Bahamian Rhapsody: Because sometimes I change song titles to fit into my life.

EMILY TIME.  Guess what?  Tomorrow I board the ship.  It's crazy how time flies.  I've been in the Bahamas for a few days with my parents, which has been great. We're staying at Compass Point, which is an awesome "resort"off the beaten path. A lot of people are staying at the Sheraton and Wyndham, but I like our place better.  Our room is actually two rooms on two levels, and as you can see, it's very colorful.  All of the rooms are like this and it is, simply put, the best.

Getting to our temporary home was fairly easy, with no real speed bumps along the way.  Maybe the most annoying part was the little kid behind me on the flight from Atlanta to Nassau who thought the game "Kick Emily's Chair Until She Feels Like She's Gonna Puke" was the best game in the world.  Customs was pretty easy, too, since Nassau is a pretty popular destination.  The taxi ride was a little alarming at first because I had never been anywhere where people drove on the left side of the road.  And also I really wanted a seatbelt.  But when we finally arrived at Compass Point, it was time to relax.

And that's what we did.  We relaxed for a day.  Then we went downtown to have a look around.  It was mainly populated by tourists who had just disembarked from cruise ships and were ready to buy little Bahamian trinkets.  The stores ranged from Coach to T-Shirt Factory Outlet, but nothing that exciting; it seems that downtown Nassau's main purpose was to serve it's ever-changing clientele.  The most interesting part for me was the bus ride there and back.  We decided to not pay a ridiculous amount for a taxi, which left us the option of taking the unreliable bus.  We actually got pretty lucky--both times we were ready to board, the bus had just arrived.  Most of the people riding were locals, and they gave us suggestions for places to visit and where we should get our next meal, so that was pretty cool.

Today, I read all day.  I finished 11/22/63 (finally) and started The Girl Who Played With Fire, even though I have a required reading book I haven't finished. I have 15 hours, I'm fine.  Also Buttercup says hi.