Getting Back to Island Life

I had a very restless night due to a nagging headache. I think it is probably due to reading most of the day yesterday. I finally bit the bullet and got up at 6:30am (I know..too early for Grenada), and took some Excedrin. For those of you that don't know, medicine has the tendency to wire me completely. Almost all of it does..even sleeping pills, which I found out the hard way on an extremely long flight to the UK. So after I popped 2 Excedrin, I had to eat something..which I also found out the hard way that if I don't eat after taking medicine, then I puke. So by 6:35am, I had already taken medicine, ate some pop-tarts, and drank some juice. I tried to go back to bed, but knew that I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep. So I just layed there thinking of the things that I needed to get accomplished today. I finally got up when Cody's alarm went off and decided to take Macy for an early morning walk, which she's been getting almost every day (walks..not early morning walks). Then I had to run some errands, so I've actually had a pretty busy day. Now my headache is trying to come back, so I guess I better go take some more medicine, so that it has time to wear off before bedtime, so that I can actually sleep tonight.

On a side note, we had a pretty busy weekend. Friday night we went out to eat with some friends at the famous Charcoals (aka..one of our favorite places to eat), which takes us about a minute to get to from our new place..it's great! Saturday was the SO Opening Social, so we went to that, and then Cody and me went to see Avatar. Then Sunday we decided to go to La Sagesse beach. It's about a 30 minute drive, but well worth it. We ate lunch there at the restaurant and hung out at the beach. We both got lots of rays..maybe a little too much, but we're finally starting to look like we belong on this island again after turning pale over the break. The good news is there were no sand fleas! Our friends warned us that we would get eaten alive at La Sagesse, but we never had a minutes trouble out of them.


La Sagesse Beach


Our beach chairs


At lunch


Cody at lunch

Our First Weekend Back in Grenada

We had a busy first weekend back on the island. Saturday we went with some of Cody's classmates on a Shadowfax cruise. It was pretty fun. They took us snorkeling, which usually I refuse to do because I don't want to be floating at the top of the water and become shark bait, but it was better than I thought it would be. We got to see these underwater sculptures that had been sunk to the bottom of the ocean. Cody and I would like to come back to that spot and go scuba diving, so that we can actually see them a little better. Then they took us to this little island hut in the middle of nowhere and cooked for us..which was delicious. It really was a neat experience, and I finally got to put on my bathing suit for the first time since getting back.


The view of the campus from the boat..just breathtaking!


Cody and me on the boat after snorkeling

Sunday was also an important day, because it was Macy's 5th birthday! I can't believe she is 5 years old. If she were human, she would be off to her first day of kindergarten..thank God she's not, because I wouldn't want her to leave me. We took her on a long birthday walk so she could explore our new neighborhood. She came back totally exhausted..Then we all took a much needed nap. We ordered pizza for supper, and then had a birthday party for Macy with cake and candles! We had a great weekend and are enjoying our breezy new place!


The birthday girl with her cake!


Cody helping Macy blow out her candles

Bye Bye Sweaters...Hello Bikinis!!!

We finally made it back to the island late Wednesday night. Everything went okay except for the airline losing one of our bags (what's new?)..luckily we got it the next day. We had a great time visiting with all of our family and friends over the break, but I have to say that I am so happy to be away from the cold weather. It was nice to put on my tank top and shorts for the first time in a month. I haven't been able to make it to the beach yet, but I'm sure it won't be much longer until I am in a bikini. Cody probably isn't as thrilled as I am to be back in tropical temperatures, but I think he'll manage. We are all settled into our new place. Besides it being disguistingly dirty when we got here, it's seems to be pretty homey. We finally unpacked and organized everything, and I have spent lots of hours today cleaning dirt and dust from every nook and cranny in this place. I think that we are really going to like it in this apartment. The breeze is absolutely amazing! I actually had chill bumps last night, so I curled up in my blanket for the first time ever since I've been in Grenada! It is such a huge difference from our last place. The island also seems to be much breezier than last term, so that helps a lot. I have to say that our two driveways are quite an experience to go up and down. The house sits on a mountain top way up high. There are two different roads and entrances to it. Both entrances are extremely steep, so I have to admit that I was a little nervous the first time that we went up them. Luckily the whole yard is fenced in, and both of the entrances have automatic gates on them which make it extremely safe. I think that the next four months here should be pretty enjoyable!

Last week in LA

I know that I haven't posted a blog in quite a while, but I've been trying to savor every moment of being home. We had a great Christmas and new year. We are down to our last week here (we fly out on the 13th), and I'm already starting to get homesick. I am looking forward to returning to Grenada to our new apartment where we can be a little family again. Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy visiting with everyone, but it will be nice to have our own place again with no going back and forth to each of our parents' houses (no offense to our parents). I have already taken Macy to get her paperwork for the flight back, so she is all set to go. This last week here will be spent trying to fit everything in that we want to do before we are gone for 4 more months. I do miss my Grenada girls and am looking forward to seeing everyone soon!