God there wasn't a fire. We'd have lost the dresses and mom would've been REALLY mad! Or what if the sprinklers had gone off!?"
I was so scared it would go off again, but thankfully it never did. What a fiasco.
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