Day 201 - Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Within an hour of it occurring, I received word from brother Austin that baby Adam was born to Joanne and him, at 2.42pm in The Coombe hospital, weighing in at 8 pounds 4 ounces, and every bit as healthy as it sounds. One of the happy by-products of such a joyous event is that it makes me an Uncle for the first time, and the eyes became a little moist at the confirmation that all had gone so well. I spoke later to a shattered-but-thrilled sounding Austin who gave some details of the epic but triumphant process that is the labour process and confirmed that Mother and Son were doing great.

By way of celebration, Maples lunch today was even more impressive than usual, with crackingly good fresh tomato and basil soup, and ultra-tasty chilli con carne. And today, there was time after work to grab an hour on the beach to catch a few rays and watch the sunset before darkness at 7.30pm - novel or what?

After a shower and change back at 1 Grand Caymanian, I walked the two miles to the Royal Palms beach bar, for a pizza and a glass of wine CI$23 (€20) amidst the buzzy atmosphere created by a large crowd and an open-air DJ on the decks. The two mile journey home along Seven Mile Beach in the 85 degree heat and 90% humidity ensured that shirt and jeans were soaking upon arrival back at the apartment - tough stuff, but a source of much-needed exercise!

My Maples Free Lunch - tasty and (fairly) healthy!

Sunset at Seven Mile Beach

Pretty as a Picture

Contentment :  17.5 / 25

Excitement :     5.5 / 10

Memorability : 7 / 15

Overall Score : 60% (3rd out of 201)