After a Great Weekend

The internet has been out or otherwise unreliable since Friday morning when the power and water went out for about 8 hours. Here is the article. It was a really bad start to the day, no electricity and no water for showers, ugh, oh St. Maarten. We were thrilled when eventually everything came back on early in the afternoon. Friday was the White Coat Ceremony after all! It was such a nice event, although some would say it was long and boring, I didn't mind all the speeches :)

After the Ceremony there was dinner and partying at the nightclub Bliss. It was a really fun place, it's all open air and right on the ocean. Naturally, the drink prices reflected the luxe atmosphere and I don't think we'll be spending a lot of time there outside of organized activities!

On Saturday Josh and I rented a car so we could go out rather than be trapped in and near our apartment. We got the best shwarma's EVER in Simpson Bay and then went to the movies right next door. I bet you couldn't have guessed that the power went out in the movie! It was only for a second but we were like "Omg it never works". It was a very nice relaxed night, a perfect compliment to the craziness of Friday night at Bliss.

On Sunday we found ourselves driving around Marigot and Philipsburg. Much to our dismay everything was closed. Literally, they looked like ghost towns. Philipsburg in particular seriously shuts down when cruise ships aren't around. It was still a gorgeous day and a fun drive. I'm loving the French side more and more each time we hop over there. We will have to make real plans next time, not just driving around and seeing what's opened. Sunday night was time to study for Josh and I made dinner, read, and watched TV. I think that's probably the best way to spend Sunday night.

Monday it was back to the grind. Well, I'm not nearly as busy as Josh, but I've been getting up with him so I have the morning to get stuff done. He had to reset our internet router in the afternoon so it was FINALLY working. Good work babe! I babysat officially for the first time, those boys are so funny! They are really well behaved and self reliant, they know what they have to do and they do it. Although a 9 year old and 4 year old don't really have much homework to speak of, so there's not much to do! Obviously the power went out AGAIN monday night. Haha right in the middle of dinner! At least it was cooked, but we had to eat by flashlight. We are both getting a little tired of near daily power outages. If you have electricity, cable, internet, and water all at the same time it is luxurious. Josh is studying studying studying, he has his first block exams next week. Stressful!

Today my plans are laundry and working out this morning, then at noon I have my ICM job until 2, then from 2-4:30 is babysitting! Josh no doubt will be studying like crazy but it's looking to be a great day so far!