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| Adrianne and I at dinner the first night. |
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| The view from our back patio. |
Adrianne and I are back from an AMAZING trip... we spent four days at Sugar Beach Resort in Soufriere, St. Lucia.
I'll try not to go crazy here about the trip, but I will try to post all the relevant photos, and a few stories, mixed in with other random stories.
We went with a big group, several of my co-workers and I, and our wives. Travel there wasn't bad! A flight to Atlanta, then a flight to St. Lucia, a 23-mile-long island, that took 4.5 hours. We flew in with two other couples and shared a van to the resort. The drive in was winding and on the wrong side of the road, but fun. Our driver stopped midway (about a 45-minute drive) and grabbed us all beers.
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| The room came with its own pool! |
It was so exciting seeing everyone for the first time in St. Lucia. I was a little wore out from travel, but the energy level was still high. We had a meal that first night that just never ended... dessert was three courses! I was so stuffed, and every meal I had there was excellent, the whole trip.
The first morning we took a cruise two hours up the island to a place great for snorkeling. The ride out there was a blast, and so was snorkeling... this was the first time I ever did it. I only swallowed a little salt water, not bad!
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| On a booze cruise to a snorkeling excursion, the Pitons behind us. |
We all took some time to chill after lunch on the beach. Then another dinner... I'll post more photos and a little detail about that dinner next time.
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Boyd got sick while we were gone... I took him to the doctor (to see Stacey) this morning, and it turns out the poor guy had strep throat! He did well while we were gone, he didn't complain much, Judy told us. Also, Judy told us he had a great nurse watching over him... Evey!
I was so proud of our kids while we were gone... Evey was so worried about her Bubba, and Boyd kept on a tough guy face while his mom was gone. We'd Facetime or call, and we couldn't help but be sad that we weren't there to help out. But Boyd improved a little each day...
He's on that pink bubble gum medicine right now, and while it makes him act a little weird, he's bouncing right back. Back to school for you tomorrow, Bub!
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A huge shout-out to Grandma Judy for watching the kids for the second time in three weeks! I don't know what we'd do without her.
There was a death in Judy's family right before we left and Judy kept our kids, including our sick kid, as the No. 1 priority. That's a tough deal, and the good news is enough family flew in that everyone got taken care of... but Judy had to probably let a few people down because her daughter and son-in-law were vacationing in St. Lucia...
I'm relieved she made it to the funeral, but it wasn't easy on her, based on having to wait for our late return Sunday night.
THANK YOU JUDY!!!
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We had such a weird day today, all of us. Evey had a weird/bad day at school, Boyd was sick, I had a weird work day, then all of us at home, with the water disconnected for a couple hours due to my screw-up.
We ordered pizza and played a little Monopoly while Boyd bounced around, weird from his meds (I think.) Somehow no one cried, even though I think at least two or three of us were on the verge.
But the good news is the furnace and the water are fixed... Boyd's meds have kicked in so a good night's sleep might await all of us ... time for me to shut down, and hope that my acclimation to Kansas goes better tomorrow than it did today.
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