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This year I have to go down my beach house from August 7th to August 21st. But, I don't wanna go!!! ::grabs onto someone's legs:: I really dislike going down there. There's so many things I could tell you that I don't like the beach it would keep you reading for hours. I know you must think I'm insane because you'd think, "Who'd be miserable at the beach?" That's just the way I am. I'm a very social person. If I'm not out with my friends than I'm on the phone, my cell phone or online talking to them. I even talk on my phone when I'm in the shower. So, I have to be cut off from everyone for two weeks is going to be the end of the world. If you see a reign of fire, do not fear; it's just me.

There's going to be so many people going in and out of the house I feel like I'm going to be a circus side show act. I hate doing that whole, "Oh! Hi! How are you?! Let's talk for hours about your dull life!" thing with people. I think the house is to small for so many people anyway. It's a beach front condo, but it's still kinda small. The first floor is the garage/drive way. So you park under the house. Then there are stairs on both sides of the house leading up to the second story, which is the actual house. It has a kitchen, one bathroom, 3 bedrooms, a living room and a dining room. I'm going to have Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick, Danny, Jan ::cringes::, John, Aunt Cathy, Uncle Frank, Nick, Stephanie, Megan and I. The last three people who are coming I'm happy with because they're my boyfriend, best friend and favorite cousin.

I kinda wanted the four of us to be alone. Well, not alone alone, but to have as much freedom and space around the house as possible. With 3 bedrooms and 12 people cramming in and out of the place will not work to well. And, everyone over the age of 30 goes to bed at 10:30. Does anyone actually think teenangers [Danny (16), Megan (16), Stephanie (15), Nick (16), and I (16)] will be going to sleep at 10:30 while at the beach on summer vacation? It's not gunna work like that...at all.

I'm just really unhappy with the way things are going and I need things to do. That's where you people come in. Aside from the following, what is something I can do with people and while I'm alone?

With People
-Sit on the beach
-Go swimming in the ocean
-Hang around in the house
-Go to the osprey (which we'll be attending illegally since we're not 21 and older, but my friends gma owns the place)
-Go to SeaSide (which we'll need an adult with us because the place is known for drugs and gang violence)
-Go fishing/crabbing
-Go on the board walk and spend all our money
-Make the Manasquan Beach Project (movie we're gunna make to make fun of the Blair Witch Project)

Alone

-Sit on the beach (I'll burn to a crisp within 2 hours...)
-Go swimming (I'm afraid of the ocean...and sharks...)
-Hang around in the house (which I'll probably do after my friends leave)

So, aside from what I have listed above, what is something I can do at the beach to keep me occupied? Also, what is some way I can manage things around the beach house to make it a bit more enjoyable for me and not ruin everyone elses vacation?
 
This is the schedule:

Saturday, August 7th - Mom, Dad, John and I
Sunday, August 8th - Mom, Dad, John and I
Monday, August 9th - Mom, Dad, John, Jan and I
Tuesday, August 10th - Mom, Dad, John, Jan and I
Wednesday, August 11th - Mom, Dad, John, Jan (who's leaving) and I
Wednesday, August 11th (2) - Mom, Dad, John, Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick, Danny and I
Wednesday, August 11th (3) - Mom, Dad, John, Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick, Danny, Nick, Stephanie, Megan and I
Thursday, August 12th - Mom, Dad, John, Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick, Danny, Nick, Stephanie, Megan and I
Friday, August 13th - Mom, Dad, John, Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick , Danny, Nick, Stephanie, Megan and I
Friday, August 13th (2)- Mom, Dad, John, Nick, Stephanie, Megan, Uncle Frank, Aunt Cathy and I
Saturday, August 14th - Mom, Dad, John, Nick, Stephanie, MeganUncle Frank, Aunt Cathy and I

So, mostly:

Jan - August 9th to August 11th
Aunt Patty/Uncle Rick/Danny - August 11th to August 13th
Nick/Stephanie/Megan - August 11th to August 14th
Uncle Frank/Aunt Cathy - August 13th to August 15th

So, the house is going to have more people in it when my friends are down. Aunt Patty, Uncle Rick and Danny come down the same day my friends do. I think that's really unfair for them to change their days less than a week before we leave, and now it's going to be more crowded in the house. Then in between my friends staying again, Uncle Frank and Aunt Cathy are going to come down. I don't want them there because they get drunk and hit and/or will embarass me.


so, my boyfriend, best friend and cousin will be down for only 4 days outta the 14.
 
