As 2008 began we were fast asleep but firecrackers are very popular here on the Island and right at midnight an explosion of them went off waking us up and giving us the opportunity to wish each other a happy new year and then roll over and go back to sleep. We had celebrated with our traditional spaghetti and clams along with a bottle of sparkling wine. Around nine we both were exhausted and decided to call it an early night. We fell asleep well before midnight and only the massive fireworks by our neighbors brought us out of our slumber.
We got up at 7 this morning and did a 2 hour bike ride out to the Ipigenia marker in Boddentown. Then this afternoon we went out snorkeling up at Cayman Kai. It has been a busy New Year's Day as we try to stick tpo our plan of running one day then bike riding the next. We are both trying to work off the holiday weight and also the weight we put on last fall. We have even started a bet with Katie's parents based around the biggest losers.
Our new quarter starts next Monday and Orientation is Thursday so we are getting back to the busy times at ICCI. Scott is teaching two classes and we are both teaching Caribcert during the month of January. We plan to go to Cayman Brac at the end of the month so that gives us something to look forward to.
