Memory Day: Snapshots

This picture was taken five years ago today, on October 8, 2009. We are on the porch of our giant room at an all-inclusive resort on the south shore of Kauai. It was only the day before that Rebecca had gotten me to the island doctor who intensified my prognosis from sore throat to strep throat, so I spent most of this day drugged with alternating doses of antibiotics and pain pills -- unable to taste any food or sample any all-inclusive beverages.

To while away the day, we reserved a private cabana on the beach and spent nearly the entire day in the shade. For lunch, Rebecca had a funny drink at the pool bar and some fish tacos, while I had some more drugs.

We did a couples massage in the afternoon which was pleasant, if a little weird. They set up a giant white Ebola tent right on the sidewalk to the beach, so we were isolated from prying eyes but still heard ambient walking all around us. And that night, we returned to one of the onsite restaurants for the most delicious ahi nacho platter of all time, other than the fact that nachos interact with strep throat like Wolverine's claws on a wall made of garden slugs.