We are just now slowing down from all the festivities of the last 2 months. We came home from Abaco as you know and 2 weeks later Laura arrived for her 3 week stay. We had a blast while Laura was here, I think it was the best Barbados trip she's ever been on. She had great weather, great parties, tons of adventures and awesome food for 3 whole weeks!! Kadooment time was upon us and before Laura arrived we booked ourselves to attend 7 parties within 9 days.....you can't imagine how much hard work that was until you've lived it. Fun is an understatement, it's more like the most epic week ever in the history of ever! We did 2 booze cruises and the weather was perfect, the water was perfect, the music and drinks were flowing and the people were dancing and having a time! We did Foreday (J'ouvert) with MixNutz and that was Friday night from 11:59pm through until Saturday at 6am....paint, mud, rum punch and wee-wee trucks at all hours of the morning, talked about mashed up. The Beach House party was a normal hours, outdoor party with DJ Private Ryan (if ya dun know him, ya bess get his podcast), free food and drinks all night......oh and rain, that was unexpected but so were my sandals turned 4 inch wedge shoes at the end of the night, nasty, horrible weather for an outdoor party. Nonetheless, we danced and sang and partied in the rain! We had a few beach days and one of Laura's favorite is JuJu's Beach up west. She got to snorkel with turtles from shore, touched them, swam with them and took video of it all.....the water was perfect visibility for swimming with turtles. Kadooment morning was a bit crazy as always, we were running a little late, and if anything starts "on time" here, it's Kadooment.....well, not this year lol, it started over an hour late so we were technically early haha. We had a few costume malfunctions in the morning but we rigged ways to fix things on the go, had a little sprinkle of rain to cool off the early morning, and then it was time! Time to follow the music trucks and drink trucks and jump, chip, wuk up and such down de road. Kadooment is one of my favorite days of the year, the colors, the people, the music, the vibe just all in one huge parade of a day, it's truly amazing to be a part of it. I'm so glad Laura got to experience ALL of Kadooment this year, now when I reminisce later in life, I can with her :) Laura's "man friend" Dylan came, he got to experience all of this as well, minus 3 of the parties he wasn't here for....BUT, I think in his short 5 days here, he did more than anyone else has done in a week or more. We literally ate at all our favorite places, went to all of our favorite beaches, he jumped Kadooment, went on a booze cruise, dove a shipwreck, swam with turtles.....I mean you name it and he did it, all in 5 days which is completely crazy!
So Laura and Dylan left, then it was time to settle our living arrangement starting in September. We met with our new landlords, have put our deposits and such down and signed the lease. We have 2 weeks to pack up the house and move. Only problem is....Darin works all day and he leaves tomorrow. I've been packing during the day for the last week and throwing tons away, also selling a bunch of stuff, hired movers for the day of (since Darin won't be here), and now just stressing about being there a week before Darin gets back. It's crazy he leaves tomorrow and will never come back to this home we've been in for 2 years, he comes home to a new home. In my packing i've already cried in Gem's room, it's sad to think she's leaving the first home she knows, her first room, the only place she knows. She does all these cute things because she knows where everything is and soon she won't. When I ask if she wants to brush her teeth, she goes right to the bathroom, if she's tired she goes to the stairs and waits for someone to take her upstairs, at bathtime she goes to her room, gets her towel and meets me in our bathroom, all those little things she does are so cute.....I hope she adjusts well in the new place.
We booked our tickets to go home in October and booked her first swimming lessons as well! I'm so excited for her to swim, she wants to so bad but obviously she can't. Our new place has a pool so we plan on fully enjoying it during the day and Gem to be a little fishy in no time! I think she's going to do awesome!
