Moments 736: Water? Electricity? Who needs it?

The last few days have been challenging ones!  Oh, but what is life without a few challenges?

Saturday we lost the water in our apartment.  Yup.  Dry as a bone.  Our landlord, he was MIA.  That's the joy of renting you know, never having to worry about maintenance and renovations.  (Sadly this is not the way it is with our landlord.  With our landlord, it's a 2-3 week wait for a response on anything that needs maintenance and that's being generous.  The last few issues that popped up, EQ just took it upon himself to fix!)

Tuesday (yesterday) the city came by to look into the situation - our landlord still hasn't dropped by to check in on his three tenants!  The brilliant boys from the city, they found the problem, but they won't be able to fix it until two weeks from  now.  In the meantime, we've had permission from our next door neighbours to tap into their water and voila - water again!

And then, last night, we lost our electricity.  DOH!

What is happening to our city's infrastructure?  Falling apart I tell you.  Falling apart.

But you know what?  EQ and I had a good time with it all.  I went out and picked up 12 gallons of water (the worst was not being able to flush the toilet!).  We had lots of water (and still do actually) to make it through the week if we needed to.  We hunkered down and worked on our projects (mine for school, his for work) and barely noticed that we were missing water.  (Except when visiting the loo, then it was really, REALLY obvious!)

And last night, when the electricity went out, we didn't notice, we were already asleep!  HA.  Gotcha there infrastructure!

Moments feeling like you are camping while in the middle of the city.

Moments appreciating the finer things in life, like water and candles.

Moments D690: Dance, dance, dance!

Today the entire crew visiting Jamaica for my cousin's wedding joined in on a full day adventure with Chukka Tours.  The day started out with a rain storm.  It was fun to watch the storm cloud roll in, let loose upon us at breakfast and then pass through just as quickly as it came in.  We were thankful for the quick storm as we had all signed up for their catamaran cruise headed to Dunn's River to climb the falls.   There were over 20 of us.  It needed to be a good weather day and the universe was in agreement!

What a treat to enjoy a day with everyone.  It was a day filled with great moments, and today, I'm going to share a couple of them.  First, we cruised along and stopped for a snorkel.

After our snorkeling time (which was definitely dampened by the rain storm - the reef wasn't very clear!), we headed to Dunn's River Falls.

Walking up the falls wasn't much fun with the group as the tour guides originally had us all hand in hand, in hand, like a trail of kids.  It was like being on lock down when a world of excitement was just in front of you, teasing you for more action.  It didn't take long for EQ & I to split from the group and climb up the falls on our own terms.  What a treat that was.  What a ton of fun it was to play in the falls.

But truly, the best moment of the day was after lunch and on the boat ride back to the resort.  With rum punch in hand, we all rode the waves and sang and danced....and danced some more.  We all did!  All 20+ of us on the front of the catamaran.  With screams of fear (for some of our group fear motion like that!) mixed with screams of laughter we danced the afternoon away.

When we landed back at the resort, we continued to dance, sing, and laugh.  We managed to even catch some, actually a lot, of it on video!  How incredible to spend the day bonding with my family (and extended friends) and to be an adventurer with EQ.  

It was a day filled with dancing; dancing in the waves of the ocean, dancing in the river splashing up the falls and then dancing atop the catamaran.  Dance, dance dance!

Moments enjoying a day trip with the family.

Moments being extremely silly and loving life!

Moments D226: Sparkling Water

Today: a long day in the office filled with issues that needed to be dealt with at every turn. Late to arrive home and I fixed myself a quick, but tried and true dinner. Okay, maybe it’s not a REAL dinner, and it certainly doesn’t stand up to my typical palate, but it does the job when you’re making dinner at 8pm and trying to get organized for your coming weekend of studying!

Today’s smile came from finally opening my Cyber Monday 50% off deal. A Sodastream. A PURPLE Sodastream at that! Yes, thank you BFF for keeping me in the loop at that!

As the evening wore on, I realized I’ve had over a litre of bubbly water to drink this evening. And I drank it along side some K-D and cottage cheese. Huh. Talk about strangely paired partners.

So as I finish making my second bottle of sparkling water within a 4 hour time period, I guess it’s safe to say I kinda love my new Sodastream!

Moments to enjoy new toys.

Moments to enjoy one’s water.