Counting Down

We are trying to enjoy our last days in Colorado. We went water skiing today at Highline lake a very small lake but one large enough to have fun on. Angie was able to get up on the first try on only one ski (cool chick!) Especially when the boat was not as fast as it should be for water skiing.
Our friend Vicki, bless her heart, was so excited to take us out to water ski for the last time here in Colorado. With the sun shinning and the water rippling with enjoyment, we had a blast!
We hope we will be able to come back to Colorado for my clinical rounds and it may just happen. There are many whom are willing to take me under their wing and train me to be the best physician I can possibly be. They are the ones who have encouraged me to become the physician I would like to be--compassionate, caring and above all understanding. Understanding to the needs that every individual desires.
All of our friends are here and it will be hard to leave, but there is a great adventure awaiting. . . one that will instill everlasting memories upon our future generation-- my children.
Let's hope that all will be good for us and that everyone on this adventure will gain some insight to the wonders of life.
Thanks for taking the time to peruse my site and become a part of our life.

Jace and his first Trophy he earned in T-Ball 

The Martini Gang at Aunt Nicoles in South Dakota. 

The kitchen. These are the only three pictures I have right now. The bedrooms are off to the left along with the bathroom. It is cinder(sp) block constucted in case of those pesky little Class V hurricanes that tend to drop by on occasion for a little frolic on the island. 

The Living Room 

This is the porch of the apartment. The red circle is the AUC Med School Sign with the Guarded Entrance at the left of the picture with a Sheriff out front. 

It's late

It's 11:15pm and I am up late setting up Yahoo Messenger so I can communicate quicker with people down in the Caribbean that are helping us in the transition of a middle income family to very poor medical student family.
The families and students that I have been in contact with have been better than anyone could have ever hoped for with such a large move.
The big shocker today was we found a great apartment that when you roll out of bed you are on the AUC campus. This is good because we will not have to have two cars and the kids and I can walk to school--it's only 100ft. That will lower the stress on Angie, the kids, and I and we will be able to spend that ever so valuable time being together rather than commuting even just ten minutes. Do that a few times a day and were talking a whole hour of wasted time. I will post some pictures of the Apartment.
The only catch is that today we talked to the landlord Gil and he would like $4500 up front. OUCH!!!!! The rent is $1500/mo and he would like two months in security deposit. He didn't mention anything about a contract either. Shady? What do you think?
He seems like a nice guy and our family advisor Amy said that he is a good guy. Well find out tomorrow when he inspects the apartment for the leaving students and see if he gives all of the securtiy deposit back. Interesting. Hmmmm.

NautilusSmall 

Soft and Warm Nautilus 

Our kids with their long lost pal. 

Angies Picture of the Maroon Bells in Aspen Colorado. 

A beautiful Sunset. Angies sister Nicole and boyfriend Darren on right. 

Smoky Sparlers on a cold winter night. Our last winter in Grand Junction. 

Angie, Adam and our Nephew Christopher on the left. 

Dad and the boys. (From Left, Jace, Jim, Adam) 

Young and Happy Warlocks 

This is Prettier 

No really, a pretty picture. 

Pretty Picture 

Contrasting Colors in St. Maarten 

Sunset In St. Maarten 

Old Dawn Beach Hotel St. Maarten 

BooBoo and My son Jace. We will miss this wodnerful dog. 

Me 

I'm Batman 

What else is there to do?

When you get the Island Fever you do things like, have your hair beaded. That way you feel more comfortable doing the double dutch. Angies beaded hair was done at a place called Oriental Beach on the French side of St. Martin. My youngest son saw some pictures of the naked women (most of the beaches are European and are clothes optional) on this beach and termed it China beach. Was he talking about the oriental thing or was he trying to say Va China? He's 4 so I'll bet. . . .

Angies Beaded Hair 

Where I want to be

It is getting late for me but I am trying to figure out this Blog thing. I was trying to figure out how to post a picture and I posted a picture of my beautiful wife Angie at Philipsburg Marina in St. Maarten, Dutch Antilles and it reminded me so much of how much I want to be back in the warm sun and listen to the turquois wavelets brush upon the beach and soothe me into equanimity.
St. Maarten a beautiful and wonderful place with so many nice and kind people who move as rhythmically as the turquois wavelets do lapping upon silicon crystals--a place where the insane rush of American life drifts silently away fading into a distant memory--a memory which becomes more difficult day by day to comprehend or recall. You are swept up into a life of peace and slow pace, enjoying all that everything has to offer.
That is until you drive a car there and everything instantly changes. You must be on alert a factor of 10 times greater than driving any busy freeway in the US. It is a contrast that cannot be reckoned with by any means. It is metaphorically a world of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.
Ganga is smoked on a religious basis and of course as a means of slowing down, but they must all be extremely high on caffiene when they drive. Who else would slow down for a speed bump and then peel-out to accelerate at break-neck speed to once again slam on the breaks for the next speed bump. The only speed limit is there is no speed limit. Safe and Sane is an understatement. It's more like Unsafe and Insane; it is the rule not the exception.
Must get some sleep.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Philipsburg Marina