Bella's Mom Gets a J-O-B

Okay, okay, okay. Let's get right to the big news of the day. The red tape hasn't yet been cut, but it has been substantially torn, allowing Shelley to begin her first day at work in San Pedro! She will be working with Reef Realty showing and selling the beautiful--and new--Sands Villas right on the beachfront. Tom and I were up at dawn fixing coffee, making oatmeal, and giving pep talks in preparation of the event. This is very exciting. Whoo Hoo! I'll give a more detailed report tomorrow after a debriefing this evening.

Tiger Woods off the Barrier Reef

Now for some additional exciting (but totally unsubstantiated) news: According to our friend Larry, Tiger Woods is going to be building a championship golf course on the north end of Ambergris Caye! Tiger was on the island in July following the British Open golf tournament in Scotland visiting his friends, Jeff and Susan Gram. That is all I know right now, but, I assure you, I have my nose to the ground.

Tom has been talking recently about taking diving lessons, and Shelley had almost talked him out of it when he met Eric and Carina from Minnesota. Eric, a dentist, and Carina, a cardiology nurse, have been diving for years and should be paid for their superb promotion of the sport. Our research warns of occasional headaches, nausea, itching, numbness, dizziness,  personality change, bladder problems, and paralysis in connection with diving. But, hey, in view of the danger of falling coconuts here, it seems relatively safe. Plus, and amazingly, San Pedro has its own hyperbaric decompression chamber, a really big deal in the world of divers. Eric recommends Chuck & Robbie's Ambergris Caye Diving and SCUBA Instructors, and will give us info about another diving instructor following a Wednesday night dive. I forgot to tell them about our friend Eddie, a diving instructor who owns a Maltese. You've gotta love that!

Incidentally, Kelly McGuire's birthday party was a blast, and tomorrow we go fishing in a real boat!  All right!

Hats off to new followers Jineva, Marie, and Jeanine. I love you! (Aaron says he reads my blog but won't "join," apparently fearing it is a cult. I love him anyway.)

Y'all come visit. We'll go diving and—someday—play some golf. You're gonna love Belize!