We shall start today with a picture.

This is a picture of James at his graduation, holding his superduper I'm-an-awesome-student-AND-person scholarship, his Computer Geek award, and wearing a gold cord for First Honors, a white and blue cord for being a part of Student Council, and a red sash with a pin from the President. I forget what that last one signified, but I think it's safe to assume it meant something good. Evidently, James is a pretty smart kid. Keep this in mind for some of the stories that follow for today (or for the rest of this trip, as he's proven himself to have regressed in common sense in the past few days).

Oppa and Gianni arrived today and then we went swimming. Uncle Brian, Oppa, and I went downstairs first, and decided to wait for everyone in the lobby. A few minutes later, Umma, Halmony, and Gianni arrive. Without James. Uncle Brian asks where James is. Umma asks if we're kidding. We are not. We ask if they're kidding. They are not, either. Everyone awkwardly looks at each other for a few minutes, and for some reason, we're all smiling. No one is nearly as concerned as we should have been. Uncle Brian and Gianni go back upstairs to look for him and come downstairs empty-handed. We decide to proceed to the beach (because this is what any loving family logically would do) and look for him there; however, once we make it to the beach, we can't see James anywhere. We all begin to express mild concern, so Uncle Brian heads back upstairs to the room to see if he's there.

Apparently, little Jamesie decided right as everyone was walking outside that it was a good idea to go to the bathroom (#2, in case you wanted to know, which you probably didn't). By the time he came outside, we were all gone. Lol. Uncle Brian found James sitting on the couch watching tv wondering where everyone had gone. Huh? Is this kid for real?

Other things James did today that make us all question not only whether he's ready for high school, but ready for any situation that would put him in a real-life scenaro in which he'd have to make his own educated judgments:

-While we were eating this morning, everyone in the world warned him about the food being really hot. He acknowledges this, then places a spoon full of food in his mouth and proceeds to burn his tongue on the hot food. The real kicker is how surprised he looked that the food was hot and he actually got burned.

-He almost drowned in the ocean. He also spent like half an hour trying to catch a very small fish he saw because Uncle Brian promised him an Xbox game if he caught it with his hands and $250 cash if he could catch it with his mouth alive.

Can't wait to find out what James does tomorrow. Hopefully we will have some video to post on this blog by the end of the week.

Anyway, today was a pretty mellow day. Other than losing James for a good 30 minutes, we just ate a lot and swam and lounged at the pool and beach. Life is rad.


Everyone is pretty tired and Uncle Brian and Mia are the only one's still up. Uncle Brian is really happy because not only is life rad but he got drunk with oppa on Pina Coladas watching the Lakers win their 15th championship. Awesome!

Tomorrow should be a another day of chillaxing since we are heading to the new Royal resort in Playa Del Carmen to do some snorkeling, lounging, and swimming. Peace out til tomorrow! Signing out for the night!