js had a conference in the outer banks of nc over the weekend. we all drove down friday and drove home yesterday. while at the conference, js was able to make some good connections. pbs and i hung out in the room and on the beach.
when we arrived at the resort on friday, we knew we would be switching rooms on saturday because of the way it had been set up by one of the assistants in js' office. we checked in, took our stuff to the room, took a quick walk on the beach and then got ready for the first dinner of the conference. dinner was on the sound side of the island, so we saw some of the sunset, something we hadn't really seen in about a year.
after dinner, we came back to a hot and sticky 80 degrees in the room. js let the concierge know and they sent maintenance up to try to fix it. maintenance came to the room twice. they weren't able to fix it. they moved us to the room we were going to be in for saturday night. it was a huge suite with a loft. amazing!
saturday morning js had his conference meeting. pbs and i were in the loft area of the room. pbs was being his normal, all boy self when he tripped and caught his cheek and eye on the padded bench at the foot of the bed. his cheek is scraped and his eye is a little red and puffy. i was trying to get us both ready and stop him from making a phone call to japan on the room phone, when he decided he was going to try going down the stairs. he can go up stairs no problems. down is another story. as he started to take the first step down, i was racing over to catch him but was not fast enough. i watched him tumble and slide down the 20 hard-wood steps. i was screaming and he was screaming but nobody knocked on the door to see if there was anything wrong. i had to calm myself down, check him out and calm him down. amazingly, the only scratch was the one he had gotten earlier that morning. there were no other scrapes, scratches, bruises, broken bones or blood of any sort.
the room had a balcony looking out over the parking lot to the sound. i took pbs out there and that helped to calm us both down. it was the only thing i could think of. living on the fourth floor in our apartment building we have a balcony and i have taken pbs out on it to calm him down many times. pbs loves to watch the cars and traffic go by. i guess he is a boy.
after all of that excitement, i decided we would go down to the beach for some fun in the sun. pbs and i walked on the beach. he played and explored the sand. loving every minute of it. we had to leave the beach to meet js for lunch with the rest of the group and pbs had a diaper that needed changing.
when we got back to the room i texted js to let him know what had happened. i didn't text him right away because i was too hysterical and nothing good ever comes from that. i let him know we were both okay and getting ready for lunch. js came back to the room and helped me finish up the last minute things that i needed to get done.
after lunch we all went and played on the beach. pbs has been in both oceans, pacific and atlantic, and he's not even a year and a half old! he loves the sand but hated water.
sunday we packed up and headed home. we stopped at kitty hawk and visited the wright brothers for a little bit. we stopped at cape hatteras light house and saw the beautiful vast views. we drove home and collapsed from being so tired. fun was had by all. i can do without the excitement of potential danger and injury.
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