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Dominican Friday

We slept in that morning and had a good swim in the pool behind the house. After the swim Steph and I went on a walk and saw all the really nice houses in the area.  For lunch we went to a really nice beachside restaurant and got to sit on a nice couch. It was a supremely relaxing lunch.

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We went into the city to see the tres ojos caves. They were more like giant open holes but impressive. There was a fourth thay had completeky caved in and was still impressive as it was the largest. We got to take a small raft across one of the lakes and it was exciting to ride it into the darkness.

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Stephanie got sick on the way to the cigar store so we stopped by carlos aunts house for something for stephanie. She and jack went to carlos house to wait for us. She still wasn’t feeling good after we got done with the cigar store.

We then went to the old square near the Columbus house at a place called the Wooden Leg.  It was a really nice dinner and a great way to end the vacation.  We were there a lot later than expected, but it was still really nice.

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The Flight

We got up at 4 and met Stephs Dad in the ihop parking lot. He drove us to the airport which was really nice of him. The kiosk want working. I slept the first half of the flight and Steph said the I slept through the worst of the baby screaming. I got a lot of audible in on both flights. When we got to Miami we walked around a bit and then met up with Brian and Britney at the gate. Derrick was a little late but made it rihht as we started boarding. I sat next to an anthropologist who studies the interaction between the Hatian refugees and the Dominicans. She gave me a few pointers on what we should go see.
Once we got close we realized that we didn’t have the address of the house where we were staying making it hard to fill out immigration forms and rental car forms. We got everything squared away and met up with jack stephanie and carlos. He and his mom drove us to the rental house from the airport.  Steph and I opted to take the floor for the first night.  Carlos’ family was still there partying and we got some really tasty oreo cheesecake.

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Dinner in the Dominican

Carlos took us down by one of the developments his company has been working on for dinner. We ate at a place called Cafe Bistro. I got the fish fillet because the waiter suggested it and I was not dissapointed in the least. Driving so far has not been as crazy as Carlos had claimed but I have only been here late at night on a weekend so far.

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New Phone Number

I got a new phone number since Zynga canceled the previous one.  I bought a number on Skype, and can call as long as I have wifi.  I will get back on my parents plan when it makes sense.

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Suburbia

I taught Nima and Caryn Suburbia last night.  I think they liked it.  Caryn had trouble since she went for pure population too early and then got reputation later, making her income all the way low.  I ended up winning with 149, and Nima was well over 100 as well.

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Volleyball and Chocolate Garage

I just had a great time playing volleyball with Ryan, Steph, Nima, Caryn, and Amy.  I biked over and before starting we had some Stilton and Riesling.  That makes the last of the Riesling gone, I’m tempted to get some more but I’m also tempted to try a few others and see how I like them.  I’ll take a look on some of the wine rating sites and see what a good inexpensive Riesling is.   Ryan had to run, but the rest of us went to Chocolate garage afterwards.  I brought the rest of the Riesling and we finished it off there.  I got an interesting bar from Patrick, a 100% Grenada bar, and 2 by the company with the really nice flavors and the waxy paper covers.  I’m looking forward to having the vanilla one since I haven’t had it before.

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The Eye of the World – Wheel of Time 1

I really liked this book.  It had many common themes with other fantasy novels like the LOTR series and Narnia.  It takes a bit of a different view of these and brings the characters more down to earth so to speak.  The character development in these books is done really well.  I also couldn’t see what was coming next, but there was enough foreshadowing to give a hint of it and keep me going.  The universe for the Wheel of Time is really well thought out and has a lot of interesting tidbits that fit well together.  There seems to be a good bit of forgotten lore, which is full of half truths.  The way the author makes these peice of lore talked about early in the story come to life when they actually come upon what was talked about later is phenomenal.  I am looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Morning Chores

This morning I dropped things off at Good Will that I didn’t want anymore, a lot of it the bad Zynga shirts.  I kept the few good shirts that I like, but don’t think I’ll wear them often.

I got back to my house and biked over the CPR (Cell Phone Repair) and gave them my phone to fix the screen.  I stopped by the post office and got a haircut.  I then made it back home and finished setting up the mac mini I got on Tuesday.  I set up a standing desk with the printer on the table next to it in my room.  The dragons are roosting just above me as I work, making sure I stay on task.  I also am using a folded up yoga pad to stand on, and it is making a huge difference compared with standing directly on the hard wood floor.

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Squash with Nima

Nima and I played some good games of Squash today.  It was clear that he was in better shape and had been playing more often.  Despite that we still went 2-3 with his victory.  I really enjoyed it and can’t wait to play again.

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