Jamaica has been such an amazing experience. You really get to know people when you travel together! We stayed at this amazing resort, the Grand Lido, in Negril. It was so cool to go down to breakfast and run into the blue team coming from a work out or watch the black team working out on the beach.
Also, because the Black Team got to enjoy massages thanks to winning the reward, Jillian had time to train me. When Jillian offered, I jumped at the chance. They are such smart trainers, I couldn’t miss my chance. But then, all morning, I was definitely nervous! I mean, come on… I’ve seen how she trains. She’s hard core. And I am definitely not the type to give up easily. And she said right from the beginning that she was going to push me to my limits. And she did.
After all we got all the work (and working out) out of the way, the evenings here are so much fun. Even though it was still super muggy – you just never stop sweating here – we all had fun activities planned. Corina, my Make-up Artist, brought her husband, so Dave and I went out with them to a local fish ‘shack’ and had delicious local cuisine. And on the last night, Dave and I ate at the Japanese restaurant on the grounds of the Grand Lido. We found Jez at the Sushi bar (eating Sashimi), and shortly after that Nicole, Kae and Neil ate with Bob and Kim helped Phil, David, Amy pick out some yummy, healthy things from the menu.
After dinner we all headed out, looking to join the cast/crew having a farewell to “Paradise” evening… We found a few fun places to hang out. There was a cool nightclub where B, David, Amy, Dave and I danced for a while. Kim encouraged our mini dance-class from one of the local performers knowing how many calories we were burning without even knowing it!
After we were exhausted from dancing, Dave and I decided to call it a night. We stepped outside the club, only to stumble upon Bill and Jim in a heated ping pong match. Dave and I accepted the offer of a doubles match I played with Jim and Dave and Bill were on the other team. It was a hilarious game, with a debatable outcome – Jim and I claim that we won. LOL.
I was so lucky to be able to have Dave and Ben join me on this work trip. It turned into a perfect mini-vacation. Ben is like the mayor here – everyone knows him and says ‘hi Ben” as we walk by. It’s so cute… he remembers so many names too. And he loves Bob. It was SO cute watching them play together in the pool. Ben would swim after Bob saying “Bob! Wait for me, Bob!!!” Bob got such a kick out of Ben, too. So even though I was so sore for days after my work out with Jillian, it was a super relaxing and incredibly fun vacation.
