Images from Roatan Trip - May 17-26, 2007

Yes -- we did go diving with sharks! Caribbean Reef Sharks.

And dolphins. They were like really fast, huge, wet, puppy dogs. We got to meet Hector and Richie in their pen first (we sat on a floating platform with our legs dangling in the water). They have very silky smooth skin - much different than the leathery feel I'd imagined they'd have. A third adult male joined them when we were out in the open water. The sandy "beach" area was about 55-60 feet down.


The bait ball in CoCo View's front yard.


I'm easy to recognize in my yellow mask and fins!

Took a 30-minute flight in the resident sea plane.

Fire dancers!

Happiness is...

...when the Cocoa & Creme TUMS Smoothies are on clearance. Got four packages for half price today. Woo hoo!

 

 

We spent Mother's Day weekend with my mother. She probably doesn't remember. And and I know she neither understood nor cared that it was Mother's Day. She just wanted to leave the care center: "I need my clothes. Let's go!" That's the most sense she ever made. "We have to go outside. They're out there!" "Who's out there, Grandma?" "The flowers!"

 

 

Mostly we just had very random conversations:

 

 

"I can read!"

 

"Yes, you can read, Mommy."

 

"I read a story. A children's story."

 

"You did?"

 

"There are two more pages. I don't know how it ends. Jeannette read a story."

 

 

"I had a nightmare."

 

"You had a nightmare?"

 

"It was a good one."

 

"That's good!"

 

 

"Did you see the mouse? It was growing! Do you see it?!"

 

I put my face really close to hers and said, "I won't let it get you. I promise."

 

"I'm okay."

 

"Yes, you're okay. You're going to be okay."

 

"You're okay."

 

"Yes, I'm okay."

 

"She's okay. She's okay."

 

"Yes, she's okay."

 

"I'm okay. I'm okay. This is getting ridiculous!" (then she smiled and fell asleep)

 

 

 

I'm almost completely packed for my Honduras trip - our flight is 6 a.m. this Friday. I did a little bit of last-minute shopping during my lunch hour today. That's when I found TUMS on clearance. Oh, happy day!

 

Cat's singing in a choir concert this evening, and she's got a solo! Guess who will be busting her buttons with pride!

Got my shots!

And they've finally stopped hurting, too. Typhoid, Hepatitis A & B, and Tetanus. I've never come close to getting so many in one sitting before. I also have Malaria pills (starts with a Q?) to start soon as well.

Walked to a different coffee house this morning and discovered it doesn't open until 8 on Sundays. Am I the only person on this planet who gets up early? Apparently so... Went back, got the car, and drove to my "tried and true." Which opens at 7 on Sundays.

I had no idea what to get my mother for Mother's Day. I will be down to see her, so found some lime-sherbet-green pajamas that are un-pajama-y enough to be worn for day wear and a matching short robe (not quite a bed jacket). Also found some sandal-ish shoes that hopefully will work. Usually I do something involving photos, but with her vision failing that seems less appropriate.

Tomorrow's packing night for Honduras. Of course, part will end up in a box, because I need one of my rolling bags for going down South this weekend. We're also squishing in some stuff for the children's home in Roatan.