Venturing out
September 19
Today we went to Patrick Space Force Base to check out the BX and the commissary. I was excited about this trip because we would be driving by Cocoa beach. As a fan of I Dream of Jeannie I wanted to find something that depicted part of the show. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot of references to the show. I read there was a yogurt shop called I Dream of Yogurt that featured pictures from the show and photo ops. To my disappointment it was permanently closed- whhhhyyy?? I found there is a historical sign that is I Dream of Jeannie related and Barbra Eden dedicated it in 1969, as well as a street named after the show. We will see both of those another time.
The BX was an interesting experience. It was pretty big and peaceful as we browsed the store. Micheal asked me if there was any perfume I liked. I began trying out many of the tester bottles. There was a bottle with a tall cap and diamond on top. I forgot that perfume bottles tend to have caps that do not screw on. I picked it up from the cap and the bottle fell out from it. I jumped back and waited to hear the glass shatter. To my surprise, the bottle bounced and threw its sprayer cap off, which also bounce off the floor and then hit Michael in the eye as well as some perfume. It was so crazy to witness that scene. What kind of glass bottle can bounce?? Michael immediately went to the front to ask for an eyewash station. The employee gave him a big bottle of eyewash solution. When that didn’t help, the manager called the base medics to check him out. Even more crazy, the medics, the firemen and the security force came! The medic told Mike his eye was just irritated. I’m still praying that his eye will be normal tomorrow. I feel so bad I caused his eye to have issues. Because of that whole event, Mike bought the perfume! Now I have an expensive perfume to wear- aw, that’s love! Lol!
Later in the evening we went to the pool. Priya finally felt comfortable enough in her floaty vest to bob in front of us without us holding on to her for a minute. She was so excited to be independent so we played a game with her where we let her “swim” from one of us to the other person. We would stand maybe two and a half feet to three feet apart and let her try to paddle. Priya had such blast with her new found experience.
Julian and Brennan had a new experience as well! They tried out the hot tub with Mike!
