Mexico!

Yes folks, thats where we spent our afternoon... Mexico!

Okay, obviously not. But it was about as close as we're going to get for awhile, and it was gorgeous! We spent the afternoon at Crystal Crescent Provincial Park, about 35 minutes from Halifax.

The little red circle at the top is approx where we live, and the big red circle at the bottom is the park.

It was beautiful and sunny today, around 25'C. But there was definitely a big difference from Mexico... the water was freezing! We did swim a little, more than anyone else on the beach, but it was still short-lived. The dogs didn't seem to mind too much though! We spent most of our time hanging out in the sun and running in and out of the water. Then hiked along a trail and found Mackerel Cove... the nude beach! While we didn't partake in that particular hobby today, I thought it was great that there was an area where people could.

I'd like to go back with my wetsuit and snorkel and see if I can see any lobster or fishies! There were some rocky areas, and the water was unbelievably clear.

There's not much more to say... it was a beautiful day at a beautiful beach. Scott is fully sunbunt, and I am gloating as I slathered myself in sunscreen and am burn free. On a side note, I bought some Mexitan natural sunscreen about a year ago and this was pretty much the first time I used it on a day of sun and beach - it worked amazingly. We were out in the full sun for hours and swam too, and I'm not even close to burned.

 

 Shake shake shake!

 We had some company!

 Hanging out in the sun back at home!

And another beautiful sunset staring into our living room.

Sluggish update

Yeah, I know, it's been over a week and no update! At least I have some more interesting news items to report this time.

Last Sunday we drove out to Mahone Bay to visit my cousin and her family. It's been rainy and cloudy for weeks, then voila - beautiful sunny afternoon for our visit! We were able to sit outside and have a great lunch (Christine, you make a divine quiche!) then toured around the town. We stopped at her husband's sewing studio, where I drooled all over his industrial sewing machines and supersized cutting tables. Of course we forgot to take any pictures... guess we'll just have to do it again! We drove home along the ocean (instead of the highway, which is inland a bit) but unfortunately it was super foggy and we could barely even see the beaches! The fog here is strange, it doesn't seem to burn off in the afternoon like I'm used to. I still tried to take a couple pictures, though.

(This is looking back at Mahone Bay - you can see the three church steeples that the town is known for)

(Beautiful sunny day in Mahone Bay!)

(Then fogggggyyyyyy!)

It warmed up a couple days this week so we checked out Chocolate Lake, which is right in the middle of the city. And don't worry, it is much nicer than it sounds. In fact the water is turquoise, like the Caribbean! These pictures don't quite show how brilliant the colour is, but it was such a sunny day and the lake was so nice that we took a little dip.

(Swim swim!)

(The trees are looking so lush now!)

I also had a couple of job interviews this week. The first was at the Dartmouth General Hospital on Monday; I'm still waiting to hear back from them. The second was at the Halifax Infirmary on one of the orthopedic units. Actually that one wasn't so much an interview as a "stop by and introduce yourself and if you're not a complete tool we will hire you." And they did. I guess that means I'm not a tool. So I now have a casual position with the Capital District Health Authority in orthopedics! I'm a bit nervous, there's a lot of new things to learn - ie: all new charts and paperwork!! There will be some kinds of patients that will be new to me too, but there's an orthopedics in-service day next Friday so I'm hoping that will help prepare me a little. I get way too uptight about wanting to know everything and do it all perfectly! One of these days I really need to stop that.

Other than that we've just been hanging out, trying not to spend any money, going to the park when it's nice out. The view from our balcony seems to be different everyday, and we've had some more beautiful sunsets.

 (Pooped out!)

(Happy Buddy!)

And of course there was the unbelievable thunder and lighting storm the other night! Here is a video we took of some of the lightning, in case you haven't seen it on Facebook already. It was so great being able to watch it from our balcony. There was lightning like every 5 seconds, it was crazy! Poor Aluka was pretty terrified.

And one last little tidbit for you...

The McLobster is back!

We're definitely on the East Coast. Sick.