The rest of Jenn's visit

The rest of Jenn’s visit just flew by.  We spent part of Tuesday in the pool, until the thunder and lightning started.  We made it back to the condo just as the skies opened up; and Jenn got her first tropical storm.  When the rain stopped, we headed up to the road, and continued to watch the lightning for quite some time.

Wednesday, we took a cab downtown; and stopped in to say hi to Joey and Eida and let them know how much we enjoyed the tranopy tour.

We stopped and said hello to our friend German, and he took us to see some iguana's.  Never saw that many iguana's together before.  They were all gathering at the back of the restaurant, getting leftover bits of vegetables etc.  We then continued along, stopping in a variety of stores along the way.  We then headed to Rustico’s for an early dinner; and then off to the beach we went.

Jenn isn’t much of an ocean swimmer; so while we played in the waves, she kept an eye on our stuff.  The water was a lot warmer than either of us thought it would be.  Almost felt like bath water. 

We played in the waves for about a half hour; and after being thrown around, slammed a few times; and tossed into the “washer machine”, a half hour was plenty, and I was happy to be heading back to shore.  I took one pretty hard wave to the side of my face.  I was just getting on my feet from the previous wave, when - bam!  Ouch!!  I had time to plug my nose, and for a minute there, I thought that maybe I had broken it from the force of the water; but thankfully I didn’t.

Thursday was spent hanging at the pool; and early this morning, Joey picked up Jenn and took her back to the airport.  All in all it was a nice visit.

Today marks a special anniversary for Mike.  He retired 5 years ago from Ford!  He doesn’t miss it one iota and hopes he gets as many years of pension as he did work.  Only 26 and a half more years to go.  And also related to this topic, Mike received his first Canada Pension Plan cheque!  Whoo hoo!!  After all those years of contributing to it; the government will now be putting money into his bank account every month. 

A medical update about Mike’s Aunt Marie, she is no longer in critical care; but she is still in the hospital; and could still use some prayers.

And 3 weeks ago tonight; Mike’s younger brother Rob, fell into a diabetic coma.  It’s been a rough time for all of his family; and our hearts go out to his daughter Emalynn and his wife Karen.  Any extra prayers and good energy that can be spared sure would be appreciated.

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