Nevis, the end of the story

It's ironic, that I kind of miss Nevis now. I couldn't wait to get off that rock, but now wouldn't mind returning. It is a conundrum, but I guess the feeling of being trapped there is one I might never get over, but it isn't all that bad a place to live. When I win the lottery, I will buy a house there and live there most of the year! On with the tale... when it was time for me to return to Nevis for the fall term, I got back on Friday after the semester had begun.. I no longer had the samurai, so I began having to depend on Sirhan to pick me up each morning for a ride, either that or walk down to get on a bus... I got a new office mate, a total jerk that just didn't suit me and my personality well.. so my office refuge had been screwed up and I really didn't want to be stuck with him... somewhere during the first few days or so back, I just hit the wall... got tired of having to get rides to and from MUA... got fed up with Dr. Jerk, my office mate.. got tired of being away from my family... got tired of having to worry about money... somewhere or at some point I just had it with Nevis and decided to go home to be with my family and fend for a job.... I had to borrow the money for a ticket from my brother.. made the arrangements, notified MUA I had to leave and BAM... it was over! I had Jamie drop me off at the dock that morning for my ferry ride, .. as the boat pulled away from the dock it began to rain over near Pinneys beach or someplace and the sun struck the rain and I saw a beautiful rainbow and I knew that was a sign that I needed to get home! My stay in St. Kitts for my early morning flight was wonderful.. a huge room.. a good meal and a good nights sleep in AC! The plane flight to San Juan was on time... my luggage was the FIRST off the plane and I headed to New York! Even in the Big Apple, my luggage came off together and early.. I easily found a bus to Kennedy for my flight.. was in plenty of time.. things were just great! Funny thing happened when I got to Kennedy... I stopped at a place to get a slice of NY pizza and ordered a bottle of Bud.. the lady gave me the Bud and I asked her if she could please open it? She looked at me funny and I then realized that I was not on Nevis anymore, that bottles in the US came with screw of lids! I felt so weird when that happened, but in a good way. I stopped next to get a USA Today paper... to relish in one of life's simple pleasures.. READING A NEWSPAPER! It had gone up to 75 cents and I had to pass off two Nevis dimes to make the .75 and I rushed out hoping the clerk wouldn't notice I had given her two worthless EC coins!

Well, got home on time and climbed into my truck and drove.... smooth roads... smooth riding Ford Ranger... felt AWESOME to be able to go straight and not in a circle or up a mountain.... Started sending out application packets for a full time position and delivered USA Today newspapers to pay bills... my wife worked and we made it until I got 4 interview offers within a week... got two job offers from those and came to Memphis to resume my academic career. I even got appointed as a full professor with a fairly decent salary.... so, life is good, even though I still think of Nevis every now and then... I want to take my family there for vacation and maybe with some of the money I get from my Mom's meager estate, I might just do it! So long Nevis, till next time!

Good day