The Calm Before the Storm

Today was technically my day off. That being said I did a lot of set up for my class this week. Ruth E. and I went over the whole list of participants so I could refresh my memory on who was coming. I am a “face” person. I hardly ever forget a face, unless it gets dramatically altered somehow. I am also good at remembering names. What I really like is to learn where people are from and I remember that best. Putting all that information together can sometimes be a problem.

Tonight we had the “welcome cocktail party”. I was thrilled to see so many returning students. As soon as I saw their faces I remembered perfectly where they were from, but still had to ask them to remind me of their names. There are almost three times as many people this year so it helps to already know some.

Between the setting up and the cocktails we had a lovely lunch by the beach. I saw lots of students there and one nice friend invited us to her house for dinner after the cocktail party. It was so sweet, but there are just so many parties I can ask Russ to go to so I begged off. I do need a good nights sleep before tomorrow’s two classes.

After lunch Russ and I took a great beach walk. The weather could not be more perfect. 72° and not a cloud in the sky. The water was crystal blue and the sand the cleanest white.

We are having dinner on our terrace with the just-past full moon glowing down on us. Pretty romantic business trip.