On December 1st, Big J and I left for Sandals in St. Lucia. Lil J spent the first 4 nights with my parents and the last 3 with Big J's. He did really well considering we were gone for 8 days.
We arrived in St. Lucia and discovered that we are very spoiled and our expectations are way too high. While the island was beautiful and so was the hotel, we still expected it to be better than it was. It took 2 or 3 times to get someone to get us extra pillows, coffee at breakfast or a refill on a soda. The hotel staff was pretty nice but the restaurant staff was lacking. We found the service to be much better at the other location, the Grande, than at our hotel, the Regency.
Here's what we did during our vacation:
- slept
- ate
- drank (Pina Coladas, No Pressures, Dirty Bananas)
- deep sea fishing - no fish, but we saw 3 Sperm whales
- whale and dolphin watching - saw a school of over 200 Spinner Dolphins
- snorkeled
- sailed on a HobieCat
- ocean kayaking
- pool volleyball
- horseshoes
- watched a St. Lucian native, Cowboy Eddy, sing amazing country western
- hung out at a piano bar
- met people from Palm Beach, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Orleans
- sat in the sun
It was a really nice trip. When we got home, we attended my company holiday party which was a brunch at Don Shula's (yummy fresh waffles) and then went to my parents to celebrate Hanukah. Lil J got a soccer net and soccer ball, a Hess truck with motorcycles and a Thomas the Train set. He got a hockey net and alphabet computer too. The kid is soooo spoiled now. He kept asking for more presents and even helped his cousins open theirs (saying "I want to rip it" about the wrapping paper).
Now it's back to work with 2 more parties this weekend. Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays.
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