What We Did on Semester Break

Matthew and I spent his semester break here on the island...and it was a fun/relaxing/busy two weeks.

Oh wait. Let me back up. First of all, Matthew passed all of his finals with flying colors. Hooray!

Okay, moving on. The first week of break was spent relaxing, beaching, snorkeling, bbq-ing, etc. It truly felt like the two of us were on a legit vacation. We didn't have any major responsibilities, and it was nice to wake up and say, "What do you want to do today?" Not that this lifestyle is particularly different for me, since I'm not working yet, but it was nice for Matthew to have a completely open schedule.

Celebrating the end of the semester at Shipwreck Beach. 

Shipwreck Beach Bar/Restaurant

Trooper at Gong Beach underneath his trusty RUSVM umbrella. 

We also managed to get over to Daisy and Ericka's new place on the hill. 

Yep—that's their pool.

What an amazing view!!

Another thing we did was head to Shiggidy Shack to see the infamous Fire Man. On Thursdays, this particular restaurant hosts a huge bonfire and sets up beach chairs for a relaxing evening. It's a really fun atmosphere sans the Fire Man. The performance was lame, but we had a great time regardless.

On Saturday, April 30th, Kait was our first newbie to arrive. And thus—Matthew's OL duties began. We picked her up at the airport, brought her to her dorm, drove her to the grocery store, helped her shop, drove her back to the dorm, helped her put her groceries away, and then had her over for dinner. In the meantime we had maintenance check out her dorm room and deal with a puddle of water near her bathroom. 

On Sunday, May 1st, the rest of Mateo's group flew into St. Kitts. The week was a bit of blur, what with keeping tabs on everyone, running a million errands, and trying to show them a good time. We managed to have dinner out at the Marriott's Pizza Shack, Sunset Cafe, Sprat Net, the Marriott's sports bar, and Rock Lobster. We also brought them to Port Zante, Basseterre, Brimstone Fortress, Shipwreck Beach, Reggae Beach, Caribelle Batik, and on a trek through the woods to the ever-popular bat cave. In between all of this, they had lectures to attend, grocery store trips, and Ross-related paperwork to fill out including the processing of their student visas. Oooooh---let's not forget that they were able to see "Water for Elephants," for free and that we brought them to Bobsy's on Wednesday for KARAOKE! Yeah, baby. :)

Matthew in Orientation Leader form. Nice polo!

Here's the group, and Showtime---our driver.

Dinner with the group at Sunset Cafe.

I heart Brimstone.

Mateo was on his phone alllllllll week.

We came across this 'pub' on the island tour.

Sunset at Sprat Net.

Group snapshot. They loved Sprat Net. :)

Bat cave hike.

Nam and Cynthia singing the crowd-pleaser, "Don't Stop Believin'."

And here's Momma Hen rockin' out. Typical Wednesday night...no big deal. :-P

School starts back up tomorrow and Matthew and I are hoping our 'kids,' feel pretty good about beginning a new chapter in their lives. We are so happy that we were able to help acclimate them to the island and get them ready for their Ross careers.