Saturday, June 02, 2007

Blog, brog, glog

We have 15 mins to kill before our taxi arrives, so just about time to move from weblog to braglog - not sure if that's a brog or a glog.

The flight over was fine. Oakley was an angel until the last few minutes when he chose to vomit all over his mother in spectacular style. Given the restrictions of the seat belt signs and the surprise element, I just sat and endured the rather gruesome sensation of sick soaking through your underwear. I forgot about sick bags. Quent exclaimed how it was only about the third time Oakley had been sick in his life. I wondered if he would notch up a few more instances once we start 7 days on a boat.

Anyway, we have now spent 2 days in a lovely hotel on a beautiful, palm-fringed beach. Oakley has had the pool more or less to himself and hovers near the steps, greating visitors with a cheery "hello" - like a miniature, chirpy bouncer. When he moves, he moves fast up and down the pool with just a slender rubber ring and a proud dad swimming alongside.

Antigua has fewer than 100,000 inhabitants and Oakley has charmed a good proportion while we've been here. Today it's off to the BVIs to make a few more friends and collect the yacht.

You've all been so kind and supportive through our recent ups and downs. I felt it was only fair to continue the update. Please keep the positive vibes and the health prayers coming, but feel free to abandon any other sympathetic tendancies for the next 14 days - we are in Paradise.

8 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to hear that you were able to go to Antigua, I was there at the beginning of May!
Enjoy paradise...

Lots of love

Claire S

Saturday, June 02, 2007 6:35:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Brilliant news you are able to get away for a couple of weeks, have a ball.

Lots of love Janice Paul Holly and Hannah xxxx

Sunday, June 03, 2007 11:17:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This entry to your blog just really made me smile. Its great to picture you guys out there in paradise, lolling around.
Lots of love
Gill

Monday, June 04, 2007 5:13:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And now can I just say how excited I am to have managed to write a comment on your blog for the FIRST TIME. Until now, I was too imtimidated by the user account details box to even see what happens when you tick the anonymous box. Oh what a joy! I feel internet grown up now.
Lots of love
Gill again............

Monday, June 04, 2007 5:16:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Does "up and down the pool" mean literally up and down or are we in horizontal mode? Either way the sun, sand and sea sounds just perfect - stress free has to be the answer to it all! If Oakley and his dad are exhibiting full charm the residents have no option but to submit!!

Enjoy the sailing - I'll expect to see you all superbly bronzed (or as someone put it the other day, "nutty brown") when you come back to the Big Birthday.

Lots and lots of hugs
Lorna and Phil
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:13:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you're having a wonderful time. Forget about us lot though, switch off, enjoy paradise and tell us all about it when you get back.
Love Jenny xxx

Tuesday, June 05, 2007 3:35:00 pm  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fantastic news, Quent will be loving being Capt of the ship and Oakley the cabin boy 'Jim Lad'...

H make sure you relax, soak up the sun and get waited on hand and foot, it's a beautiful part of the world so really enjoy.

See you when you get back to muggy old Chiswick for Sunday breakfact at that fat Italian's place on the High Road!!!

Love Ya

Les, Sarah and Ellie
xx xx xx

PS Ellie wanted to know if Oaks is on his own or did he take that 'girlfriend' from Guildford!!!

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:28:00 am  
Blogger Norbert Panhandle said...

Quentin. Boats. Can anyone else picture Quent climbing the mast and abseiling down again, hooking up a robotic arm to the tiller for autopilot or tinkering with the engine to get a few extra horsepower out of it? Hope you had fun and hope you got the deposit back on the boat.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:22:00 pm  

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