Near Catastrophe

We have arrived.

But it wouldn't be spring break without some seriously unnecessary drama. How else would we kick start our lovely vacation?

Walking into the resort lobby, I gave the guy at the front desk my information and watched his face turn in dismay at my "under 21" ID. He quickly explained that he had to "cross some extra red tape" since I wasn't an adult but he'd see what he could do, and he disappeared into a back room. 27 minutes later, the guy returned with another man, who told me he couldn't check us in because no one in our party was over 21, despite the fact that my father had already made this reservation through the time share company and had paid for the condo for the week. Seriously?

15 more minutes passed, my dad spoke with the resort people, and they instructed us to go find someone over 21 to come and sign us in. Afraid of not having anywhere to sleep, we walked through the parking lot to Denny's in search of an adult who would be willing to lend us their signature. When we returned with a kind elderly couple in tow, our new resort 'friend' Rich informed us "I can't do that. I can't let them sign you all in." ...You have GOT to be kidding me. (Let me remind you that he was the guy that told us to do that in the first place!)

Another conversation with my father and some higher management, and Rich let us know that they'd let us stay the night, but we would have to have someone sign for us the next morning. Rich was sure to let us know that if we were unable to have an over 21 signature the next day, they would be happy to help us find another place to stay. Gee. Thanks.

Monday morning rolled around and my father called me to let me know that my mom would be driving down (4 hours here and 4 more going back) to hand over her signature. I love my mom. She is just so good and kind and thoughtful. 

Talk about drama. 

Thank the good Lord, though, we got it figured out and the drama has since passed. We are all happily  eating, chatting, laughing, watching TV, painting fingernails, cooking, shopping, and having fun. The rest of the week better watch out. We're going to have a ball.