My weekend was great. Friends and I rented an airbnb because it was cheaper than a hotel room. Holland MI jacked up all the prices on rooms because of Tulip fest and let me tell you it was the most ANTICLIMATIC fest I ever been to. Basically you paid $12 to see a field of tulips. 2 shops were open, one being a souvenir store. And it wasn’t all in one location, so there may have been sights to see in another part of the town, but the places were all jam packed with people so we couldn’t find the downtown area. And this was a quiet week apparently because the parade happens next week. All in all, never need to go to that one again (Pella, Iowa has a better tulip fest Midwesterners!). But we did do the beach and wineries and just enjoyed the house. We agreed sharing a house with a common area was way better than a hotel, so we booked another beach town in September with the same idea. Now, both my friends are older than me and going through menopause and like the house chillier than I do - and I get the whole body temp thing going on with that - but people not going through menopause shouldn’t have to suffer either. I seriously feel bad for any spouse who lives with someone for YEARS and then menopause happens and their body temperature completely changes. Temperatures in my household broke us. Lol. My ex would have loved me to be menopausal because he preferred cold. I don’t even like being hot. Just comfortable. So the only thing that I could see being a problem is the temperatures. And me and this friend have two hotels to share between now and September (and no, I don’t even like the a/c blasting in the summer!)
edit words, because Monday - also I’m not sure if I shared before, but here’s my red/black tulips I planted from attending Pella’s fest last year. My reds are already dead and gone and my black ones are following, just a few days left. Lots of dying Tulips in Holland too, and we went on the first day! This happened in Pella too, they bloomed too soon into the season.