Day 95/96

This is the pool at the Villa I'm staying at. And the scenery...well...look at it! Plenty more pictures to come!!

Tonight, I was falling asleep at the dinner table so I will keep this as short as possible. HA, it's not going to be short at all. Especially seeing as the one long day, is technically 2 days.

I walked the boys to school. Zach went with Heloise to hand in her essay, and they didn't come back for a while because apparently they went to a Christmas church service with Uncle Clifford. I was a little upset I missed it, but at the same time, I wasn't hating the peace and quiet. Was all packed, and had to pack again to make sure my suitcase would close...and also had to change my sheets so that the person watching Jelly and the house, could sleep in my bed. I wasn't too thrilled about doing that as I had other stuff to get done...but I did it anyway, and in the end had time to spare.

When Heloise, Uncle Clifford and Zach came home, Zach and I watched TV. My Uncle didn't stay very long. When Tim came home, Heloise raced out to get the boys. When she came back and saw my suitcase at the door...she asked if that was all I was bringing. "You said to pack light" was my answer. To which her answer was, "Well I didn't think you'd make an example!" So Tim came running out because he had to see this...when he came out, he thanked me over and over again asking Heloise why she wasn't able to pack light properly. He said it was clearly possible for a girl to do so. (All I had was my littlest suitcase, my carry on bag, and my laptop).

We piled into the car, and loaded our suitcases in, and were on our way. Of course we stopped about 3 times before actually getting out of the driveway...but we were on our way. Despite some beautiful snowflakes we had earlier, we made it to the airport early. We had to run from the car drop off point to the terminal however, because it was absolutely freezing! None of them had even brought winter coats, and I left mine in the car.

We ate at the airport, which I did not need to...and of course I grabbed a Starbucks :D Onto the plane we got, and Josh had called the seat next to me. He tried to take the window, but I soon fixed that. No way was I letting someone who'd been here a number of times, sit at the window over me. - I don't care how old he is - Anyway, a 12 hour flight...here we go! Wrong! De-icing the plane...waiting for our turn to take off after planes before us were delayed as well...ok, 30 mins later annnnnd....here we go!!!!

Josh and I played Tetris against each other for the first bit on the TVs, and had a few rounds of Hangman as well...but both were too easy and not challenging. I was ready to sleep. Then I made the mistake of looking at the list of movies. I was sleepy, but that clearly didn't matter. "500 Days of Summer" was on, and I was sold! - What a great movie! -

After that and some not needed dinner (I ordered the vegetarian pasta, and when I opened it there were olives all over it, Ew! Josh took care of those for me :p), I fell asleep. I had a great sleep aside from Josh waking me up every now and then when he went to cuddle me. He was really good though. A sweetie too. He was talking about how 2 of the guys that work at the Villa were going to like me. When I told him there weren't too many guys that looked at me like that he said he was sure there was, and if I went out every night, he was sure there would be lots of guys that fancied me. He told me he thought I was beautiful. I'm like a flower, and he'd marry me...but he's too young. Hehe what a cutie pie.

Anyway, when I woke up probably 9 hours later, I turned on "I Love You Man"...I missed the last probably half hour though, due to Josh interrupting and therefore many pauses...the plane landing, and just before that...Josh being sick. Wonderful! Not something I thought my stomach would be strong enough to handle yet. But I sat there and rubbed his back, and once he did it once, he was fine. We have a feeling it was to do with a lot of junk food, no sleep (cuz none of us think he slept more than a couple of hours during the flight), and mixtures of medicines, cuz on top of his gravol, he had some cough medicine. Anyway, we landed, and got off the plane.

Peter - one of the guys that works at the Villa - greeted us. Took everyone's luggage but mine, and loaded the car. I'm not sure how that happened really, but I wasn't bothered at all. We sat down for a coffee while Tim organized the rental car, and then he sped off with the kids...Heloise said we would follow after paying the bill, and the chaos began. Josh had left his bag behind...luckily I spotted it under the table as Heloise and I were walking away. The two of us walked to where we thought the car was, but couldn't find the right rental place, so we asked the shuttle driver. He told us to get in, and he dropped us where Tim was supposed to be. Tim was not there. After walking around aimlessly looking for him, Heloise finally managed to get a hold of him. He had left the car park and was waiting at the departure parking. Apparently that was where he was told to go. We would never have found him if it wasn't for Peter, but anyway, we all piled in the car safe and sound, and began driving.

The views were absolutely breath taking. Not even explicable. Just so beautiful! I took lots of pictures but doubt they will do the scenery justice. We got lost. Well...not lost...but we missed a turn. This meant an extra 25 minutes in the car. I didn't mind at all as I was enjoying the view. Nobody else seemed to be as keen. We eventually pulled up to the Villa, and I thought hmm, this is nice. Well then, we pulled into the garage, walked into the laundry room, and OMG! This place, is immaculate! It's beautiful. Everything about it. I promise I will add my pictures another night, but tonight I only have the one at the top for you. I am sure tomorrow will be a long day, and I can't keep my eyes open.

I took pictures of the view, the pool, my room (Which I feel like a princess in), and I sent out some e-mails letting people know I arrived safely. I then changed into some proper clothes that I would not pass out in, and did a work out. It was great! 20 minutes on the olyptical, and then some weights and crunches. It felt so good to be doing something again! After that, I jumped in the pool. I did this without thinking. Not literally jumping...but up to my waist...and was frozen. It was much colder than I expected. I finally sucked it up and started swimming around. Josh gave up and got out, Zach got in. It was really nice to have some quality time in there with him. We did some races, and all sorts of fun games. It was getting colder, so he was lured out with cookies. I got out and came in to wash my hair. That in itself was an ordeal. From trying to turn the shower head for better pressure, and nozzle coming off in my hand (which luckily, I could fix), to trying to get enough shampoo out of a PUMP bottle...I was exhausted before I started. If you know my hair...you know it took me about 22 pumps to get as much shampoo as I needed.

After that, I relaxed on the deck while Zach watched TV, and Josh, Nathaniel and Tim played football. When they came back up, it wasn't so quiet, and being on my computer wasn't so relaxing. We ate dinner, and that's when I began falling asleep. Now my tummy doesn't feel too great, I feel sick, so I'm getting some sleep right away. Good Night xx