i'm back in the blogger saddle again. actually, after the horse ride of death i was taken on while in the virgin islands...it looks like this will be the only saddle i will ever sit in AGAIN. i promise you that i rode a 50 year-old horse STRAIGHT UP and then STRAIGHT BACK DOWN a rocky cliff. no, i did not enjoy st. john from the dangerously high view-point. no, i wasn't sure if i was going to make it and NO, i was not happy that i had signed a waiver releasing the con artist from any responsibility if i should die.
i'm sure many of you are wondering just how i got so lucky as to find myself on the back of such an animal in the first place. well, let me tell you. i am employed as a nanny by the most generous family in the whole wide world. they took me along on their family vacation to st. john in the u.s. virgin islands. while i was there, i fed iguanas, went on a submarine dive, swam in the ocean, rode LOTS of boats and ate amazing fruit. i also went on the aforementioned horse ride from you-know-where with my little ella and her father. that was the low-point of the trip for me. but i did make it with only minimal tears shed.
the weather was amazing. i am sad to tell you that it was during your coldest week in the midwest. but i thought of you often as i sunned myself on the beach, whilst being brought exotic drinks and fruit right to my lounge chair. mind you, i did watch the kids. but i was basically just the fifth child, since i have never been anywhere so amazing. or expensive. i promise you that we never spent less than $95/person to do ANYTHING (and there were 7 of us, total). boat ride to st. thomas: $100/person, submarine ride: $250/person, horse ride: $95/person. well, i take it back...i think we usually ate for around $40/person. yeah, not a place i will ever be able to afford on my own.
it was wonderful. i am so thankful for the opportunity to have gone.
welp, i guess we'll find out who still reads this! more to come...i promise!
ps...i tried to post pictures, but it was just too difficult. too bad.
6 comments:
so glad to see you are back! on blogger, that is :) i loved reading about your exotic vacation....it made me jealous,though. even the horse ride from you-know-where! (i'm sure you didn't exaggerate one iota.) i love horses and i love scenery - it couldn't have been all that bad, could it?
you're just a big baby :p
At least your horse went somewhere. I kid you not - at every church camp I have attended that offeres horseback riding, I have always somehow ended up with the oldest, slowest stinking horse they have. Several years in a row, my horse just stopped mid-trail and refused to move another step. The other years, I think the rest of the horses actually lapped mine. . . ah, the memories.
Glad you had a good vacation, and glad to see that you're posting again! (and glad to see that you're not pregnant :-)
OK, it just hit me that that last sentence could look really wierd and random! Just to clarify, it's my lame attempt at humor in response to the comment you wrote on my blog about posting again and not being pregnant!! :p
i'm a blonde- that's my excuse for being the LAST person in the UNIVERSE to realize you're back in blogdom. *L* it's not funny!
WELCOME.
may i add you to my friends list?
your vacation sounds friggin' sweet, but i wouldn't've traded it for the magnificent snow - at the time... however, now it's beginning to sound quite appealing. my feet are numb with cold- if i was smarter i'd put on socks.
horses are so romanitical- in concept- but i usually don't tolerate a ride longer than 10 minutes. K&H threewits will be proud to hear of your grit tho. it's always gratifying to impress them...
Lauren! I could have sworn you rode one of our horses in highschool, but I could be wrong of course. Welcome back!
welcome back! Your trip sounds delightful...all except the horseback ride!!! I would not have enjoyed that ride either. But the poolside with the beverages and fancy fruits...yeah!
But I still miss snow! Can't belive the I missed the big snowfall in February in Grnvl by 24 hours...gggrrrr...
Just so you know this is anna (david's mom)
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