Final Day and I am ready to come home

So, I assume this will be our last blog from paradise. We are sooo ready to be home. Today is Good Friday, and it is a national holiday here. Our beaches and pools are filled with locals and so many of them are small children. We see how much fun they are having, squealing with laughter and we really really miss the girls. We will leave about 24 hours from now, and we are ready!

Not much to talk about today, since it is Good Friday, our Suva plans were derailed. Everything is closed. We feel blessed to have our workers here since it is a large sacrifice to work on Good Friday and on Easter. Tomorrow, Daddy is going to try and fish in the am, and I will go to the arts village for souvenir shopping. If the fishing doesn't pan out, since their boat is up for inspection today, we will go to Suva before we go to Nadi.

Last night, Daddy got an itchy rash on his arms. He used a new sun screen yesterday, and he thinks that might have caused the reaction. We ran out of Benadryl, so he has to suffer. Poor Boy! It was a slight comedy of errors last night. Since it is a holiday weekend, the restaurant was packed. After we finished dinner and got all comfy in our bed to read, the lights went out in the entire area. I am not sure what they people did in the restaurant. About 40 minutes later, the lights came back on. during this time, Chris discovered his rash. We discovered we were out of benadryl, and we realized that water doesn't work when the lights are out. Oops! The worst part is that it took until the am to get the water up and running again. Toilets don't work at all when there is no water. It was an interesting evening and morning.

It is hot and sunny today. It makes it great for laying in the sun. The clouds pass over to keep it from being burning hot. At lunch time, the skies opened, and it rained. The thunder was right over our head. But, within minutes, it stopped. You could see that the locals were/are used to this because none of the moved. They just kept on frolicking in the water.

Daddy was speaking to one of the guides today about life in Fiji. The topic of beer came up. The guide said that Fiji Gold was for the gay and the girl, but Fiji Bitter was for the boy. Here is the best part, Daddy has been drinking Fiji Gold the entire trip. Daddy is a girl:) (PS he wanted to make sure I mentioned this.)

The people here are amazing, the food delicious, the weather fantastic, and we are ready to come see our girls. It is still early, so if something interesting happens, I will write. Otherwise, we will see you all tomorrow, well Saturday your time. We love you and miss you and can't wait to see you.