By Andre Smith
I hope everyone had a good Christmas and
got to spend time with their families. As I mentioned before, I was to spend
the day with my American “family”; something I look forward to every year. The
weather was superb! We started the morning with spicy bloody mary’s, a
tradition and time to catch up. We then moved on to a delicious brunch overlooking
the St. Lucie river and spent the afternoon touring the
waterways on a boat. It was true bliss.
So the New Year has come and I can’t
believe that we are already midway through February. We had a huge bash as work
for New Years Eve, which was awesome as I got to spend it with my friends whom
are mostly the people I work with.
I was fortunate to have New Years day off.
It was time to celebrate the New Year with friends at one of my favorite bars
called Gaunabannas. This place is pretty cool as it’s all outdoors and built
under palm trees on the intercostal waterway. A great place to have cocktails
and watch the sunset.
I also started the search this month for my
own apartment. I kind of feel like I’m in an episode of House Hunters
International. It’s a lot of fun apartment shopping and I’ve now narrowed it
down to a shortlist of two, but have to wait until April before I can apply and
hopefully get accepted. It’s quite a process here in the US to get an
apartment, as there is such a shortage after the housing market crashed in
2008. I just hope that I can get the
apartment I want.
Work has been super busy since NY with
events such as Superbowl, Valentines Dinner/Dance, golf days and just regular
dinner. I’m so looking forward to the summer and some time to go and do some
exploring.
