the bahamas were much better than expected. none of the usually berry family vacation issues like in the past. for instance, my family was in pensacola, fl for a week on vacation....i could not go b/c of work--i get a call at the house that one of our waverunners had washed up on shore and the coast guard was holding it for us. so it ends up that someone forgot to hook the anchor up one night and it drifted away. this is a typical situation in the berry household. none of that though, so i was impressed.

sunday night was lame. i got to my hotel around 4:00 pm and began exploring. i walked over to a bar on the beach and tried the local beer, kalik. it was ok. nothing like canadian beer though :(. i got some food and headed for the lobby to wait on my family to arrive. we checked in, went to dinner, then to sleep. monday was filled with water slides, beaches, and parasailing. my brother and i decided to parasail and didn't think too much about it until we were being fastened into the chute. parasailing is amazing, especially around an island. tuesday consisted of more water slides, beaches, and a great show at joker's comedy club. the show's host, and two headliners were hilarious. wednesday we headed for blue lagoon island where we got to swim with sting rays, paddle boat, kayak, snorkel, lay in hammocks, and listen to some great local music. the sting rays were by far the best part of this day. we got to feed them and everything. they had an albino-one of four recorded in the world.

we had a few nice, dress up dinners, which i will try to get some pictures (of me dressed up) uploaded for you. i'm back in boston, once again left wondering how i've let the past week go by already. lately, i have been toying with the thought that each and every moment will only happen the exact way it is happening this one time. i'm not sure why this thought keeps occuring, but it makes me 'seize the moment,' which is a positive thing.

its the fourth of july and i feel sort of pathetic b/c its too hot/i've had too much sun to follow through with my plans for tonight. so i'm gonna hang out here with one of my roomates and have some beers. perhaps i'll fall asleep reading a book later on....