Ahhh so I see your a Jersey girl too huh? I never go to the Jersey shore...I get bored too quickly so I can relate. I'm fair skinned so I don't like to be in the sun too much, and I don't swim in water where I can't see my feet...freaks me out. Plus I hate waves of any kind...thats why I like to go to the Caribbean..I can deal with the sun when theres beautiful calm water...
 
Your not the only one who hates the beach...I CANNOT stand it. My friends think I'm insane. But all that sand...and that water. Swimming...hate it. And did I mention the sand? It's too sandy for my tastes.
 
My Hero! I'm so jealous of you...unlike you I absolutely love the beach! Think happy thoughts, dear, I'm sure you are gonna have at least a bit of fun. Your family might be in your face at times but you will have time for self reflection, self bonding AND THEN Nick, Megan and Steph are gonna come down and you guys will have so much fun! I know you guys know how to make fun in any situation.

You can always pull the "I'm a teenager, don't look at me, don't talk to me, leave me alone" rountine! 😀

Will your family make you guys have a bedtime? If not, then you don't have anything to worry about...sometimes laughing hysterically into your pillow lest you wake up the whole house can be super duper fun! If they do make you go to bed, bring flashlights and MAD LIBS!
 
BillieHunter: I hate when you get outta the water and you walk in the sand and it sticks to your feet. Ew.

Chasity: Nah. We don't have a bed time, but we have to be quiet. I think we'll just leave the house and roam around. But, what if it rains and we have to stay inside? You know about Nick's operation so he can't get wet. We have to consider him. We'd go outside in the rain, but we couldn't leave him.
 
I don't like the beach either, I mean its okay for ten minutes to go in the water but then its a case of "sooooo....", just get bored and burnt and bitter and *****y and bitten (not the first time I've said that, hence the alliteration). I can't see the point of just sitting there, maybe its because I dont tan, I just burn.

Was talking to my friend's parents and the one said "I've got 10 books ready for holiday" and I asked why and she said they spend all day on the beach.

I'll spend more time when I go to uni as its a beach city and I'll do watersports but as far as sitting there doing nothing, I'd rather not.

Um not really what you asked for but any excuse to rant.
 
AshSan said:
I don't like the beach either, I mean its okay for ten minutes to go in the water but then its a case of "sooooo....", just get bored and burnt and bitter and *****y and bitten (not the first time I've said that, hence the alliteration). I can't see the point of just sitting there, maybe its because I dont tan, I just burn.

My parents, aunts, uncles and brother sit on the beach from 10am until 5pm everyday. isn't that crazy? id get bored so quickly, which i do lol.
 
Hero:

I'd take a spiral notebook and a #2 pencil and do some writing in a nice secluded shady spot when I was alone. I know you do most of your writing on the computer, but maybe use this alone time to polish your ability as a storyteller. You do it well now, but use the time to get some of your proto-ideas on paper...primitive, but it will pass any alone-time.
 
I hate writing though. That's why I type because I can type soooo much faster (106 words per minute) than I can write. Last time I wrote something down there...it didn't work well...I'll email you what happened lol.
 
Holy crap...I type like 6 words a mintue...lol...My parents are trying to drag me down to the beach sometime soon too...erg....not liking that idea...
 
For how long? After the week that I posted before, I'm gunna be down for another week all by myself. ::starts singing:: all by myself...
 
with people theres always those game things. they always look like such fun.
maybe listen to music and jot ideas, really rough sketches, for when you get to the comp...or...daydream a lot...
take up yoga? read books?
uh...try to get over the...shark fear? uh...hm...
dude, you're like the superman of typing. 106. i'm lucky if i can get out like...10 on a good day.
least you have friends for part of the time. bf? lucky you. s'cool.
hm...could...spend some of the alone time planning things to surprise the friends with?....
take up cooking.
go walking on the beach. do the zen meditation thing...the relaxation thing. connect to the inner you.

i'm not very helpful am i? sorry. i tried. i'm not too fond of the beach thing either...well..beach is fine. me in a bathing suit?
no.
dun..mind some other ppl in suits, but not me. then again i dun even wear shorts so...

all along like no one else at all?...eh...sounds like itll either be great, or not so fun. but...a house all to the lonesome...always some perk to that. drink out of the oj carton. no one can yell at ya. :evilgrin0 thats always a plus.
 
I have 12,000 free roll over minutes on my cell phone and a two fresh CD's I just burnt. That should keep me occupied for at least a day.
 
Hero said:
For how long? After the week that I posted before, I'm gunna be down for another week all by myself. ::starts singing:: all by myself...

Not sure if they just want to go for the day...or rent some place and stay for awhile....
 
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