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It is my final FINAL, FINAL day here no more top up of fundsinjections,
no more extensions….
no more just one moreday here, there and everywhere, the time has come , my ticket has ran out , mychildren have their final examinations waiting for them at school and we HAVEto go home….OR DO WE?
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What do you think the next step would be if the FINALdecision was up to me if I did not have the childrens schooling to worry about?
There is no way on this earth ANYONE could make me go home!No way!
I would stay and just see what happens , go with the flowand only return back to England if my luck ran out, but it never has andhopefully never will!
I never thought this trip would happen this year so muchhappened this year pre trip that I just gave up on the idea even though it wastearing me up to have to miss my trip and also lose my monies already paid.
But doom and gloom soon SNAPPED into happiness andexcitement the second I printed my boarding pass, and the second we got in thetransfer van to Negril. I cannot even describe how I felt,except WELCOME HOMEonce more.Hooray thankyou Jesus
Lastnight was very strange weather it really rained hardhere for hours and hours and felt cool.It rained well after dark and thismorning felt very cold and I wondered if I was seeing things there was a foglike mist over the mountains hanging real low which lasted for nearly twohours.It was cold cloudy and rainy and it was like natures way of saying tictoctime to go home, easing me back into the weather back home the cold , thecloud, the fog the mist and rain.It is very unusual weather today it is justlike at home in England, perhaps it is better for me this way as if it was verysunny with the birds chirping and I hear one sound system I know it would makeit a lot harder for me to leave so this weather is easing me out slowly!
I really do not want to go home.My childrens education isalmost finished there, We are in January now , my girls finish around May forgood, They could attend college anywhere in the world and my son could easilysettle in to school here.My mother and father are also back home and we see myfather daily who is with us all the time so of course I have missed them butthey can easily fly out here.
I just wish I could stay but know my time is up and I haveto leave and every time I say next time will be for longer or a one way ticketbut in reality the longest I can get away is 5 or 6 weeks over july /augustwhen my children are out of school/college for summer so I will not get toexperience 3 or 6 months or 12 months it can only ever be 5 or 6 weeks until Imake a final decision to up and leave once and for all.Just grab my chance androll with it.
The worst that could ever happen to us is I would be satback in my same old chair in my same old life looking out of that same oldwindow pane watching the rain and the miserable unhappy unsociable cold peoplepassing by from time to time.I would still have a life and a roof and moneyback home.I really do not have anything to lose by just taking a chance andgoing for it as the worst that can happen is I would have to fly to England andjust go back to where my life is at now.Nothing ventured nothing gained.
My main priority is EDUCATION and certificates , degrees andpasses for my kids it seems you cannot get anywhere these days unless you havea very good natural talent or you possess all of these certificates.
So making sure they all have a good education is my numberone priority and they are all doing extremely well so far and I am very proudof them.
I also have to make sure my father is happy, he said hewould come here for good with us if we got something stable and settledarranged.
My mother hopefully would find the courage to fly out forvisits.
I don’t have any other ties at all.I have family but theywould not put their life on hold for me not at all so I cannot do that forthem.I have to look out for my own immediate family.If and when my family get agood opportunity that they have been waiting for it is not like I will beconsulted they would grab it with both hands and go and so will I!
We made breakfast in bed for my in laws this morning Isuccumbed to the drawing of tea LOL and had a cup of some chocolatey drink!
I bet my son asks for tea every morning now at home.
We had a bit of a bad sleep as the kids were playing musicalbeds lastnight all fighting for a space and saying they wanted to sleep indifferent places so everyone is feeling a little tired today.My mother in lawmade me laugh, the phone rang and she said hello and then she shouted my fatherin law, because he was not quick enough to come she said you nah come? Well Icyan bodder wit it and put the phone down LOL she said she did not know who itwas and we did not know how to recall the number LOLOL
Our nephew came lastnight after school to say our goodbyesit was sad he cooked up a mean chicken though it was lovely and my girls wereassistant chefs.
The phone has been ringing today, different family fromEngland checking on arrangements saying hi people saying bye its so sad.I donot want to leave.
