Good things about Bermuda:
1. Beaches
2. No snow
Bad things about Bermuda:
1. Without the Internet, we may as well be some island in the middle of the Atlantic... oh... wait.
Don't ask me why I have a picture of Bermuda's feral chickens to illustrate this point. Except that it reflects the reality that when the internet goes, it feels like there's nothing separating us from third world countries with wild chickens running around the roads. Lots of them have good weather too. And no snow.
That's all I have to say. (No one wants to hear me complain about living in Bermuda.)
Internet was missing for an insufferable amount of time; during which I was forced to interact with my husband and children. It's a miracle we're all still alive today. On the plus side, it's amazing how much you can get done when you aren't reading OMG on yahoo.
Let's play catch up.
Jordan turned six.
I don't even know where to begin. He's six years old! He can read, he loves art and numbers and "rockish" bands. He races across the playground and swings from the monkey bars faster than I can breathe. He wakes up at the crack of dawn, and checks his alarm clock to make sure he can leave his room. Except when he doesn't and stomps into ours at 5:00 in the morning. Without fail, he wants french toast for breakfast and peanut butter and jelly for lunch. His favorite food is ice cream, but not just any ice cream. He takes his dessert seriously. He'll ask for an "ice cream parfait" which means ice cream, some form of cake/cupcake, chocolate sauce, and sprinkles. If he didn't weigh 40 pounds, I'd be slightly worried about his love of sweets, but for whatever reason - this diet works for him.
He can be the sweetest little boy in the world - when he shares his toys with Mina, or when his face lights up as you praise one of his many artistic creations. He can sneak downstairs in the morning, open up a box of leggos and build himself a star wars mini space cruiser, without any help. Of course, he does this at the aforementioned 5:00 in the morning. And then he'll bring it up to our room to show us....
He has his moments. Oh, he's got lots of them. But in spite of them all, he amazes me. And I cannot believe six years have gone by as quickly as they have.
Moving on, we also entertained our first visitors.
And my favorite: "Don't kill me! I'm your friend!"
It's a bit more of a challenge hosting here in BDA. We're also still learning the island ourselves. But I think our first visitors had fun. Travelling in January can be a dicey experience. Luckily, we were blessed with lots of sunshine and balmy temperatures for most of the visit! I'll take that, even without the internet.
6 comments:
We always love spending time with you, Jeff and the kids no matter where we are. It was certainly great getting away to a warmer climate, if only for a week. We enjoyed every day and thank you again for arranging that great fishing trip. We enjoyed eating the fish we caught that you prepared in such a delcious way. We didn't miss the internet! We are looking forward to our summer trip when we can swim, snorkel, fish and Michael can scuba dive.
Grandma H said what I was going to say. Family loves to spend time with you no matter where you are:)
The feral chickens I now deem the symbol of expat frustration for all your future posts. In Ireland it would be rambling sheep. NJ would be mall traffic:)
It is a privilege for me to wish Jordan a happy birthday and to see him so well and so happy. I've been looking at his cute face since the transplant plea in the newspapers. Thanks for allowing us to share.
Your heart friends in CT
xxx
So nice that you had family come to visit! I am sure it helps with the homesickness. It's so hard to give up established friends and family and start over in a brand new place, no matter how beautiful the place is.
I see your cupcake frosting held up perfectly this time! Good for you!
Happy Birthday to Jordan!
Happy Birthday, Jordan. Seemed very odd not to witness you blow the candles on your cake this time.
Glad you have the internet back, Sadaf.
Love you guys. Love the video. Love the cards I received in the mail. They immediately went on the fridge. "Antea". Ha! Fantastic.
Km - that is too funny. Whenever I see these wild chickens running around now, I am going to see them as my symbols of my inner id, manifesting my real feelings about ex-pated ness. (OMG, what I would GIVE for a NJ mall!!!!!!)
Lisa - that frosting was straight out of a can. I'm so ashamed. But the safeguard here was timing. I kept it in the fridge right up until showtime, which was less than an hour into it. I was under such a time crunch that week, I had to cut corners.
N - It was definitely not the same kind of party. I don't even know where to begin.
T- Glad you liked! So, it basically took two weeks to arrive? Oh brother. Bermuda mail....
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