Last night we trekked up to the Swordfish Bar for our nightly toast. The bar up top is one of my favorites – the view over Long Bay looking north with the hills beyond the morass is spectacular and there is always a fresh breeze blowing in off the water. At the time we were there we had the place to ourselves, it was nice. Looking down, the water was clear and we saw long, silvery flying-fish jumping out of the water and gliding for 20 feet or so. I had a Red Stripe, Bea had a rum-n’-raisin ice cream., because she's running on Saturday.
Luna, our ‘guard’ dog, sprained her left hind leg while she was running on the beach. Over-exuberance, apparently. So she had a visit at the vet and now she sports a tensor bandage that is covered with a thick wrapping of white cloth medical tape. This bandage has seriously curtailed her activities. Normally she’s taken down the beach every day for a run and a swim. But the vet has put her on a no-activity restraining order for 10 days. And she’s not happy about it.
She’s only two years old and has a lot of pent-up energy. Since getting her bandage her barking efforts at the gate have greatly increased. Truth be told, some of the kids that pass by on the road tease Luna.
Last night Luna hobbled into our apartment, found a cool spot on the living room floor and flopped down. She crashed out for an hour, her legs jerking spasmodically as she dreamed doggy dreams of running on the beach and chasing the feral cats that live in our yard.
Poor Luna.
Walking around Negril you wouldn’t know that Christmas is just around the corner. Very few signs of the shopping/eating/drinking season are visible here. Except when we walked into the Hi Lo this morning we were accosted by Celine Dion singing some schmaltzy Christmas standard over the PA. I almost gagged, I did, actually.
Celine Dion? Really?! Jamaicans have good taste in music. How about Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton singing Christmas tunes? That would be just fine.
Yah, Mon - Gizzadas!
Bea is running in the Reggae Marathon 10K event tomorrow. Her run starts at 5:00am. That’s not a typo. This means she will be getting up at 3:00am Saturday morning – which means ‘guess who else’ will be getting up at 3:00am? I’ll walk her down the roundabout so she can pick up the shuttle to Long Bay Park at 4:00am, then it will be straight back to bed for me. The Beach Road will be closed from 4:00am until around noon, I think.
Tonight we go up to Couples Swept Away for the pre-race pasta party. Should be good. It will probably be an early night tonight.
Observation:
It is my observation that the ‘No Smoking’ thing has had absolutely no affect in Negril. All the bars we go into, even though there are ‘No Smoking’ signs posted, people still smoke as per before. It probably has had an impact in offices and the like. But not the places we frequent.
I don't know what exactly happens in this bar, but I'm gonna find out.
