Comments on 'Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]'I roll out of the hammock onto warm sand. Eyes blinking in the tropical sun, I stroll into the breeze. With a smile I rap a knuckle on the 'No Shirt, No Shoes...So?' sign nailed to a palm tree.
"You're up? Before noon?" she says sweetly. Her sun-kissed face turned up to be me-kissed. I oblige and plop down next to her on the sand.
"The kids?" I ask, more taking in the view than really worrying. Really, how far can they go? We live on a friggin island.
She shrugs, a graceful movement of supple shoulders, "Dunno. They'll holler if there's a problem." I smile.
"Any sign of rescue today?"
"Nope."
"Good." We exchange grins. She winks. The sea laps at the beach. The wind urges the clouds onward. The jungle breathes behind us.
Her eyes flash with mischief, "Race you to the hut?"
"You're on," I say, and we scramble to our humble abode. If there were any worries to forget, we'd forget them. But there are none. Just life. Just love. Just us.2008-05-18T12:45:15Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/30265Comment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Man, if only we could all do this. Of course, I would exchange the hot wife for hot husband, but you know… great entry!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=630892008-05-18T12:45:15Zflute faeriehttp://ficlets.com/authors/user_6061Comment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Quite the <em>awesome</em> entry! WTG !</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=619372008-05-13T00:22:19ZYodaOnCrackhttp://ficlets.com/authors/yodaoncrackComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>I wanted to live on Gilligan’s Island,this takes me there in a way.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=619282008-05-12T23:56:16ZSKermitgorfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/kermitgorfComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Hmm… This is an excellent entry. Not what I expected to see in this category. Sounds like a more perfect scenario, peaceful, serene.. I can <em>almost</em> feel the tension melt away.. :D</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618742008-05-12T21:44:19ZJenuniquehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jenuniqueComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Man now you got me dreaming. Who needs college and a career when you got a desert island?!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618712008-05-12T21:34:05ZSaint Chuckhttp://ficlets.com/authors/chuck_theloveComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>People should aspire to be this when they grow up well into their fifties, at least. BARomero – run me a tab at your place and I’ll do the same for you at my St Barts beach bar.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618652008-05-12T21:01:46ZEckhousehttp://ficlets.com/authors/eckhouseComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Pfft…people managed to live for thousands of years in remote Oceania without any of the conveniences of today. I’m sure they could survive juuust fine.</p>
<p>Sounds like a worthy daydream. : )</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618502008-05-12T20:20:24ZBatak Beatrixhttp://ficlets.com/authors/batakbeatrixComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Um, hello. We’d eat coconuts. Coconuts, bananas, and lots of fish. I had it all worked out, maybe even a little sugar cane crop or some yams maybe.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618452008-05-12T19:56:43ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477Comment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Reminds me of my desire to leave the hustle of corporate Corporate America and open a hardware store in Smalltown, USA .</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618432008-05-12T19:53:16ZBrowncoatbenhttp://ficlets.com/authors/browncoatbenComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Sounds lovely, not practical (what would you eat?), but lovely!</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618232008-05-12T18:57:39ZMistress Elsha Hawkhttp://ficlets.com/authors/mistress_elsha_hawkComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Man, never mind the whole writing nonsense. <em>This</em> is the ticket! Great entry.<br />LoA</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=618042008-05-12T18:42:01ZAna Cristinahttp://ficlets.com/authors/asimon78Comment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>I actually had a similar retirement dream, to open up a little sand bar on Orient Beach (a nude beach) in Sint Maarten/St. Martin (the French side). You open up every day, not caring if you make a profit or not, and watch the lovelies go by all day long…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=617902008-05-12T16:14:26ZBARomerohttp://ficlets.com/authors/baromeroComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p><em>Her sun-kissed face turned up to be me-kissed.</em> That was a great line, especially the “me-kissed” portion. I think we all could use more simplicity.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=617732008-05-12T15:38:31Zthebetweenspacehttp://ficlets.com/authors/thebetweenspaceComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>I get. Simplicity can be a great dream.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=617712008-05-12T15:26:33ZTrannhttp://ficlets.com/authors/trannComment on Island Life [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Kind of a vague entry, I know. But I went through a phase (rather long one) where I thought it’d be all I needed to just live on some isolated island with a hot wife (why would I daydream about an ugly wife, really) and a couple of kids. I never said it was practical, but it was a dream.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30265?basename=617612008-05-12T14:54:15ZTHX 0477http://ficlets.com/authors/thx_0477