It's somewhat of a sad week for me. My family is having our every-three-year reunion at the beach and for a number of reasons, I am not there. This gathering of 2 parents, 9 siblings, spouses, children, grandchildren and significant others has been going on for 40 years now.
Alas, the Delgados will not be in the group shot this time around.
I'm missing all the traditions: the crab feast, searching in the dark for "ghost crabs", midnight meat, kites, trips to Outer Banks Fudge.
Another tradition, for the sisters, is to bring "sisty-ugler" gifts. One must buy 5 of whatever, so we can all match during the week (and after). So, how happy I was to find this in my mailbox yesterday.
How clever. Sunglasses, crabs, fancy drink....looks like the beach to me. And orange to boot.
And to open it to find this.
I'm wearing it now. And it's "my" color.
But I still want to see who has what other color, as that is always part of the fun. Let me guess. Chris is turquoise blue, Mary is light blue, Katie is green and Lisa is pink. Hard to know, as Chris is also a "green" and Mary can be a bit pinky. And Katie..well, she's kind of rusty sometimes. But Lisa will always be pink. Or baby blue. I'll let you know if I guessed right.
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