Beach chairs and orange juice

It is 6:59 AB time or 8:59 Boston time. I’m now sitting in the Boston airport. My bags have been checked all the way through to Grenada so I am happily checked bag-less. It is much easier to manoever around the airport with just my carry on and the cat. This airport is really weird, small with 80’/90’s music and instead of the typical chairs to sit in in the corridor there are white beach chairs. I saw the sunrise from the plane this morning it was SPECTACULAR! We took off from Toronto, popped out of the clouds and there was this cherry glow spreading everywhere –very cool. All the airlines have reverted to a pay as you eat type of system. I had a muffin and milk for breakfast at the food court in Toronto because snack mix, cookies, and meat sandwiches wasn’t appealing. There has also been a lot of orange juice… So I am counting down, second last flight.. can’t wait to be done mostly so that I can give Figaro a break. I don’t think he’s slept a wink yet. I’m holding up ok, it was a challenging morning, when you’re tired it is super easy to get into the self doubt “what am I doing?” mode. Keeping an open mind and kind of excited to see Grenada in person.

It is now 7:28 Edmonton time or 10:28 Grenadian time and I have arrived and settled into my new apartment for the week. It is really cute, a tiny little cottage run by an older couple from Calgary if you’ll believe it. I am SOOO GLAD to be done flying and I think the cat agrees. He was such a trooper it is unbelievable, I thought he would have howled the whole way but sedation wasn’t necessary. Getting through Grenada customs was a bit harry because in Boston, the stewardess confiscated my one carry on bag. She said that I was only allowed the cat and I barely had enough time to grab my laptop out before she was sending it down to be loaded into checked luggage. As a result I didn’t have my letters from the school. Luckily, I talked my way through it and after some discussion went through customs found a porter/taxi driver. I overpaid him by Grenadian standards but I think he worked pretty hard lugging my HEAVY bags both out of the airport and into the hotel. It is gorgeous and warm out tonight –makes me a tad nervous to know what the heat of the day is like. There is also some kind of squeaky critters outside my window, I’ll have to ask Rita and Melvin about it tomorrow. They are so sweet, they offered to give me a tour tomorrow to find groceries etc. and they also let me phone home as soon as I got in to let mom know I arrived safe. They have this thing “Vonage” that I will have to research =free long distance calling –sweet! Anyhoo, cat is already asleep on the bed and I think it’s my turn… Still a little homesick but hopefully I will settle in alright.