Three days left and counting…… I feel bad complaining about the job so much because the people who work here are very nice. It’s not them it’s just the boredom that is killing me. I have next Monday off, and then I start at Royal Bank of Canada on Tuesday. Wednesday is a Paid holiday (Ash Wednesday) and Thursday I am driving Travis to the airport in the afternoon. So, it should be a pretty easy week.

They also celebrate Ash Wednesday with a festival on the north end of the island. They run boats from this end over there so people don’t have to drive. It’s only 45 minutes but that is VERY far when you live in a place that is only 100 square miles.
I am sure we will head over there with a few friends. They call it a Marti Gras celebration. We tried to explain to them that Marti Gras is celebrated on Fat Tuesday, not Ash Wednesday but they don’t seem to care.

Last weekend was a holiday weekend. Monday was National Heroes Day here. So we had a very busy, but very relaxing three day weekend. On Friday Travis got to go to a golf outing with his company. He said the course was really nice, but it was an executive course so most of the wholes were par 3. He was in a foursome and they managed to place last so they won a couple bottles of wine and some wine glasses. He had a good time regardless.

On Saturday we had some friends over for dinner. It was our first time attempting prime rib. It turned out great. Travis invited two Cuban guys who work for him. They are probably around 50 years old and do not speak very much English. So I had a chance to brush up on my Spanish. It was very interesting talking to them about their lives. They both left their families in Cuba to come work here. They have been here for about 3 years and will be going back for the first time in July. They send every penny they make back home. They were very happy to have prime rib, potatoes, and salad because they usually eat rice for every meal. It sure is a wake-up call when you spend an evening with people who live with so little. We also enjoyed having Tony, JoAnne, and Amelia over. Amelia is a 3 year old princess who has me wrapped around her little finger. I spent most of the evening out in the yard following her around looking for crabs and lizards. It sure makes me miss Trent!

On Sunday we went to a BBQ at a friend’s house. He lives at Treasure Island Resort, so we had access to the pools and beach. It was a lot of fun. We tried to go snorkeling on Monday, but it was very windy. So we went and saw, “No Country for Old Men” at the new movie theatre in Camana Bay (the project Travis is building). Neither of us thought the movie was that great, but the movie theatre was gorgeous. You get to put your own “butter” on your popcorn. We were quite impressed.

Travis is itchin’ to get back to Wisconsin to see Trent. Trent has a school play that he is going to video tape so I can see it too. I wanted to go back with him, but I am just starting to work so I can’t get the time off right away. I can’t wait until he comes to visit in March. We are took him to all the tourist places during his last visit, so I am looking forward to relaxing on the beach this time. We might do a few things like go to the Pirate Caves or back to the Turtle Farm since Jean and Jerry will be here too.

Travis also got online last night to check the temperatures out in Wisconsin. A small part of me is glad I’m not going back! 14 degrees below zero with 60 mile and hour winds? Is that really true? Was school cancelled today? We had to wear light jackets last night because there was a cool breeze from the ocean. Get you plane tickets now before we are all booked up! :)