My dreams lastnight were surreal can a dream even be surrealor is it surreal anyway?
Lol
My dreams were of every single song since I got here , bassspeakers musicians, boardies faces, musical instruments , family time, beachtime, seastar time, concerts, driving, cliffs, Cliffside, chicken , rum, fun,sun, birds, animals, noises and then I woke up, It was like the whole 6 weeksflashed before me like they say it happens before death but it is not the endof my life just the end of my holiday but I sure do feel like wearing all blackand start mourning!
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I keep repeating myself and for that I apologize I know I can be a repetitive annoying mo fo sometimes about things I am passionate about and this is WITHOUT any rum!
My liver is one thing that will be pleased to go back home LOL it will have a nice long rest until my next trip.Our driver is coming in the next 30 minutes and we will leave here in just over an hour or so.I have about 2000j LOL to my name so I am seriously hoping I do not have to pay exit tax, I have always paid it before on every single trip but they were on cheapo flights and this was a mega expensive scheduled airline which I heard it was included in.Please let that rumour be right.Because I have no credit card and no-one back home will loan me one more dime/cent/penny!
I really hope there is no drama at the airport.We get fed well on the plane at least and drinks are free.Once we land I have to get 3 long trains and a taxi to get home.It will take me almost 24 hours of messing about but 24 hours from now I will be lying on my bed , if my bed hasn’t been stolen or sold LOL with my memories of my trip and OMG I so need to start planning the next trip because there was SO much I never got to do this trip and so much I saved for next time that I will have to start planning and saving and paying back from the moment I touch down.
Do you think I am crazy for that?
Says who?
Says you LOL?
I know everyone reading this is probably every inch as in love with Jamaica as I.You know you are all as obsessed with trips as me just admit it be honest!
I did not manage to make it to a library as planned all week so I am sorry I could not do live updates and looking back I would definitely buy my own connection which I can just plug in my usb port so I have access to internet at all times.I cannot even check if my flight is on time as I have no phone or internet now so here’s to hoping! As always riding on a wing and a prayer LOL
Please forgive me.
Everything always works out in Jamaica, where there is a will there is a way.If I really want something I will get it,If I really want to do something I manage to do it.Do not let fear or lack of money or confidence hold you back.Everyone has the same opportunities , they are out there just not everyone has the same amount of money to take up those opportunities but if you really want something so bad you will find a way.I was coming here twice sometimes 3 times in a year or less than 2 years at one point.
Where there is a will there is a way.
Everybody’s cases are packed except one.Guess who’s that is?
MINE
I know I
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Update on the packing situation - I could not be bothered packing my case and the thought ofall them summer clothes just lying on my wardrobe floor never to be worn againor at least until another holiday made me sad and I thought what a waste. I sawa need for those clothes and I decided to give everything I had away my girlsgave some things too. I kept my sparkly dress and undergarments the rest I gaveaway clothes shoes, accessories etc.
I am an all or nothing kinda gal so if I was to go home tono electric and gas or water on and my cable and internet was to be cut offthen I figured if I was to have nothing at all then I may aswell finish it offproperly and give all my clothes away too no point keeping just a bit of stuffholding on to things when everything else is falling apart around me so it wasall or nothing.Plus I was in need of some karma points !
Keep everything or give away everything. It was my lastlittle gesture to Jamaica we all made quite a few gestures this trip, justchose not to write about them all but I hope the clothes bring the wearer thefun and happiness that I had in them hopefully my happy vybe and spirit will continueto make the person happy.
My daughter gave away her prized possession her mobile phoneand even hubby gave some items away. My son usually leaves some toys but henever brought his little toys this trip.
