A Long Walk

Today I got up and got to work much like usual. I ended up getting to bed late last night and so got up a little later than normal, but other than that it was work as usual. I am slowly chipping away at the pile, although there's still plenty left to do. I've been busy enough coding on the game that I haven't worked on my maze generator for days. I hope to get some time for it tomorrow, but it may have to wait until Sunday.

Either way, after I had gotten a fair amount of work done Rachel, Abby, and I went for a bit of a walk. We went about half way to Gallion taking pictures all the way :)


During the first leg of the walk we got a lot of views of Soufriere.


Then then road headed a little more into the woods.


I don't know what that fruit is. And, yea... I took a lot of pictures.


Can you see the lizard there?


Once we got home it was time to wrap it up for the day. I played a little dwarf fortress and a little tanks. As Rachel was cooking lunch she noticed a heart floating around in the pot and wanted me to take a picture of it.


Late in the afternoon Caleb and Felicity wanted to go to the sea. So Ben and I took them. We didn't stay all that long. Once again the Warden wasn't down there.


Anyways, they're having some kind of festival here tonight or tomorrow. They've been working on the roads all day and there's a stage setup for a live band down by the beach. I didn't take a picture because it was just a stage with a drum set on it.

I found out this afternoon that we should be able to get in the new house by the end of July. So we'll have a week where we'll be leasing both. That should give us plenty of time to get moved from one to the other. It's very exciting although we're going to be very busy, lol.

Well, I'm tired and we're expecting a busy day tomorrow, so I'm wrapping it up here for the night. Good night from Dominica!

The Girls Were Back In Town

As the title indicates Rachel and the girls went into town today. Rachel wanted to do some shopping without the constraint of having to get anything in particular done. She wanted to price a few things and talk to our land lady about some little issues we have with the house. They headed out just after breakfast and were gone for a few hours.

Before I continue I want to share a couple of pictures Libby wanted taken last night.


Those are bugs that attracted her attention. She took the first picture of the bug on her window. I took the second of the bug in the bathroom.

Anyways, this morning went well. I've decided I really have to take some shortcuts with the D20 system. The more I think about it the more I realize I need to get it functional and then add frills. My original vision was to have almost everything auto-calculate so that data entry and management would be easier. Really though, in the short run that will cost more time then it saves. Plus, going back and adding auto-calculation for Armor Class and things like that will be a piece of cake. So, I can get it working quickly in the short run and invest the time to make it truly awesome in the long run.

While I was working away on that Rachel was leading the girls from one store to another. I really need to get her to take more pictures while she's in town. Either way, here's what she took.


She found some very reasonable prices by looking around. For instance, she found Mozzarella cheese for like EC$12.99/US$4.81 a pound and got peperoni for about half what she paid last time. (Yea, we had pizza again tonight.) She also found some cheap goggles, although she didn't buy any today.

We really need to save as much money as we can. We just put the “holding deposit” down on the house in Pont Casse today. Apparently it's completely unfurnished. Somehow I had overlooked that in the lease. It's not a big deal as we need our own appliances and furniture down here anyway, but it is going to put a dent in our wallet. As always, we ask you to keep us in your prayers. We have a lot to get and want to get the best deals we can.

Moving on: The kids wanted to go to the sea.


Sadly the warden wasn't down there. Also, for whatever reason, I was a little burned out today. I just didn't feel like staying down there for more than about half an hour. Of course, I would have stayed if I'd had a mask, lol.

Once again the day has vanished like smoke. I was planning to spend the weekend laying around as much as possible, but Dilian wants us to go out to Pont Casse. He wants me to see the place before I sign the lease. I think he's being overly cautious, but I agreed to go. (After all, he may be right. He knows the place better than I do.) Of course, Josian pointed out that we could go to Emerald Pool while we were out that way. That will certainly make the task more pleasant. So, Lord willing, I'll be able to blog about my experiences there Saturday night.

That's all for now. Good night from Dominica!