The life of leisure continues...

I may or may not have had too many drinks last night and am feeling quite sluggish today. My friend Cheryl invited me to "ladies night" last night at a local pub where (a faux) Tom Jones was performing. I thought, why not? We had a bite to eat at my favorite Cayman haunt, Coconut Joe's, with our guys and then left them behind as we made our way down the road to The Triple Crown Pub. After a couple glasses of free champagne, Tom hit the stage. It was quite fun watching him strut his stuff up there in true "Vegas lounge" fashion. The ladies in the audience were swinging their panties around and throwing them onstage. Tom made quite a spectacle of picking them up and wiping the sweat off of his brow...A good time was had but I could've done without the headache I woke up with! I will say however, that a couple of Tom Jones' songs found their way to my ipod this afternoon. "Sexbomb" makes me want to get up and dance. ha ha

Settling in nicely...

We've had a nice first week filled with lots of activities. On Tues, my dad, Rian and I chartered a dive boat with our friend Stu and spent the afternoon diving. Did 1 deep dive (100 ft), 1 shallow dive (40-50 ft) and right after sunset, dove in for a night dive. Rian and I have done 3 dives in one day before but never all 3 in an afternoon! Needless to say, we were all pretty tired by the end of that day! All 3 dives were great but the highlight was the huge, free-swimming Green Moray Eel we saw on the 2nd dive. Very cool!

On Wed, we took a catamaran out to Stingray Sandbar for a 30 min encounter with the Stingray and then over to Rum Point, where we spent a couple hours relaxing on the beach. Rian and I have done the Stingray trip several times but didn't know they offered one with a stop at Rum Point. A neat way to do it when we have guests who have never seen either as Rum Point is about an hour and 1/2 drive around the island. Much more pleasant when you have the option of sipping a drink and sailing rather than worrying about which side of the road to drive on (left, down here!).

Thursday we spent the morning having coffee and visiting on the patio and then loaded up our snorkel stuff and went into Georgetown. Swam out at Eden Rock and snorkeled around. A great snorkel spot but when you are a diver, all you really want to do is dive down and swim around...not be confined to the surface! We had a fabulous dinner at The Wharf for our final night with my folks. Even better, Dad treated! A great way to end a nice week with the family...

A little bit of bad news however, our friends from Buffalo (who were supposed to be arriving here in 1 hour) never got out of Buffalo this morning due to the 2+ feet of snow they got yesterday/last night. Arrrghhhhhh. We got a call at 6:30am this morning saying their flight was cancelled and it doesn't look good for them to get out until Wed. Our next batch of company comes in on the 19th so hopefully they can get out on Wed or Thurs and still make it down for a week...Good ol' Buffalo...

Rough Life

As I sit here on the patio of our condo in Grand Cayman, I'm realizing how lucky and spoiled I am. This is my view as I sip my morning coffee...



Ahhhhh. The sounds of the waves hitting the beach is all I hear. Well, other than my typing fingers on the keyboard. This really is our special place and we love it! My mom and dad are here with us for a week (after spending a week here on their own). I will admit, it was a little fun to be able to kick them out of the master bedroom once we arrived...that is a first! We have friends coming down on the 2nd week and then Rian's mom and stepdad will be here for our 3rd week. We have a couple days in between company to relax with a little alone time. All in all, we will be here for 5 weeks! Now do you see why I think I'm so spoiled?

We spent yesterday lying on the beach getting some sun. Pretty relaxing and I got a good start with my tan. Actually, I got enough of a tan that I had tan lines showing with my strapless top I wore to dinner. I HATE the look of tan lines showing. A good problem to have, I suppose! I'd better wear my bandeau top today to even things out...

We are headed down to the brunch at the Westin today. It's a fabulous champagne brunch that has a spread of food like no other. Omelette stations, crepe stations, seafood buffet, etc. We went one other time and managed to sit there for 2 full hours. Needless to say, we had too much to drink and eat. The perfect definition of gluttony.

That's about it for now. I will keep things updated as we continue to enjoy our time in paradise...