Well.... I'm back in the Cayman Islands, and it was a complete adventure getting back here. April, Emmet, and Weston will be joining me here on the 26th of this month, and I can't wait. I was suppose to fly back here on Sunday and for some reason I decided to transform into a complete moron and not check my itinerary the day before to see when I was suppose to fly out. The time I assumed that I was flying out of Spokane was at 9am in the morning and arriving in the Cayman islands at 11pm. Well as we got onto the highway at 7am in the morning I decided to check how long my layovers were in Los Angeles and Miami. It was at this time that I found that my plane actually left at 7:30 NOT 9:00. Well since I didn't have teleport capability, I knew that there was no way I could make the flight considering I still had an 1 1/2 hrs of driving ahead of me. Then I discovered that Orbitz has the worst customer service I have ever met and was soon having to buy a new ticket to leave the next day on. But I talked to Cayman Airways and they just made me pay a $70 change fee and changed my ticket from LA to Miami, and Miami to Grand Cayman for the next day.
I actually wasn't too sad that I missed my flight and had to stay another day, because I was able to spend another day with April, Emmet, and Weston. Especially because that night before I was suppose to leave I spent the whole night up with Emmet who was sick. It was sooo sad.... I sat all night with Emmet asleep on my chest, where at the beginning... he would cry, lift his head up and throw up all over my chest. It was at this time that I realized just what it's like to be a parent. Because.... here Emmet was throwing up chunks of macaroni cheese and milk all over my chest and I didn't even care or get grossed out by it. I just sat there holding him, and making sure that all the throw up landed on me, instead of my mom's lazy boy chair. So I was glad that I could spend this extra day taking care of him, while April took care of Weston, who was also throwing up.
By the time I left the next morning, Emmet was back to his normal self running around causing trouble. But... then April got sick throwing up and with a headache so thankfully my mom took Weston that night for her and took care of Emmet and Weston the next day so that she could rest and get better. THANKS MOM.
My flight from Spokane to Los Angeles that morning went without any difficulty. That all changed when I went to LA though.... I went to the American Airlines terminal to get my boarding pass and was told that since I missed my flight the day before, even though Cayman Airways switched it to today, this ticket was invalid. I was given two options, either buy a whole new ticket costing me $1,100!!! or fly out the next day and stay the night in the airport. Well.... I was not very happy and after 45 minutes arguing with this lady I then spoke to the Supervisor who took me aside and hooked me up big time. I think it was because I gave her a big pitty story and made her feel bad for me. She sold me a ticket for a whole different flight that only cost me $250 and got me on the plane and everything turned out awesome. I arrived in the Cayman Islands 11pm that night, and had to go through Customs with all my X-Mas gifts, which I was sure I would have to pay a hefty duty on. But you see..... I planned ahead. Customs are suppose to give us Med Students a break with paying duties and so I purposefully wore my St. Matthews Med School sweat shirt, and when it was my turn to go through Customs with my Ipod Stereo, and Weston's Play Pen. I immediately went into kiss butt mode and talked about how excited I was to start school tomorrow. Well.... it worked because they usually go through all of my bags, but this custom official started joking around with me and asking me Med School Questions, and let me go through without checking 1 of my 4 bags.
I thought that I would hate coming back here.... but in all reality I was really happy to be here. The weather here is PERFECT. It's probably 75 degrees everyday with a nice ocean cool breeze. I spick and spanned our condo before I left and so coming home to a clean condo made it really nice also. It is now tourism season here and so Cruise Ships are here now by the dozens every week, and so the whole island looks magnificent. All of the roads are newly paved, and the resorts are all decked out, and the weather is perfect. It was nice to come here and slip into my summer clothes and flip flops. It would have made it a whole lot better if April, Emmet, and Weston were here. Now that April's not pregnant, its going to be easier to visit the island's many attractions, such as visiting the Turtle Farm to swim with Dolphins.
I hear from upper class students that this 2nd semester is suppose to be the hardest of all the semesters, I'm taking Biochemistry, Genetics, Physiology, Pt-Dr II, and Neuroscience, which comes to a total of 25 credits. Yesterday was my first day and our Professors are awesome. 2 of them are new to my school. My Neuroscience Professor is the same Gross Anatomy teacher that I had last semester who was awesome. My Physiology Professor is new here and has taught Physiology at Loma Linda Med School in California for the past 10 years. Then my Biochemistry and Genetics Professor is also new who has taught at UCLA Med School. So they really know there stuff and are really interesting to listen to. So this is the update of our chaotic life for right now, but.... I can't wait to be back with April, Emmet, and Weston at the end of this month. The time spent together this X-Mas was awesome and we had a blast. Emmet acts like a toddler now, and Weston is calm, BIG, and loves to snuggle. April will pick him up and he'll snuggle his head into her neck and fall asleep, its funny to see. And Emmet has learned to tap his right foot up and down on the floor when he hears music, which we have no idea where he picked this up, because I never heard Cotton Eye Joe playing over the break. And Emmet also has learned that if he can't do something he can get us to do it. He'll grab a can of pop and try to snap it open, since he can't he'll then carry it to one of us and hand it to us to open it for him, if we hand it back to him without opening it he gets mad and throws it. He still has no idea that he is a big brother now. It was pretty funny when April would leave me with Emmet and Weston while she took a shower. Weston would wake up and start crying so then I would pick him up, then Emmet would see and run over to me and grab a hold of my pant leg and start tugging on it whining to me. Then April would come out and see my situation with both kids and we both would start laughing. Having 2 kids definitely changes things...... I wouldn't have it any other way though...... But if you think we're going to have another kid anytime soon though..... you are sadly mistaken....... and if anybody mentions to us to have another kid...... it will be followed up with me punching you in the neck...... LOL
