Karen

Well, now that Sci-fi on the Rock 8 is over,, I get to sit back and relax a bit and try to write down all the fun and exciting things I’ve seen and done over the weekend.

Mind you that it’s been 3 weeks since all the excitement actually began, but I can honestly say that I felt that this one seemed to flow smoother then previous years. Mind you we still had some things come up that we had to work around, or alter, but it all worked out in the end.

Our guests this year were awesome. This year we had Erin Fitzgerald, Aron Eisenberg, Mike McCarty, Michael Hogan and the lovely Musetta Vander.

All these guest were lovely, fun and hilarious to chat with. The weekend was just too short, wish they were able to stay longer. I got a quick lesson in Qigong. I tell ya right now,, unless your mind is closed, then you’re not giving this a proper chance to work. I was iffy at first, but found the short time I had, it surprised me.

In fact, a few days ago I was having some pain on my right side that just wasn’t going away. Well, not totally anyway, it would come and go. I left it alone all day until I went to bed. I laid there, and thinking of what Ms. Vander said to me, I concentrated on that one place. Within 10 minutes is was gone. And the best part, it hasn’t come back. I know what I’ll be doing on Monday. I may be a totally different woman by the time I’m done. 🙂

I hope they all come back again at some point. If not because of the Sci-Fi event, then if they come here for some vacation. 🙂 There’s so much more of the island they haven’t seen. And for those of us that know just how big Newfoundland is, they will be in for a treat if they do venture back.

I think the best part, albeit sad part too, was when we had to take them back to the airport for their trip home. We didn’t leave right away, we had about an hour (or more) with them, but my daughter didn’t have school that day so she had to come with us. I have pictures of her with each guest, and I want to personally thank you all for not ignoring her. She enjoyed the whole experience, especially the poutine, lol. Though, now when we have it as a treat she will sigh and say,, “I miss Musetta.”

If you get the chance to meet these awesome people, do so, you won’t be disappointed.

Well I’m being summoned by my daughter to watch a movie. I doubt it will be any of the Hobbit movies, I got her drove nuts with them. LOL

Until next time.

Yes, I know it’s been a while since I’ve written a blog. And I know I said that I’d try and write something every day, but to be honest, I am not that creative to think of interesting topics to talk about like others do. I’m having a hard enough time trying to get back into my writing schedule. After all, I still have a sequel to write. And a script. I swear that one is going to be the death of me yet.

I guess the latest bit of news is that my trip to Cuba with hubby and friends went off successfully. Albeit a rough start, but once we got settled in, we were able to relax (somewhat), and take in the sights (and drinks 😉 ) and meet new people.

We went on a little day trip to Varadero by means of a double decker bus. That was fun. It was my first time on one, and we got to sit in the upper part. You pay 5 pesos each to get on, the lady would give you a ticket (more like a piece of paper with the name of the bus on it) and you go into town. There’s no set time either to have to catch the bus back. Anyway, we got to a spot where our friends remembered from their first time there and we got off.

I must say,, I was pleasantly surprised. There were no one hounding you to buy their stuff. Until we went on our Havana excursion. Luckily for our tour guide, there were only 8 of us going (less people to loose). Our guide (Maibel) and driver (Pavel) for the Havana tour were awesome. She was very well informed on the sights we seen, plus any other little tidbits that we might find interesting.

We also done the Dolphins and Catamaran excursion, which was a lot of fun. They took us snorkelling,, which I tried to do, but in the end, ended up going back to the boat. I think if I had to have had on a life jacket, I wouldn’t have panicked as much. I can swim, as long as I know I can touch bottom, I’m fine. In this case, I was finding it hard to concentrate on the breathing. I had a face mask (the kind that goes over your eyes and nose), and for some reason, I forgot to take in a deep breath and go under. Thus the panicking. If we ever go to Cuba again, I’ll be wearing a life jacket so the overwhelming feeling of drowning won’t come over me. 🙂

Though, just one week is clearly not enough time to relax. It would have been if there wasn’t so much confusion for the first 2 days. But then Tuesday we went to Varadero, Wednesday we done the Havana tour (which was Old and New Havana, cigar factory and the rum factory and store). Thursday we took a break and stayed on the resort. Friday was the Catamaran, then Saturday was home again. Our friends had another week left.

Anyway,, That’s pretty much our Cuba trip,, I’ll leave ya now with some pictures during our week of fun.