Just sitting on the porch, back from a walk to see if the new ring I made in glass blowing class was ready but unfortunately the studio is closed due to Mother's Day. On my walk I realized that this is my new life and I couldn't be happier. I was walking past the little goat pen with it's 3 new babies that are 2 days old listening to the church bells ringing and it dawned on me that this isn't vacation- this is our new home.
Harris had his white coat ceremony on Friday night. It was really nice to see him in his new element and meet some of his new classmates. I gotta say, I have the sweetest husband! All the students had to introduce themselves and say where they had gone to school and what they had studied. Harris added that wanted to thank his supportive wife and that he couldn't do it without me! I swear my heart melted and there was some awwing and sighs around the room! After the ceremony we went out to a night club near the school and partied it up! It's so fun partying at outdoor clubs listening to reggae music! We made sure to get to bed early so that H could study the next day so we could wake up in time for the bi-annual bull killing. However, that started at 5:30am and neither of us could do it. I even heard gun shot but it was too early. I really wanted to see the shooting but I'm sure if I had, I would of regretted it. We did wake up around 7am, in time to see them cutting the meat and there was still half the cow hanging from a tree basically in our backyard.
Fantastic news!! I got the job that I applied for at Juliana's Hotel working at the front desk. It is a beautiful hotel with cottages, a restaurant, pool and hot tub! They play movies every Friday night outside on a 12 x 18 foot projector screen and do really good Grill Nights a couple times a week as well. I don't start there till June 1st so I've been keeping busy working at a fine dining restaurant, Eden, a couple times a week and learning glass blowing which I must say I am OBSESSED!! I am having so much fun but keep trying to get ahead of myself by doing things I wanna make before learning the basics. Like the ring I made! I should probably say tried to make but I will keep you posted.
We moved into our new place and we couldn't be happier. I think I said this before but it's 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. We have turned one of the rooms into a permanent guest bedroom so please let us know when you wanna come here!! One room is H's office and then the other room is our bedroom. According to island standards, we lucked out! The restaurant down below is always playing great music and we are in the middle of all the action. There are stairs coming up to our place that I love to sit on and read or do my nails and it feels like I'm in heaven!
I've been making some friends here- locals and wives of the students. Everyone is so friendly and really make you feel welcome. I will be hanging out with a group called SOS (Spouses of Saba) tomorrow learning to quilt. I can't really say I've ever been interested in learning to quilt but it will be fun to hang out with the group and learn to sew. The group gets together frequently to do things like hikes and dinners etc and I lucked out cause the group of girls are all around my age!
So, we now have a phone line here and magic jack hooked up. Our home line is (from Vancouver) 011 599 416 2496. I haven't been able to get a Vancouver magic jack number so we are only able to call out but not receive calls. Once I figure it out I'll let you know the number.
I have been learning about the wildlife on the island and there's a lot more than I thought there was. We saw a snake the other day (they are harmless) and we had 2 tiny frogs in our place the other night! They were so cute! We were trying to get them outside but their little feet are so sticky that it was hard! We eventually led them into a water bottle and left that outside. Because we leave all the doors open all the time we get one cockroach inside every night. It's turned into a fun game of who can find him first! We also had 2 baby lizards inside our place! Those were really fun to chase outside! There are apparently scorpians, land crabs (who knew those existed) and massive caterpillars with hard shells that live on the island. Those are not common to see during the day so we will have to go hunting for those at night!
Side Note- Everytime I said we, I actually meant Harris.
One funny thing about the humidy here- The straps on some of my dresses and tank tops are ripping!! Weird but I've had it happen 5 times so I have started to carry around a little sewing kit cause I don't like wearing a bra here. Otherwise the locals may see a little too much of me!
Hope everyone back home is doing very well. Love you all. And thanks for reading!!
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