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Monday 18 June, 2007

Happy Father's Day Dads!

Clearly we're not very good at updating our blog. Sorry for the long delay between posts. Today is Monday and we leave Barbados next Tuesday. Needless to say, our thoughts lately have mostly been about leaving... what do we want to do with our last few days, what will we miss, what are we looking forward to at home, how fast the time went, how much stuff we brought that we didn't really need, and how the heck are we going to pack it all up. The time really did go by fast, at least it seems that way now. I'm sure these next few days will go by quickly as well.

So, things here are a little busy. Lots of work for me at the university, trying to tie up loose ends and make sure everything here is in order. Lara has been working a lot on different photos for publication and ramping up for self-employment at home. Hopefully we'll get a couple of solid days of sea and sun before we go, but its looking to be hectic up until Tuesday at 7:55 AM when we get on the plane.

Last week we had company - Dave and Vonda visited us from Virginia. Saying we had a great time wouldn't do it justice. They stayed with us here in the apartment (no a/c, no hot water and our toilet was broken for 2 days so we had to flush with a bucket of water), sleeping on an air mattress on the floor of the breezeway (special girl that Vonda), and it worked out great. We saw a lot of sights (the gap, the north point, Bathsheba, a few cool beaches), did some good snorkeling and spearfishing, lots of driving, and of course limed with friends. We were sad to see them leave.

I'll sign off for now. Hopefully Lara will get a chance to put up some pictures before we go.

Love from Barbados, and see you soon!

Pete & Lara