Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The countdown is on!

I can’t believe that, as I write this, we have only about one and a half weeks left here. It is a bittersweet time. We look forward to friends, family and some of the comforts of home that we take for granted (Pizza delivery! Target! Super Stop & Shop!), but we will also miss the friends we have made here.

As I left off, I was flying home for two wonderful bridal showers. Each was very different, but both were such a great time. The weather was gorgeous and the blushing brides-to-be and grooms-to-be are so happy and so in love. Quite a nice way to spend a weekend!

I was happy to discover that the guys didn’t get into too much trouble while left on their own. Apparently their weekend consisted of some beverages and a whole lot of beef (burgers, meatballs, elk, etc.). Sounds like a guy’s weekend to me!

I was happy to get back and celebrated Chris slightly belated birthday by baking a cake and taking him out to a restaurant we were told to try, Latitude 18. It’s a very casual bar on the water that had some great music and some pretty good eats. All in all, it was a nice night. I surprised Chris with the Wii and I think he’s excited to try it. He’s especially happy to try out the Wii Fit, since his work day doesn’t leave him too much time, in addition to his runs, to get out to the gym. He misses that extra activity. I’m not going to lie, I’m looking forward to trying it myself!

This past weekend, we spent one last day on St. John. We hiked to our favorite spot, but by way of a different route, went to lunch at Island Blues and then headed on to Cinnamon Beach. We finished the day with a drink at the Beach Bar. We ended the evening by meeting our friends up for pizza at Island Times. It was one of those fantastic days you just can’t get enough of.

Now we have just ONE MORE weekend left and we’ll be back to the real world. We plan to have some fun times this weekend with the friends we’ve met here, so check back next week to see how it goes.


Last trek to some of St. John's ruins


One of our favorite bays