The flight home which I had started off thinking this couldactually be a good chance to have a jetlag day ON THE PLANE LOL I was laughinginside thinking wait til I tell the boardies I ended up having my jetlag day onthe plane ride home, I had visions of me settling in comfy pillow and blanketmunching on some snacks and watching a few good movies, we usually take it inturns to sit with my son we usually dojust over 2 hours each as he likes entertaining and needs watching the wholeway he always wants to do something so I was surprised when they seated my 3children behind our seats and he settled in right away and was superbly behavedand just wanted to chill watch a movie and go to sleep=RESULT except I then gotsomeone elses 7 year old next to me who thought it would be great fun everytimeI closed my eyes to prod me , poke me , tap me awake or swing the remotecontrol into my leg or have an elbow wrestle over the arm rest space. This wasfunny for about 4 minutes I had another almost ten hours to go. Then he waiteduntil I just nodded off and put the spotlights in my face. THE ONLY SEAT ON THEWHOLE PLANE to have a spotlight on it was my seat typical just my luck my kidsare all behaving and I get stuck with dennis the freakin menace. I started toget mad he thought it was a disco spotlight in my face spotlight off on offkick tap, prod poke. I went and sat near the emergency exit where I hoped Iwould not fly out and tried to make myself invisible and small as you get introuble for blocking the exits so I stayed there for 15 minutes I neededbreathing space. My husband came to get me and said he had sorted the lightsituation out. It was a fairly uncomfortable flight back they forgot to order akids meal for my son so he was hungry eating snacks no meal then they forgot myhusbands breakfast and they only gave us 2 drinks which were just smallgulpsful , you know how much we paid for this flight?? get me a drink dammit!The games channels never worked and there was hard cold metal in between myfeet on the floor which made my sitting very uncomfortable so I was sittinglike I was in labour feet apart and my head on the pull down tray shoved facedown in to a pillow –when dennis the menace was not attacking me of course LOLso my planned jetlag flight did not happen. We got our trains I did not evennotice the climate change like we usually do it was odd. I really think therain mist and fog in Jamaica really helped me ease back in to the weather wedid not feel the cold until evening and usually we all have jetlag andtiredness for up to a week but nothing, nothing at all everyone went to bed asnormal and just fitted straight back into things no jetlag nothing. I do notknow how my body survived with such little sleep but I have slept loads allyear before I came so maybe I was using stored reserves!
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Pictures of me and my father in law enjoying one of our many chats out on the porch we have been known to spend many an hour out there talking about anything and everything, I think pretty much everything in the world has been discussed with us out on that porch!As you can see I managed to sneak one little rum and pepsi in too!
We talk about poverty, politics,crime, corruption, beauty, scenery, education, government, power, history, the future, the stock market! anything and everything we will sit there for hours and discuss until we watch the sun set over the mountains,then we come in to eat and sometimes we go back out there to chat in almost total darkness with the tree frogs chirping as our little audience.I love our little chats or long chats as I should say.I look forward to them all year.He is a very understanding man who likes to reflect on discussions and debate from both perspectives of an arguement and I enjoy doing that too so thats why some of our chats can take quite some time!
The other pic is of me and my nephew when we was having a 5 minute time out from the water issue that was driving us bonkers!
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got a little bit more to come few more photos i will post later
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Life can be very fun out here and also very hard I have seensome hardships.
If you are a tourist and want lots of fun bring lots ofmoney, if you want to live here come with lots of money and a superb plan ,anything less than a superb plan is not going to cut it.
In saying that if you are a single person with no ties orworries you could always just come here with NO plan and go with the flow andsee where life takes you OMG that sounds quite cool.DO IT NOW while you havethe chance!
What is there to lose.?
Imagine a NO PLAN ~ EMIGRATING PARTY ? WOIEEEEEEE that could be fun.
I am looking forward to reading Gerry and brasis trip reportbut they have failed miserably in locating me and picking me up on motorbikesto transport me to all the shows I have missed you get a big fat fail for thatboys LOL
Hope everyone has been having a lot of fun both at homereading the boards and on the rock having a blast.
So much fun so little time.I have got to fly so far awaynow.I envy those of you who can come 5 times a year or just hop on a plane for200 dollars and come for a long weekend .That must be so cool.
