The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Well Bloggers, it has been a hectic month for me. I have been absolutely swamped at work and I am still cleaning up. Things are starting to look a little brighter but I can still clearly see a lot to do ahead of me.

On the other hand, things have also been picking up on the outside. I have been contacted by the National Tennis Centre to train and manage a team of Line Umpires and Ball Persons for the upcoming Coca Cola International Junior Tournament in August. This is an opportunity to put my Umpire's training in action and maybe earn a few extra dollars.

Additionally, the Tiger Tennis Club Saint Lucia, of which I am on the executive, has been taking powerful strides forward as we move toward becoming an incorporated organisation and are near to finalising a deal for funding with the Government to conduct Grass-root Tennis Programmes.

Tennis was a sport I had once given up on in Saint Lucia and I am so happy to be a part of two grand efforts at revitalising the sport. At Tiger Tennis our greatest passion is getting kids at an earlier age to fall in love with the sport. In 5 - 10 years we could be in a position to start dominating at regional tournaments once again. Additionally, we hope to get more female players. Girls / Women just don't seem interested in the sport any more. You can practically count the number of female players in Saint Lucia on one hand.

The fact is, my work life is full, my private life is filled as well and I have no complaints. There are always difficulties but how can I complain.

“There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.”

Ok, so I am back...again! Who would have thought this would be such a challenging endeavor. In theory the formula is simple; log in daily and write about whatever is on my mind. In practice however....

It has been a long time since my last post. So long in fact that I refuse to actually check the date of the last post and be reminded of how delinquent I have been. So what have I been up to? Well, nothing. Still in the same job and not any closer to being debt free or on a path to obtaining my Master's Degree. I am still full of dreams however and isn't that what counts?

Most recently I attended the Saint Lucia Jazz festival. Trey Songz performed on Saturday and John Legend closed the festival on Sunday. Considering that my tickets for both days were free I can honestly say they were well worth what I spent and more. I enjoyed John Legend far more than I did Trey Songz but that isn't to say that Trey didn't deliver a good show. Actually it was quite entertaining.

One of the moments that stood out is at the end of Trey's performance. The whole performance was more or less a really long strip show. Women crowded the front of the stage, crushing each other in an effort to get as close as possible to this new sex symbol. By the time he got around to singing "I bet the neighbors know my name" he had lost his jacket and shirt and was in a vest. Of course by the end of the show Trey was bareback and offering his sweat drenched vest to the crowd. Funnily enough, Trey picked out a girl and offered it to her and she said no. It was hilarious. He looked shocked and then turned to the crowd and said: "She don want it."

I have to admit though as funny as that was I laughed a little harder than I needed to because in as much as one girl said no, hundreds more were begging for it in the crowd. And well, I never had any girl beg for my sweaty vest. SO yeah, I was hating just a little.

Saturday's show was a better one. John legend has better music and more hits than Trey does. Even his stage presence and performance was more likable. Not to mention the fact that he had three sexy back up singers on stage with him.

This was John's second performance at Jazz and also my second time seeing him at Jazz. Both times were great and on Sunday he pointed out that it was his second show and said that he would be happy to come back anytime. John, that was a great show and all but of course we know you'll be back. Don't patronize us, you getting paid some serious cash to be here. You're not coming back for us, you're gonna come back for the money. I don't blame you though, nor am I hating.

Anyway, I think that's enough for today. I'll post something soon. I promise. take care guys!