Life isn't too bad

Ok, ok already, so just because the school pretty much sucks the life right out of me, that doesn't mean that good things still don't happen to me..they do, and its great times indeed..So far I've been up to one of the highest mountains on the island twice now, hopefully get to go more..its nothing more than about a 2 hour hike, all around..and could be done in under 2, with the "proper motivation" applied to anyone interested..basically if there weren't girls, more interested in stopping to rest, than actually getting to the top, it would be good deal...but since last time, i was the unofficial tour guide, leader officianado, i couldn't go blazing up the hill like it should be blazed...this doesn't detract from the amazing view at the top, it just means it took a little longer...then again, i did bring ample water for me, and the others who thought this was just a little stroll i guess...they probably wont come anymore though :( ...so you start out walking along the road for a good half mile at least, then head down to little isaac, up over the rocky ridge-thing and down to big isaac..try to find the "cut" where you link up with the "real trail" so as to get you over the next ridge thing at jacks bay, only to walk along a nice little path...finding the cut was interesting, in that i had forgotten where exactly it was, so i just wondered as i wandered along the beach "now where was that again"...didn't bother me, boots and cammies, are a lot more suited to such activities than say-shorts that barely cover one's butt, and "cute" tennis shoes...don't worry i dont own either item...well sometimes when im runnin, they inch up a little, but there is still a good 3-4 inches of "proper coverage"...alas i digress- ahemm...but yeah so once you hit the real trail, you're almost half way...almost, just in the sense that you've almost begun to walk up hill...the looks i got...mmmm, mmmm..priceless "you mean, we have to go up that!"...goodtimes..so yeah yadda yaddda get to the almost the top, and whaddya know, i just so happened to get a call from the momma bear, just checkin in "hey mom, whats up?" .."oh not too much" "well hey,im almost to the top of this mountain, so things are looking up today" haha...ya know, talked about some random not soo important stuff and i let her go..just a little side note, one cannot get service past the turnoff to head towards cramer's park..but atop the mountain blocking the sinal, its all good...'ah ha! a discovery, perchance?!'...nah..
And then!! we zip lined down to the bottom..haha..yeah, i wish..no we just took a short cut that would have made the whole trip under 1 hour, if we took it both ways...yeah i wasn't the favorite person in the ride home...imagine that :)
On the boardwalk for lunch i saw this guy pull a 58lb. Mahi-mahi out of his boat...ive never seen a 5"6' fish before..arkansas remember...so this was a pretty impressive thing...so that was pretty cool
The next morning...kinda early...well i don't wake up at 4:30am most days..there just isn't too much reason too..sun doesn't peek out till a little after 6 anyway..but again i digress...why so early on a saturday of all days? especially after the big party in town the night before (stayed home btw)...well im glad you asked..it was only the 23rd Annual 'toast to the captain run' in honor of captain teddy seymore (the first black man to sail around the world..he left out of fredricksted harbor and came back 17 months later)...so its only fitting to run 8.4 miles for him, right!?! sure! go ahead...oh by the way, he's still alive, still runnin'...and still has decent speed...i was surprised to see the number of people out for the race, some 40 or so came out that mornin, which always give the race a better feel when there is a big crowd at the start...gives ya something to run away from...anywhoo...yeah so i shot off outta there like i knew what i was doing...and i do, but not so much as a 4 time olympic marathoner...yeah anyway...after figuring out that the road wasn't in too bad of shape, i left the dude with the little head lamp in the dust...just so happened to be the guy who beat me in the "half" marathon over on stt in novemeber, after a slight course mishap on the race directors part...anywhoo...so yeah i ended up 3rd overall, finished just 4 minutes behind the olympic runner, who was haulin' A, by the way...and was all in all pretty proud of my 59:15 time, averaging a 7:04/mile pace ...ok ok so i did all that work on my own..but still i was happy...the best part was getting to meet the captain, a retired marine officer..he saw my shirt and said "are you a Ma-", and then caught himself and didn't even finish the question, he was too embarrassed at himself...no big deal..but we talked about OCS and how much fun it was in '65, and how much "fun" i was going to have....really great guy, really glad to meet him...made for a great weekend all around...well that about does it..ive got family comin down here pretty soon...lookin forward to that...we'll stay away from the school though