Week Wrapup

Finished my training today - woohoo! We actually finished early (cuz we rock!) and I headed over to my office this afternoon and started working...right away...on archiving corporate files - woohoo! har har

I found out where I am going to be sitting and met the members of my "team". Basically there are four teams made up of partners, associates, a paralegal (that would be me!) and legal secretaries. I am going to be training for another 2 weeks or so and then head over to my perm. spot and start the real work! har har....

I haven't met my "partner" yet, but I did meet the associates and secretaries and everyone seems really nice. So far so good! :D Apparently there is quite a bit of competition between the teams - and of course I've been told our team is the best! I have heard nothing but good words about the partner I will be working for - which is a HUGE sigh of relief. hee hee

Been keeping it on the down low this week pretty much. Went out with my roommate on Wednesday night for a few beers and a chat. She is SO nice...I am very lucky to have found her. I think that we will become fast and very good friends. She has a big heart and is really funny and laid back. Just what I was hoping for.

We went to this place called the Reef Resort right on 7MB. The restuarant/bar is literally right on the beach so you can sit there and have your beer and a bite to eat and watch the waves roll in. Doesn't get much better than that! (Well, except for Sheldon being with me!).

Nicole and I are getting together again tomorrow night and get a bite to eat and a few Red Stripes (which is a Jamaician beer) and get to know eachother some more and just take in the weekend.

The bars and restaurants, etc., have to close before midnight here on Saturday nights because Sunday is a rest day. No music and no liquor served on Sundays, everyone attends church and then goes to the beach and spends time with the family. No stores are open either - except for some of the tourist shops if there is a ship in town....otherwise the whole island pretty much locks down. It's kinda nice actually.

Another neat thing here is that you will hear everyone honking at eachother. It's not because people are getting made at eachother when driving but it's sort of a "hey" honk, or a "go ahead of me" honk. Though the driving can get crazy here, people are pretty considerate all around when it comes to the rules of the road. People will slow down to let you in, etc., etc. Definitely different from Vancouver - and the fact that everyone doesn't have a cellphone attached to their ear (though they do seem obsessed with text messaging). har har

I think that we are going to like it down here just fine as a family. It's small, it's a little Mexico, a little Canada all mixed in to one...I know that doesn't make very much sense but...it's like....they have this modern stuff - grocery stores, gas stations, etc., and then you will go to a restauarant and its plank floors and doors are all rickety, etc. There is a charm to that though. They don't fix everything right away...and everything doesn't have to be perfect and new all the time.

There is definitely no real competition between everyone though - you don't have to have the latest purse, or the latest jeans, etc. Everyone just sort of gets on with it and does there thing without thinking how they look and where they are seen, etc. At least not what I have experienced so far...and it's very refreshing.

Alright, enough about me. har har....I am going to run for now and grab a bowl of ice cream, a good book.

Hope everyone is doing well. Love you to bits and want you to come visit me soon!!!

Soon come Cayman!!!!

Love, Ang