Hi Everyone!
I really must apologize for taking so long to write to everyone here on my blog. I can’t even believe that it is almost the end of March. I’m shocked at how quickly times seems to fly. Right now I have one week to go and then I’m on Spring Break for 2 weeks. If I was still in New Jersey, I’d be complaining that I can’t go to St. Kitts for Spring Break because the ticket price is so high and now I’m already here. So I can just kick back and relax! Nice!
Well let me at least give a quick recap of what I’ve been up to:
In early March my dad had a hip replacement surgery. At first everything went smoothly, then there were some complications with his incision. He had to go back to the doctor to have it looked at and they wound up replacing his hip AGAIN and putting him on strong antibiotics to keep infections away. He is now slowly getting back to normal but it has been a long road for both he and my mother.
March kept me busy with my 7 student Photography Club. We’ve been all over the island photographing everything in our site! We hit several beaches, went to Romney Manor, Brimstone Hill, went out on a fishing boat.. man it has just been fun.
Each week we’d meet on a Wednesday afternoon for an hour, and talk about cameras and different functions & download our pictures from the previous weekend trip.
Each Saturday we’d travel for 2 - 3 hours to a different spot on the island. It has been great fun! My students have really learned a lot and turned into really great photographers. So much so that now I have their parents and other adults asking me to run a course in the evenings for them. So I’ll be starting that after Spring Break! Should be fun!
One Saturday in March, I took the ferry over to Nevis. My friend Amelia and her husband Chevy we having the grand reopening of their beach bar, “Chevy’s Calypso Bar & Grille”. I went over to lend support and assistance to my Nevisian friends. I was picked up at the ferry terminal by two of their friends, Paul & Jahlive. We ran a few errands picking up last minute items for the days/nights events. Once over to Chevy’s I was able to see the beauty of their new restaurant/bar. Their original bar was totally destroyed during Hurricane Omar. They rebuilt a bigger and better Chevy’s over the next several months. I had a great night with friends old and new. The topper was that Amelia told me she’d have a place for me to stay, well that was an understatement. She put me in a three bedroom private villa with a plunge pool - just for myself for the night. Man was that great. I was planning to go back to St. Kitts via ferry on Sunday afternoon. We were hanging out at Chevy’s and the Irie Lime catamaran pulled up with a bunch of my friends on board. They invited me go back with them on the boat and it was nice. I got to sit up front on the nets watching the sun set over St. Kitts. It was the perfect end to a great weekend.
Javin and I have also had some fun. We spent one Sunday morning at our new favorite beach, Whitehouse Bay. They recently built a lovely dock into the water. We spent the morning snorkeling, and swimming around and really just enjoying each other’s company. I took a ton a pictures of Javin doing flips off the dock and just being a monkey. It was great fun! Javin and I also went to a pajama party that his cousin had. It was a fun night too. There is always something fun or silly to do on this island!
Things at school have been really great. My students are a lot of fun. We’ve had two behavioral challenges: The Valentine’s Day Challenge, and the Shamrock Challenge. After earning their cotton balls they earned parties. One was a movie party and the other was a board game party. It was great. Coming up this week we have Sports Day (which is like Field Day) and a field trip around the island, visiting all nine parishes on the island. I’m really looking forward to both events, it should be a really nice week - and then TWO WEEKS OFF!!!
One more thing before I go... I just wanted to tell everyone that on April 24th the triplets will be turning 5! How is that possible? Where does the time go? I can’t even see how those little babies are almost 5 year old boys. It seems impossible. I’m just sorry I won’t be able to be there to celebrate with them on such a special day! Happy early birthday guys! I love you!
Well I guess that is it. I’m trying to plan some fun activities for my Spring Break, so I’ll be sure to check in as often as possible and keep you up to date! I hope everyone is doing well and that you all have a Happy Easter when it comes!
Be well!
Love,
Ms. Vics/Krista
