Upon arriving in Denver, I quickly found myself with symptoms of a cold. I’ve been getting a lot of colds lately, I’m not sure what’s up with that, because a rarely get a cold. Maybe it has to do with public transportation. I do my best to wash my hands at every opportunity, but that doesn’t seem to be enough, or maybe it has to do with being in crowded classrooms full of people not covering their sneezes or coughs. Nonetheless, I didn’t let yet another cold get me down, until I listened to my voicemail from my folks.
It was my birthday and every year I come into Denver to celebrate it with family. This year will be different though, my family (mom, dad, sister and brother) are all out of town! Not on purpose, but because they had an opportunity to go to the Bahamas for the weekend. I don’t blame them, I mean, tanning on a beach in the middle of a Denver winter is a dream come true. Their trip was very last minute, so last minute, that I only found out about it via voicemail on my phone once I landed. Mom explained how they won’t be able to pick me up at the airport and that how they felt so bad about that and missing my birthday and how I couldn’t join them, they made reservations for me at a very nice local hotel so I could at least feel like I’m on vacation!
I missed going to the Bahamas by a few hours! I hailed a taxi and told him to take me to the hotel. I think I was in shock, because when the taxi driver arrived to the hotel, I just got out and headed to the check-in desk without paying him and without my luggage. He actually had to chase after me with my luggage and tell me to pay up! Which I promptly did. I think I was thinking that this was all a ruse by my family and that they really weren’t heading off to the Bahamas, but instead waiting in my hotel room to surprise me, but when I got to my room, there was no one there. No note, no messages, nothing.
My cold turned for the worse, so I just stayed in for the night, on my birthday, family gone and no one to comfort me. While in bed I decided to make the best of a weird vacation and see what the hotel had to offer. They had a fitness center, billiards and an indoor pool. Too bad my cold will keep me from enjoying any of these amenities. Oh well, so much for making the best of things. I just hope when my family gets back from the Bahamas that they bring me something other than a souvenir.
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