I hope I get back soon to see the family here , I really hope this is not our last visit withthem and we can make it back ASAP.Good bye Jamaica, Goodbye Jamaicans andboardies, and fun , sun and rum and family fun, goodbye sounds, and nature andscenery and sunsets and sunrises and shooting stars and calm blue oceans andreef fish and white sand and swaying palm trees and coconuts and everythingthat grows in the yard.Good bye friends and family and drivers and shops andworkers and patties and jerk chicken and hills and mountains and sunrays andbig bright silver moon and warm rain and cool breeze and swimming pools andJacuzzis and musicians and instruments and huge soundsystems goodbye late nightreggae rhythms flowing through the night air sending me to sleep (umm ok notsleep but you know what I mean!) Good bye adventure, goodbye camping style,andgoodbye my favourite staff at my favourite places, bye bye my rum punch what will I do without you and OMG The buyone get 2 free at fun holiday beach resort that just cannot get better theywere good too.Good bye waterpark I could spend a lot more days with you if Ihad money and good bye to everything I totally missed and didn’t get chance todo this trip.Jamaicans say you should not say goodbye say soon come back
But I will say goodbye to COLD SHOWERS LOL I stink I think Iwill enjoy a hot overflowing bubble bath on my return.I could not find a plugfor the bath here and water is very cool.I think seastar had hot water, can’tremember and fun holiday had a hot Jacuzzi.Must make a list of hot water placesfor future reference!
I think a good all rounder on the beach would definitely befun holiday beach resort.It has everything you need in a good location.Seastaris still my number one Cliffside.You will NOT find anywhere with better customer care here.As usual everysingle thing I asked for needed or wanted and more was provided.I think atourist used my nice coconut tanning oil there I kept leaving it by accidentnear the loungers and then it disappeared boo I bought another but it was creamnot oil and I have not actually ended up getting many days in the sun,Atseastar I was undercover and here in the country I am indoors a lot so thetanning situation is not as good as it could have been if I stayed on the beachfor 6 weeks imagine the tan then woooo that would be cool.
Enough ramblings from me I am off for my final taste ofJamaican home cooked food best throw all of my things in my case any which wayand how, I just hope I am not the family pulled out of the queue for everything getting searched I am NOT in themood yet it is always ME each and every time lol, one time they missed me andgot one of my kids instead,I never have nor ever will have anything I shouldnot have on me I think people who do that kinda thing on purpose are very sillyas they pretty much always get caught these days plus in my humble opinion themules never get paid enough, you know how I am with costs and prices I know thegoing rate LOL its crap and totally not worth it.It is illegal, crap pay notworth it, don’t do it ,don’t risk it.
Bye everyone see you on the other side watching the webcastsdreaming we were back here booooooooooooo
Love yas all hope you all have fantastic holidays and lotsof fun in this perfect little island of paradise.
Bye for now
SOON COME BACK!
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On the way home we had totally ran out of all kinds of cashin any and every currency all I had was one single pound coin which wasleftover from our way in. My mother had told me to call her when I got to thetrain station so she could send my driver to pick me up to bring me to my home.So I was gripping this precious final pound coin hanging on for dear life. Thethought never occurred to me imagine if she was on the phone or voicemail cameon? what would I do then lol
Good job these thoughts never occur as I am doing things atthe time as I would scare myself senseless!
But things always work out I pulled out the pound called mymum, the guy was on his way.
I arrived home to a little welcome home committee which wascute and unexpected, my brother and his pregnant partner was in my home, she isabout to give birth any day now and I am very very excited about this and mymum and dad was here and my next door neighbour.
They had all missed me they said awww, they have neverbothered to meet or greet me before , I think maybe they thought I was notcoming back lol
It took me about at least an hour to open all of the bills,the less important ones had to head straight for the trash I am afraid lolpriorities priorities!
Obviously my fambo will be number one on the payback pile.
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A couple of songs i HAVE BEEN BLASTING TODAY TO GET ME BACK IN THE HAPPY BEAT MOOD THAT I KNOW FROM JAMAICA!
NO MATTER WHAT ITS ALWAYS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC AND FUN OUT THERE NO MATTER HOW HARD THE STRUGGLE MUSIC WILL LIFT YOUR SPIRIT.Also been listening to some old ska which reminds me of the cute little old men with a bottle of rum in their pocket usually I found them in some backstreet wooden bar down a country lane, always ready for a chat and a dance and most of all FUN!!..You can't test the little old jamaican men doing their ska dancing yeah boy!
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