It has arrived. The last full day of Girls' Weekend. We always hate to see this day come, but it always does. The only thing we have planned for today is to go and get matching Girls' Weekend tattoos. This was Kathi's idea and I enthusiastically agreed when she proposed it. She did some research a couple of days ago and made the appointment for us. Noon today. As usual we slowly got our day going by hanging out on our computers some and getting some things done. Kathi made us breakfast. She ate the leftover tuna noodle casserole that I had made the first night we were here and she made me a mini omelet that she filled with some cheese, broccoli and a little bit of salami. We actually did pretty good this year in regards to food. We tend to buy WAY more food that we can eat, but we got it about right this time. I showered while Kathi made breakfast and we sat down on our couches to eat and chat when I happened to glance at the time. 11:27!!! Yikes! Our tattoo appointment is for noon and Kathi hasn't showered yet!! I have to say that I don't think I have ever seen her move so fast!! We actually made it pretty much right on time to the Ugly Duckling Tattoo company. Kathi had come up with a cool design and a-tattooing we did go!!
When we realized that we needed cash, it turned out that Kathi didn't have enough and I had barely enough. While Kathi was getting tattooed, I walked about a 1/2 mile to a nearby CVS to use their cash machine. After Kathi was done, it was my turn. It has been a couple of years since I got the only other tattoo that I have and I have to say I forgot how much it hurts!! Mission accomplished we tried to figure out what we wanted to do for the remainder of the day. Once we did a little internet searching we found out that the Fantastic Umbrella Factory (which is NOT an umbrella factory at all) was listed as being open until 6 and we decided to go even though it was 3 pm and a 45 minute drive. It was the one "place one should see while in Rhode Island" left on the lists I had found on where one should go while in Rhode Island.While on the way, Kathi decided to share one of her articles with me for one of her communication classes to educate me a bit. The article however was 10 years old and the topic, in my mind, was nearly obsolete. It was a research article on how e-mail was utilized by college students for communication with friends, family and loved ones near and far. I feel that this is not much of a relevant topic in today's world because I am pretty sure that the only thing that my kids use e-mail for is either work or school related, NOT as a means of communicating with friends and loved ones. Oh my goodness, how far we have come in terms of communication in the past 10 years!!
Once we reached the Fantastic Umbrella Factory, we were disappointed to find out that only 2 of the 6 shops were open, all the rest were closed for the season and that closing time was 5 not 6. However Kathi and I being who we are, we made the best of the time we had and wondered around this charming, quirky place. This place is basically a farm on which they have added buildings for shops and where they hold events. There are lovely gardens and even a stand of bamboo. There a chickens and peahens that roam around freely on the grounds and a few emus and goats that are penned in. I learned that emus make a very strange hollow, drum-like noise along with looking, to my mind, quite prehistoric. There is something dinosaur-like about their head and face. We decided that we were hungry and Kathi asked one of the nice ladies working in one of the open shops for a recommendation. She said that a place not too far down the road in the direction in which we would be headed is spoken off highly by all the locals. Called Matunuck Oyster Bar. I, of course, was a bit suspicious because I don't care for seafood, but we checked out the menu on-line and it appeared that there were items that I could be happy with, so off we went.
This turned out to be a great tip and, fortunately, we arrived before the crowds. Kathi got some oysters on the half shell for an appetizer while I ordered the salad with beets and goat cheese for mine. We were both very happy with these choices. For dinner Kathi ordered the fish and chips (but substituted a salad for the chips), and I ordered the penne pesto with chicken. We were both, once again, happy with our choices. While eating we watch a beautiful sunset over a little inlet that the restaurant overlooked. A fitting last meal for this trip.
Once we made our way back to the apartment, after stopping for some aquaphor for our tattoos, we settled in for the evening. Kathi with homework, me with the blog, then eventually we watched the last episode of season one of Goliath since Kathi fell asleep for the ending the night before.Tomorrow we pack up and head to the airport. Time to get back to our normal lives after sharing yet another wonderful time together. We are blessed.
Oh, and next year??? South Dakota, here we come!
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