Please don't tease me when I come home and pronounce all my C's as "ch"

Now where did I leave off?



Ahh, yes. Saturday morning. I met JJ for breakfast and had an amazing omelette, fruit, and bread. We chatted about his life when he lived undercover, how each of his boys have been born in different states, and his time abroad with his agency. He is a pretty funny guy and I enjoy my time with him outside of work and work-related events. We met RK and my BFF, -italy, downstairs in the conference rooms to start setting up the classrooms. There was clucking and bickering about pens, patches, books, pads of paper, tables not having linens on them, turning on the projector BEFORE the laptop. You name it, we discussed it! But all in all, I think everything was essentially taken care of by our logistics support and the hotel staff. Everything was running smoothly.



After our morning prep session, our fabulous multi-lingual superhero Schmitaly ran off to the airport to begin shuttling the other 10 team members in. JJ, Baby Ruthe, and I spent early afternoon exploring the beach and searching for watering holes. The 2 ladies in our trio were the only ones brave enough to venture into the Adriatic. And when I say venture in, I mean, wade in up to our knees. That mother was COLD! RK was ready to dive in, but we kept her on a short leash. We didn’t want her swept away before the course even began!!



We had our own private X –rated show on the beach, as a very confident woman sunbathed on the warm shore much to someone’s liking. I would assume that no name dropping is needed here. I entertained myself by collecting pebbles, climbing on rocks, and kidnapping tiny sea snails. I know what you’re thinking, “Grow up, Booberries!” But I just couldn’t help myself.



We ambled on down the shore and saw my future house on top of a cliff overlooking the sea, found a little pier to hang out on, a cool set of stairs that walk down into the water, and a little café with lizards that I wanted to chase but was afraid to touch. Of course we stopped in and had some local pivo (beer in Croatian).



And after a few hours of exploring in the sun, we decided we should prep some course material and get ready for our arriving team members.

Next I will try to give you a little intro on our team. Sorry for the huge lapse since my last post. After everyone arrived, time just disappeared and since the beginning of the course it’s been a whirlwind.