It's a sweet sweet life livin' by the salty sea: Good-Bye March and Hello April

March has been a long month for us! I think it is because we are so eager to go home. Just 2 1/2 weeks now! I CAN'T WAIT!

I have worked about 2 1/2 weeks now full time for the Dean of Research here at Ross. We have a great team and I think I'm going to really enjoy my little island job. Andrew is finishing he classes strong and looking forward to next semester. But before next semester comes we first get to come home and back to reality (this whole island thing just doesn’t seem real sometimes...)!

Make fun all you want but we have compiled a list of activities for when we are home. These fore mentioned activities consist of eating, shopping, target going, couch laying, TV watching, horse playing, dog petting, family spending, friend hugging good times. None of these are to do be in any said order per se but eating will consume a large amount of our time. Along with our activities list we have devised a strategic plan to optimize our time at home. We will have exactly 16 full days back in North Carolina. 8 days will be spent between Raleigh and Morehead City and the other 8 will be in Lexington - this way we get equal time with both families, how perfect! Oh and we are also able to cross off a several food venues.

A strategic plan will first consist of my parents picking us from the airport on Wednesday night, late, like 10 pm. This however, will not stop us from making a late night CookOut run for a couple of sweet teas and a CookOut Tray for Andrew. Oh and I'm sure my parents will bring Duke along for the ride because as Dad likes to say "It's a Family Outing, Duke should be there".... Don't worry I won't give you a play by play I will just highlight the good stuff! Thursday I wake up early and go see my sweet Sissy girl and spoil her lots of love and carrots; oh and Will can have a few carrots too! After I get my horse playin' in we will meet our friends for in down town Raleigh for dinner. We figured it was the easiest way to see everyone! Friday morning we will head down to Morehead City for some good ole North Carolina Coastal livin'! Here we will eat, boat, fish, shop, and just enjoy each other’s company!! After a nice long weekend we will head back to Raleigh for more Sissy and Will time, target browsing, couch laying, and TV watching, oh I forgot eating, yes of course always more eating.

We will wrap up a final few days in Raleigh doing what we love and then head on down to Lexington, where people claim to have red-neck dogs...true story...as if the owners weren't already....

Here we will spend time with family, ride a few horses, muck a few stalls, mend a few fences, and my favorite, chit-chat late into the night. Maybe we will even have another bonfire and shoot a few Skeet! Andrew's parents will even be having a horse show the Saturday that we are home! YAY! Saddle up - It's Cuttin' Time!

And when our two weeks of home are over we will head back to St. Kitts. I know our hearts and our bellies will be full.

Our List of Food Places...Don't Judge...

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