The bidding process….what a difference a week makes. This time last week, we had definitely decided that we were going for Washington, DC jobs. (It was a particularly bad weekend here in The “it’s better in the” Bahamas that pushed us to that decision.) But now — who knows? We’re back looking at overseas jobs.
The bid list, that is. We finally got it on Tuesday afternoon of this week. Which means there have been many deep conversations and a general lack of sleep in our house for the past two nights. It’s going to be a long two months until bids are due.
It really is the hardest part. It’s bidding time again, and here we are, waiting for the list of available jobs to be published. First there was a rumor that it would come out this week. Then there was a rumor that it would come out today. Today’s not over yet, but, geez, I’m tired of waiting.
Before we moved to Nassau, I read a book called An Embarrassment of Mangoes. It was about a couple who traveled around the Caribbean on a boat for quite some time (it was at least a year, I think). Anyway, they got to one point in the year and talked about how there were mangoes everywhere. Well, we are to that point in the year here. There are three mango trees in our yard and they are all covered in fruit.
We had our first random celebrity sighting downtown today!
“The Little Couple” was pretty easy to spot since they were being filmed for the show. At least I assume that’s why they were preceded down the sidewalk by a camera operator, a guy guiding the camera operator (since he was walking backwards to film them drinking their Starbucks and chatting with friends…), and a boom mike operator. Then they were followed by a whole pack of people — other tourists trying to get in on the action, I guess. It was pretty crazy!
So….it’s been a while. But here are my totally valid excuses:
1. I started a new job. It’s not quite full time, but it’s more hours per week than I’ve spent working for at least the past five years. Bye, bye free time.
Oops. I see it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Things have been unusually hectic for the past few weeks. First of all, I changed jobs. It’s a good change, but it’s always a little exhausting to learn how a new office works and what all of my new responsibilities are. Secondly, we’ve been on a couple short trips during that time.
One of the most interesting things about living in new places is learning all the things that are different than what you are used to. In the Bahamas, I’ve found that I’m learning a lot about plants and animals that I’ve never seen before. Like the heron that lives in our pool (at least when Laika’s not around to chase him away). And the avocado tree in our backyard. The seasons — as much as we have them — are interesting to me, too. All the plants don’t bloom at the same time, like I’m used to with a traditional 4-season climate. Here, I’ll notice one tree blooming, and another will be dying at the same time. For example, currently the dilly tree in our neighbors’ backyard is busy dropping ripe fruit over the fence into our yard, the mango trees in the neighborhood have half-ripe mangoes, the avocado tree is just starting to bloom, and there’s a tree in our front yard (I have yet to discover what it is) that just dropped all of its leaves in the past week. There’s always something new happening and last week I noticed this:
I’m a little behind in posting this, but I took all the photos for it last weekend, so it’s better late than never! I told Shawn that I wanted to spend all of last weekend sewing. I often think this, but then things come up and I get a minimal amount of actual sewing done. But last weekend, I stuck to it and actually got some projects done. Or got a solid start, at least. A few weeks ago I got a good deal on shirting from fabric.com, so it was time to make some shirts for work.
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