Company first and then comes Chaos

Chris and Vanessa enjoying Cinnamon Bay

This is our bathroom now. That toilet is the one lonely facility left in there...

Hi again!

Well, I’m back on-line after having our first guests (Chris Nadeau and his lovely gal Vanessa) joined us this past week. We had a lot of fun and were excited to have some company. Our week was action packed: we went to Iggy’s one night and then hit Tortola for the weekend. I came back early to work, but the rest of the crew went to Jost van Dyke to check out the party scene. On Monday night we celebrated Chris (Nadeau’s) birthday at Havana Blue and then kept it simple Tuesday night with dinner in. They also got a chance to check out St. John and lot’s of shopping downtown, so we think it was all a success.

Chris and Vanessa left on Wednesday and on Thursday morning the workers came to start demolition on the bathroom. It has been quite the experience. The bathroom is stripped down entirely, though we are happy to still have a functioning toilet in the evenings. Yet, we can’t quite use it during the day since they are working quite intensely in there (which means watching the liquid intake!). We do not, however, have a shower anymore until I don’t know how long. Until then, we have to rely on the sink, and gym shower, and pool. Ug!

Much like any renovations, things seem to hit glitch after glitch today, but that’s the way it typically rolls. Other than the craziness, we hope to have a low key weekend at home and a quiet Valentine’s day; some wine and movies and maybe a little beach time.

We are also very excited to have our next round of visitors. My good friend Mike Metivier and his friend Greg are visiting and staying in the Bolongo Bay Resort, just a hop, skip and a jump away from here. We can walk to where they are staying. At first, I tried to convince Mike to take us up on our offer of staying at our place but now,thank goodness, they are not. They might find we use their hotel bathroom and shower, instead of the other way around (just kidding, Mike, I’m sure we’ll manage!). And, to make this visit even better, Mike’s parents, Paula and Joe, who are like parents/family to me, will be here on a stop on their cruise next Saturday, while Mike’s in town. We are very much looking forward to entertaining them for the day.

Finally, we are also looking forward to having Jenny and Jay, Chris’ sister and brother-in-law, come a week from this Wednesday for a few days, kid free (thank you Bruce and Susan!). We have been missing our family and friends, so all of our visitors could not have come at a better time. We fully expect the bathroom to be done by then, so no worries. ;)

Although it’s a bad time for tourism and I am not getting many hours each week, nor having luck finding something else, it will come in handy because I will hopefully be able to give my undivided attention to our friends and family coming.

I hope to check in before our next round of visitors, so until then, Happy Valentine’s day and I hope your weekend is full of love and laughter.