history: We recently went on vacation to the beach and there were several days of rain. This sucked, since we hadn't been to the beach in a very long time and really looking forward to being at the beach. A few weeks ago_comma_ we finally got a chance to get back to the beach for our vacation. But_comma_ it rained several days_comma_ so we didn't get to spend as much time at the beach as we wanted_comma_ which sucked. We were really looking forward to it.
current: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Do you not live close to a beach?
next: Oh, no, it was about a 7 hour drive! My daughter was quite young when we went and didn't remember the first trip and she's a teenager now. So, a long time since we first went.