Miami Broke My Back...Miami-2, DeeRay-0

   You know that moment when you’re out with your friends having drinks, and everyone else is ready to turn down down but you wanna keep going? Yeah… well that was Michelle and I. The urge to keep going, with lots of bubbles and alcohol was the result of me being in a lot of pain by the end of Day 2.. Let me take this from the beginning. First, let me introduce all parties relevant to the story. That way, you can put a name with who was my partner and crime through the shenanigans. Lol This trip to Miami was in celebration of Cherrelle and Pedro, who 

are my long time college friends turned family. There were three other people on the trip with us; Dailyn, Chris and Michelle. Michelle was my partner in crime for all shenanigans participated in. So if u judge me, judge her too. Lol 

   Now I’m going to let you guys in on some very personal information before I get into the story. It’s relevant. You’ll understand later. I suffer from scoliosis. There is a 25 degree curve in my spine which makes the right side of my body sit slightly lower than the left starting at my hips. I had just found out early 2018, right before the trip. I went to the doctor for a check up and he told me my ribs were out of place. I soon learned they had been out of place all my life and trying to put them back in caused extreme pain. The curve in my spine prevents my right rib from staying where it should be. I suffered with back and rib pain for months. It wasn’t until right before I left to Miami I found a doctor to help me manage it. Ok… back to the story.

   So...Miami Day 2 April 27, 2018, we decided to get the day started earlier; which ultimately meant drinking early. Don’t judge us. We only had mimosa’s before noon. Cherrelle being the birthday girl decided she wanted to spend the day at south beach on the strip. Michelle and I took it upon ourselves to have as many cocktails as we could handle before we left the condo. Luckily she made a big breakfast for us before we got started so the drinks weren’t taking us over… yet. We got to south beach and headed straight to Wet Willies, a popular daiquiri spot, where we ordered a couple “call a cab”s which is supposed to be the strongest drink on the menu. When the drinks started to catch up to us, we headed to dinner, messed around on the strip, had a few more drinks, then we headed home. The plan was to nap it off for a little while so we could hit a nightclub to end Cherrelle’s birthday.  However, Michelle and I weren’t ready to stop the fun. 

   Once we arrived back to the condo, Michelle ran and grabbed all forms of liquid soap in the condo. There was a jacuzzi tub in the master bedroom where we were staying. She poured all the bubbles in and filled the tub up. Let me paint the picture for you guys. My friend is in the bathroom, bathing suit on, bubbles to her chin BLASTING 90s jams, singing to the top of her lungs...DRUNK.! So what did I do? Went and grabbed my bathing suit and took my drunk self in there with her. Smh. Now the jacuzzi fun didn’t last long because once the bubbles started running flat, so did our buzz. As we go to get out, in my mind I told myself “do not fall out this thing”. I then told Michelle “you better not fall”. I go to get out, and no faster than my feet touched the floor, I slid halfway across the bathroom. Next thing I knew, both of my feet were in the air and so was I. It felt like it happened in slow motion. I came down directly on my back. I tucked my head up so it wouldn’t hit the floor and my back was arch outward as I landed. The middle of my spine broke my fa

  The face I know you’re making reading that,  imagining the pain, yup...all of that. Believe it or not, at the moment I just got up and shook it off. I did get my behind right in the bed and take a nap though. Needless to say, I did not make it to the club that night. When I woke up from my nap, the pain was excruciating. To the point I couldn’t even sit up. I was in the room balling my eyes out. After everyone in the house threaten to take me to the emergency room, Michelle came and iced my back for me for an hour. She even stayed home with me while everyone else went out to the club so I wouldn’t have to be alone. The others tried to stay in too, but I told Cherrelle she was there to celebrate and she needed to do just that. So there you have it. Miami got me again. Feet up, back down.  Miami -2, DeeRay -0. Lol I did recover by the next day. I was able to bounce back and enjoy the rest of our trip. I just walked very slow in the bathrooms the rest of the time we were there. Lol