Abigail’s Blog

It’s been a couple of days since I got back, but I’m still recuperating from my vacation. I think I need a mini-vaca from my vaca.

I had such a great time. Endless drinks, the food (patties, oxtails, rice and peas, bread pudding, etc.), afternoon naps at the beach, the parties…

Sumfest was bananas! Although, I must admit, I thought I was going to die the first night of the show. Talk about a looong show. We didn’t get there ’till around 1am and it didn’t end ’till 7:30am. My feet and legs were killing me. By the time we left, all I wanted to do was just lie down and elevate my feet. We learned our lesson by the second night though - we brought chairs. Not that we were going to sit the entire show - just during breaks, band changes. It’s quite impossible to sit during the show. You tend to just jump up and dance when the artists perform. Assassin, Munga Honourable, Vegas, Busy Signal, Tony Matterhorn, Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Bounty Killer, Cham, Mavado, Anthony B., Ninja Man, LL Cool J, Lady Saw, Macka Diamond, Morgan Heritage, Alison Hinds, Da’ville, Shaggy, Buju Banton - to name a few of who we saw. Sumfest was an event worth experiencing at least once. I can honestly say given the chance, I’ll probably go again.

Was just going through the pictures taken during Reggae Sumfest week vacation. TONS of great pics taken for that week - shows and non-shows pics. Should I be a complete picture psycho and post a lot? Nah… Probably not… Not my cup of tea. I’ll probably sift through the pics and post snippets.

In 8 hours to be exact! Meg and I are just now getting ready and
waiting for our car service to pick us up to take us to the airport for
our 7:45am flight - yes, I know, butt crack of dawn. In my defense,
when I booked this flight, it was originally scheduled for 10am.
Continental decided to reschedule the flights.
Soon, we will be in beautiful Jamaica - Sumfest, the beach, the food,
the music! Like I’ve mentioned before, I’ve been to the island so many
times but never during Sumfest week. I don’t quite know what to expect.
Nevertheless, definitely looking forward to it.

Yup, it’s been too long since I’ve written a blog. I knew it has been quite some time, but months?! I don’t even know if it’s laziness, not much to write about or just being busy. Since I’m bored at work, I figured, why not? (which means, this will probably be a whole bunch of nonsense). So here it goes…

I shouldn’t complain that I’m bored at work since last week was ridiculously busy. I’m hoping to get some downtime at work this week. Maybe catch a few zzz’s or watch a movie.

We had a girls’ night out Friday night and it just validated my point that I would much rather be somewhere more chill. We went to a lounge that was jam-packed. I mean, shoulder-to-shoulder, someone’s-elbow-up-my-back kinda packed. Definitely not my scene. It was like a meat market - a bunch of hungry dogs seeing food for the first time in months (and I mean both men AND women). By no means am I uppity or a snob. But come on! I think I had more fun BS-ing with the DJ and his security. Don’t get me wrong, I still had a lot of fun with Eliza and Megan, but the crowd was definitely getting on my nerves.

Only a week left ’till Meg and I are leaving for vacation - a MUCH needed vacation. Reggae Sumfest, here we come (Ms. Chin soon come). As much as I’ve been traveling to Jamaica, I have never been there for Sumfest week. I don’t quite know what to expect. But I’m definitely looking forward to chilling at the beach, mango daquiris, jerk chicken sandwich, fries with a drizzle of jerk sauce, the dinners! and my own drink. Although, I do have a new concoction I am going to make the bartenders try out. If all goes well, that will be my new drink on their menu.