Overkill

I think yesterday was one of the busiest days we've had in a very long time!! It started off at 6 when everyone normally wakes up. Devin decided to go for a jog with Andrew, and Josh and Claire have started the tradition of Saturday morning 'cartoons' (we have a few seasons of Looney Tunes...). By 8am, Devin and Josh left to do some work helping to clear out some things at the commissary. At 10:30, we had an evaluation swimming class. We wanted to have Josh and Claire (and maybe Andrew to some extent) have swimming lessons. Can't beat year round swimming weather! :) Well, Claire is definitely young, but pretty willing to try new things, and Josh wouldn't go in over his knees. Poor kid. He used to be like a fish...but his eczema is acting up a bit and is making it somewhat painful to go swimming. :(( Well, after that, we had a lunch date with a very good friend. That was so nice and relaxing! Just to sit and chat and eat while the kids just played! :) Then I ran Josh over to a party--except that we were an hour late because I had to stop by the house on the way to wrap his birthday gift and throw my cinnamon roll dough into the breadmaker! I finally got Josh to the party, then went home and put my feet up for 2 minutes because I was SO HOT!!!! Yes, I'm at the 3 million degree body temperature phase of pregnancy. Yuck. Anyway, Devin and the kids got home, and then I got busy rolling out the cinnamon rolls and getting them ready to rise and bake, then getting everyone bathed and dressed after I cut Andrew and Devin's hair, so we could go pick up Josh and go to a little dinner party/get together for work. We ended up being an hour late for that one, too, because of all the baths and finishing up the cinnamon rolls! Oh well. By the time we got there, I was ready to just sit and do nothing. I pretty much did just that. It still makes me laugh to be offered a 'stiff drink'! Is it something I will ever get used to? I don't know. Most, if not all, of the people here know we don't drink anyway, so it's mostly just a joke. Oh well. But, that was another nice time. Lots of people, lots of food, lots of rain, and the kids all played together in a playroom, and I don't think I saw any of them for more than a few seconds at a time--they had a ball! We finally got back home at 7:30pm, threw all the kids in bed (they all fell asleep VERY quickly!) and collapsed! Whew! This morning I woke up ready to stay in bed all day long! Wish I did! ha!!

We got our Bar-B-Q grill up and working now. Friday, our housekeeper grilled fish on it for us! :) That was fun! She bought them from a fresh fish market that morning, gutted them on the back porch, and seasoned them to perfection! mmmmm... They were so good! Bass fresh from the Atlantic Ocean! Weird.

Here is our little back 'porch' with our BBQ, gas tank, and the 'little' fishies waiting to be grilled:





So, as far as our internet goes, it has been switched to a different carrier. We're not sure how long this will last, but we'll see. Devin's not even sure if it will be available during the day or just 'after hours'...I suppose we'll find out tomorrow. Hopefully it stays up. I don't like not being able to post things. It makes me feel all cut off from the world!

(Quick update: It IS on only after work hours. So, we'll see how it goes. It will definitely give me that much more time during the day! Ha!)