The Weekend - Sunday

Sunday AM - Blueberry pancakes were the order of the day, and they were quite tasty. (Ok, I didn't put any blueberries in my pancakes - not really a fan - but Burr enjoyed his!) Burr did up his stack of "penny pancakes" (like my mom makes) with butter, maple syrup, and cool whip. Sugar rush, anyone?

Sunday noonish - We hit the Exchange to pick up a few things for the house. The only thing we couldn't find was compressed air with which to clean the computer fan; we are still on a quest to find it, though, so we'll let you know how that turns out!

Noonish cont - Burr and I loaded up our snorkel gear (seriously, so much easier to get together than all my scuba gear) and headed up to Maeda Point. Maeda is a popular (and gorgeous) scuba/snorkel spot on the island and we hit the water and snorkeled! Having learned our lesson the hard way in Palau we slathered on the sunscreen and got Burr a rashguard to protect our skin. No sunburns and several fish sightings later, we headed back home.

Sunday afternoon - As you know, I've been running a lot since Burr has been gone. He's been working out hard too, so we decided to keep the trend going and take a run yesterday afternoon. Typically it is too hot and sunny to run in the afternoons here, but it was kind of overcast and breezy when we started out, so we thought we'd be ok. We ran from our house up past the Foster Globe and Anchor Gate, around to the Legion gate and entered Foster there. We hit Taco Bell to get some free water for ourselves and Gabe and then continued our run. Upon my suggestion, we extended our route a bit, and then finally ended up at the Commissary gate (our exit point to head home). Now, I learned several weeks ago that they don't let people ENTER that gate on foot, but I had no idea that you also could not EXIT that gate on foot. Lesson learned. We had to wait at the gate for about half an hour to catch a cab that would drive us the 100 feet out of the gate to the road. Grrrrr.... On the upside, we ran for just over an hour, thereby earning bragging rights for ourselves for the rest of the day and the ability to eat (in moderation) whatever we wanted taht night!

Sunday evening - Thanks to the great Lemon Chicken with Artichokes and Capers recipe that Aunt Jane sent, we had a delicious dinner. It was a nice night with a gentle breeze and low humidity, so we ate on the roof.

Now it's Monday morning and Burr has the day off! He plans to get our taxes done, and I have to teach one lesson - other than that, we have no firm plans, so who knows what fun we will have this afternoon?!

Have I mentioned how nice it is to have Burr home?

rmf