A quieter weekend for us as we get over colds. We managed, however, to make the trek to Coral World where we have a family membership (our mini-version of the Vancouver Aquarium). Julian fed the stingrays, Max led the way deciding what to see and when, and we all enjoyed a quiet visit with relatively few other visitors.
Coral World is a great spot - with a few shows including the shark feeding show, the sting ray feeding show, and even a sea lion show where they come out to do a few tricks inside the fish tank display area (I still can't really get over this show where we are all crowded on one side of the room behind a "rope" watching mostly trained teenage sea lions do tricks...)
A few pictures of today's outing.
The boys have been in school for over a month and we are back to a routine of getting them to school by 7:30 and then off to work. We have become accustomed to getting to bed earlier during the week and getting up with the sun. The days are already starting to get shorter. Having said that, there is only a difference of about one hour of extra daylight during the summer months at this lattitude. It gets dark just after 6:30 right now and the sun rises about 5:45.
Life at Import Supply remains steady with a constant stream of machines to service, repair or assess. The ongoing challenge is managing both the workload and our team when the demands and priorities are constantly changing. We are currently servicing over 400 machines every month on the three islands so it does feel like a juggling act some days. We are in the midst of getting our website finalized and have been running a few hurricane ads over the past few months. Interestingly enough, despite our communications efforts, we do have to remind ourselves that business on the island is still very much word-of-mouth. Being out in the community and meeting with people still seems to get better results.
Friday night we did something we frequently used to do in Vancouver. Order take-away sushi. And while this won't seem like anything too exciting for our Vancouver friends, it is truly a treat these days at $9 for a california roll. And at the rate that Julian and Max eat sushi - you can appreciate that we don't do this too frequently.
We are off to Miami this coming weekend which is not only Canadian Thanksgiving but Columbus Day. We are fitting in some appointments with some planned visits to the Miami Metro Zoo, the Science Museum and a waterpark. I am already mentally preparing myself for driving on busy freeways on the RIGHT hand side of the road. We are looking forward to our mini getaway and the boys are extremely excited about everything from the airplane to staying in a hotel!
We hope this update finds everyone healthy and doing well. Keep in touch - we love to hear from you.
