Alone again

Dh and ds left early this morning for their 4-day jaunt to Nassau, The Bahamas. They will be staying here. Dh is presenting at a foundation board meeting tomorrow and in that meeting all day. Otherwise they are free to play at the resort and explore the island on Thurs & Fri. I'm hoping they'll have some fun... can't imagine they won't.

It'll be quite the contrast for ds as he spent last week in the boroughs of NYC... serving in soup kitchens and elsewhere, walking miles & miles in the city, eating & sleeping little, and trying to identify with the homeless and downtrodden. Of course there is plenty of contrast to see in the islands... I remember my one and only visit to Paradise Island in 1984. It was my first time as an adult out of the U.S. and my first real exposure to poverty, and the stark haves vs. havenots that existed then and (I imagine) still exists now.

During that trip I also got an evil sunburn on the entire front half of my person (don't ask) and suffered greatly from that.