Ear infection gone, water still beautiful, we are taking full advantage with some evenings in the Ocean. We have finally got the paddle board up and running after a long hiatus and Sebastian is a natural. When this becomes an Olympic sport he just might be going for gold. The real question will be, what country he would be paddling for!
I guess this is it, school from here onwards for probably the next 20 something years (depending no how long it takes him to complete his PHD of course). We were hoping the two weeks at Sinead's would help soften the blow but no such luck. There have been more than a few tears... from everyone. Today at the end of day two, things seemed brighter and I am hoping by the end of the week it becomes a little easier. I do like the little school though and happy with all their Covoid measures as most schools in the island are totally shut or half online. Thankfully, Sebastian is in full time.
Well it seems like Shea is just going to go around the world meeting my family and friends. Last year she went to Barbados and this past weekend she found herself in Bruton at Matts place. I was so excited she went as it is one of my favourite places in the world. She went with a friend and they loved it. It is also helpful when Matt comes to see us in November that he will know a friendly face.
The weekend finally came and a busy one it was. Friday we took the Anderson's to dinner to say thank you for looking after Sebastian over the past two weeks.
It has been the hardest week. I have no idea how we will pull the rest of the year off, but I know we will be tired. I just cannot seem to catch my breathe. The first week of school has been difficult, blended learning (half online), Sebastian with ear infections and not sleeping, Lola with ear infections and also needing extra night walks. Between work, visiting vets, visiting hospitals, keeping up with planning, dropping and collecting Sebastian at Sinead's I think that I have slept four hours. Total. And it is only Thursday! I have never been so excited to see a weekend.
It is not easy entering a new country and school but even harder with a pandemic going on. Our start here last year was horrible and I really wanted to make sure the new staff had more of a welcome. I put on a few events over the last week, as seen in previous post. This Friday I set up a bit of an after school bar session and Saturday we had a beach picnic at ours. They are a very nice group and expect we will all get on very well.
Online/Offline/Mixed of both, we have bounced back and forth all week on what the plan is. The government is not clear on what the rules are and if we are able to open in any capacity. Today is Friday so it makes our first day on Monday a little bit difficult to plan. It is more than a little frustrating, and makes me even a little more angry at people who will not get vaccinated. Most government schools have been out of school for two full years (as Dorian destroyed the island 6 months before Covoid came), so now they are entering three years on line (and many do not have access to online). If you do not want to get vaccinated for yourself do it for the damn kids, how can they be out of school for three years! Just to update, The Bahamas has 15% vaccinated and hundreds of thousands of vaccines, they just do not want it. The hospitals are collapsing and cases are worse than they have ever been. Rant over. On a happy note Sebastian has been having a great week with Sinead and the Anderson's.
