What a Gwaan
On the night of my birthday, we all went up to the apartment furthest into the complex. We got out plastic chairs, drank up some rum and Smirnoff and cracked jokes and told duppy (ghost) stories. We had a lot of fun.
That was Monday night. Last night, I stayed home and did a few posts on the old bloggety blog. The evidence is below. 
Anyway, Natty went in to bed at around eleven thirty or so. I stayed up until maybe 3:00 AM, since today is a Jamaican public holiday (Ash Wednesday). I was up and about though, and I could hear her and MBJr. cutting some strong Z's in the bedroom as I moved back and forth. Anyway, at about 3:00, I stumbled my way into the bedroom only to see this white thing floating in the air and moving toward me. 
I uttered a strangled yelp of sheer terror, as the unidentified floating object moved jerkily toward me. Then, as my eyes acclimatised to the darkness, I realised that the apparition was none other than Natty, who had come awake and was answering the call of nature. 
I felt a bit stupid, but she was only half awake, so she didn't even laugh at me. You think my reaction had anything to do with the little lime up by our friend's apartment?
Anyway, we are just getting back home. We went to the airport to pick up Diego, who is just back from Toronto. It was a nice day, and we had a nice drive going out there and back. There was a lot of breeze out there, which was blowing dust into our eyes. MBJr. didn't like that much, but he did enjoy seeing the planes (once they shut off the jet engines... The howl from the engines scared him a bit).
We saw a few people we know at the airport as well. Apparently the BeeWee plane was just in from Trinidad, bringing with it many Jamaicans who had gone to Trinidad to Carnival. The ones we saw told us it was absolutely fantastic!
One of the men we saw that we knew (lets call him Wharf Dog) was chatting to us for awhile as he waited on his people to pick him up. All of a sudden, a woman walked up and touched him in the back. He turned around, smiled, then grabbed her and kissed her. He then turned back to face us and said "You guys haven't met my wife, have you?".
Natty said "We never knew you guys had gotten married! Congrats!".
They laughed it off. I then said "How long have you been married?".
They replied "Four Weeks!".
"Wow!" I said. I turned to the wife. "You were just married for four weeks and you sent him off to Carnival in Trinidad?!".
She laughed and replied "I know. But now he owes me, bigtime!".
I turned back to him and said "I need to have a word with you sometime, I need some tips or something...".
He just laughed.
Anyway, I asked Natty afterwards if she didn't want us to go to Trini Carnival next year and she said yes, so I guess I won't be needing his tip after all...
Later...
Posted by Mad Bull at March 05, 2003 03:28 PM
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I found the part about the apparition that turned out to be Natty quite funny! Yes, I am sure it has something to do with that girl who was telling those rather farfetched duppy stories on Monday night!
Posted by: Dr. D. on March 5, 2003 07:22 PM
Actually Dr. D. I wasnt sleeping at all. I was just teaching him a lesson for staying up so late as he left the door open AGAIN the night before!
(I keep begging you when you leave after the drinks..DONT LEAVE UNTIL U HEAR THE KEY TURN!)
Posted by: Natty on March 5, 2003 11:02 PM
Natty, I TOLD HIM TO SHET THE DOOR! You better cut a key, I can't do anymore!
Posted by: Dr. D. on March 6, 2003 12:23 AM
Nat ~ I know EXACTLY of what you speak!!!! Speed won't lock doors, shut off lights, or turn off a TV, when he lays down he is out for the count....I wake up at 3 am doors unlocked, windows opened and me kicking him screaming ARE YOU TRYING TO GET US KILLED........walks away muttering and people wonder WHY I still use the baby monitor....
Posted by: Jamie on March 7, 2003 04:01 AM
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Posted by: Dr. D. on March 5, 2003 07:22 PM