Here you go mom...

So I'll tell you up front that this is Tim writing this time, at the request of my wonderful mom who will probably know a bunch of this already having talked to me on the phone today, but here goes. Sorry to everyone else who's been tuning in daily (or thereabouts, I for one have no idea how often you guys are checking this...).

Well, it appears that last time we wrote was Thursday when Jason enlightened you guys on a chemistry lesson. On that note, the sink has also been draining a bit slow, and though I know there's no toilet mint in it, I've got the urge to dump another can of Junkanoo(R) brand Champagne soda down it. Maybe I will later tonight.

Friday we got to go shoot the program again. It was a good day, with more of a focus on basketball and drills, including some fun one-on-one moments. Afterwards, we were planning on going to see a movie either Friday night or Saturday with Manuela, so we were trying to decide what to do when Mark called and needed a ride to visit the parents of a student from CH Reeves, where we shot for a bit, who died in a car / pedestrian accident on Thursday night. Jason went along and shot a short interview with the boy's mother. Since he didn't get back till late, he was quite tired, so Jonathan and I went over to Manuela's place for a leisurly swim in the pool. While we were there, we also talked with Chris, owner of the house she's in, who is the treasurer of the Bahamas International Film Festival. Jonathan and I may be submitting our film Dependence to this festival, and we may be able to deliver the copy by hand to the president of the festival, which would be great. After the pool, we stopped by Bamboo Shack, where we got a late night snack at 12:30 or so.

Saturday, we slept in a bit later and took a lazy morning. After lunch, Jonathan and I went with Mark to film some extra footage of him in his old neighborhood to use to show him remembering how things used to be. We made a quick microwave dinner back at our place and went with Manuela to see "Live Free or Die Hard", which was quite fun with lots of action (although some details remained extremely unrealistic, it was still a good film to watch for fun).

Sunday we went to church with the kids, which was good, as we could shoot some footage of that aspect of the ministry. We also took pictures of the kids individually to put on the website as profiles to aid in finding scholarships for some of them. We grabbed lunch at Wendy's and then relaxed for a few hours, napping, sun bathing, etc. In the evening we went to see the kids play basketball outside under the lights as a final hurrah for the program before we leave, since Mark is leaving for Eleuthera tomorrow. We played in the final game, which was only to 30 points by ones, but lasted 1.5 hours. Afterwards, Jonathan got hit pretty hard with a heat stroke, so he's taking it easy today.

Jason and I went to get groceries and get our flat tire that showed up overnight taken care of. Then in the afternoon, Mark got a flat, so I had to take the jack and spare to him at the airport and go to get another tire changed for the day. Quick note- a lot of places spell tire here with a y - TYRE - which throws me off a bit every time. But our tire changers used the familiar I in tire, which was notable, to me at least.

Now we're flipping between Seinfeld and Cash Cab (great show, check it out on Discovery some time). Jason's tending the Mac and Cheese, while I write to you, our adoring fans. Tonight we're ready to watch "The Lot", a show kinda like a film version of American Idol. From there, who knows what'll happen. Heck, it's the Bahamas.

Trying not to get arrested again,
Tim