After three straight weeks of guests, tomorrow is my only "free" Saturday between November 20 and the end of February! I was joking yesterday when I told my friend TW I knew my way to the airport with my eyes closed since I had been there 10 times ... and then actually stopping to count, I was right on - and just about to make trip #11 (in less than two months) when dropping him off at the airport. It is a great problem to have!
TW is a friend of my friend Amy (she is flying in on Christmas!). He was supposed to be on a cruise that stopped in St Croix, then when it fell through, he ended up booking his vacation down here. So I tried my best to be a helpful host, though I did give him fair warning that I was exhausted!
Saturday night we went over to Christiansted and caught the tail end of the Christmas boat parade and fireworks, then live music. I hated that it was TW's first impression of the island ... I was going crazy it was so crowded and there was so much traffic ... ugh! I hadn't dealt with that since moving down here ... and quickly realized I sure didn't miss it! I caught myself on the phone the next day talking to Kirby, and without intention I said "I'll definitely be sure to go early to catch the entire boat parade next year". Wow ... "next year" just came out of my mouth without even thinking otherwise =)
Sunday TW was interested in an action-type of activity, so we toured around on jet skis. Spent the rest of the day beach bar hopping, and met some interesting people. First, as we were talking to the guy renting the jet skis, I told him how I was from Charlotte and TW had just flown in from there. A girl at the bar obviously heard and gave a shout out for North Carolina. Ends up she was from near Greensboro. When I mentioned I worked for Bank of America, she asked if I knew Sarah Hovis. Of course I know Sarah - one of my friends and teammates at the Bank! This girl (Kristin, who lives on St John and was just visiting St Croix for the weekend) was Sarah's college roommate in Chapel Hill! So she ended up calling Sarah and we talked for a few minutes. Of course we also happened to be at the beach bar that I had brought up earlier when mentioning Sarah ... it's the bar where her friend Lexi works ... so I even got to introduce Lexi to Kristin ... as we are all friends of Sarah ... what a small world! Second, we met Horace Clarke ... born and raised in STX, but played for the New York Yankees in the 60s! Very cool and humble guy. This was also where TW was introduced to Cruzan Rum - and got to take the Cruzan Confusion rum bucket and one of Mr. Clarke's baseball cards home as souviners. Last but not least, we hit the Lost Dog for end of the day pizza and football. I crashed early as I had been up since 4:30 and was getting up at 5:30 the next day ... my body clock is still adjusting to this new schedule.
Monday we saw Adrian playing at Coconuts, and I introduced him to TW as my friend who also took us moonlight kayaking. Of course this appealed to TW as well, so Adrian hooked us up on the kayak tour that night. I swear, that bio bay will never get old! Tuesday went to bingo followed by dinner at Rowdy Joe's, then Wednesday night at Blue Moon for live jazz. TW borrowed my jeep the last two days to do some sight-seeing ... the least I could do for him hauling down a bunch of my baking supplies. Though didn't I tell you not to check a bag and just send any items that wouldn't fit in a carry-on with Amy next week?!? =)
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