Sunday, July 8, 2007

Enjoying the summer. That's what I've been trying to do. While it's been sad to say goodbye to everyone these past few weeks, I've been having fun with my last weeks here in Cayman. My sister Kori has been down for a couple weeks, and we've been living the no-work summer life of teachers. We wake up every morning and work out for an hour or two, then swim and sit by the pool for another few hours. Last week in the evenings we did an Upward Basketball Camp with kids from church. This week we're doing more touristy things, like going to Stingray City, horseback riding on the beach, and SCUBA diving.

Thanks to God's goodness, we have found a wonderful place to live in Calgary only 10 minutes away from my school!! That was my biggest concern moving to Calgary - having an hour long commute to work. Who wants to waste two hours a day driving to and from work? Not I. Also, it's only a year old, and the rent is much cheaper than a lot of other places we've been looking at (plus it includes a washer, dryer, and dishwasher, which are in short supply). We are very blessed!

Before we move home - in 19 days :( - we are going to a Tim Horton's convention in Quebec City for 5 days. That will hopefully take the sting off of moving home a little bit - kind of like a little vacation before reality sets in. We get to go on tours of the city, stay at a fabulous hotel, eat all the free food we want (which isn't necessarily a good thing), go on a boat ride down the river, and lots of other fun stuff. I've never even been out east before, least of all to the French speaking part of Canada. Should be a fun experience, although I hardly remember anything of my 12 years of French education (well worth it, obviously!).

Not much else is up down here, but I'll post when we get settled in Calgary and hopefully get internet quickly (which ended up taking a month to get hooked up down here - no kidding!). Also, I've made a Facebook page, so if you're into that kind of thing (and even know what that means!!) check me out. Au revoir!!

2 comments:

Ryan & Melanie said...

Hey Jen!

I loved this post. You seem FULL of life and joy right now, so I rejoice with you. Praise God for his provisions for you.

Enjoy your vacation before reality:) God has GREAT plans for your and Kelly in Calgary.

keep posting. May the Lord strengthen your heart as you prepare for the "final" goodbye.

love,
Melanie

Anonymous said...

Hey Jen,

This is my first visit to your blog! Praise God for giving someone this cool idea:) We can keep in touch easier this way.

Thanks for all the nice things you said about Josh and I ...maybe it will make up for the shady comments I was caught saying while watching the fireworks in the Cayman harbour...."Is that a sword..." Ha ha ha (inside joke for those who are reading and trying to figure out what I'm saying).

Josh and I were chatting about how you will react on Sunday (yeah ...we get to see you so soon!) when you see my bulging belly. It's getting to basketball-size proportions!

I'm trying to do my summer camp planning today so that I can just hang out and visit when we come home.

Josh and I and the whole Grant family are going to Niagara Falls for Thursday and Friday:)There will be about 15 of us all together! Those Grant's they know how to partay!

Can't wait to see you again...I'm missing you:)

Your friend,

1/2 of the "double couple" Rebecca