Exciting week

First I want to announce the birth, at last, of my third grandson, Finley Isaac Newman. Born 20-10-2010, at approx 10.2 lbs. I think he will be a numbers man. I am so happy and relieved. Mum and baby look fine. I hope that one day he will understand that his Nannie is doing her best to make this a better world for him and his cousins. Yesterday we released some baby turtles and I found one that was a little late to crawl out of his egg. He was full of life though and eager to get going. I named him Fin and gave him a turtley kiss on his little head and freed him into the waves.

Had a huge challenge to my courage this week. We had a visit from a group of biology students and they were taken out onto the beach at night to look for turtles. Israel asked Jon if I would be able to drive some of them out on a quadbike and he immediately said "no" (it's all a bit chauvanist here). I kicked up such a fuss at being excluded that I suddenly found myself chugging off down the beach after the others with three girls and the maestro (teacher) hanging on for dear life. Generally I coped well, but the maestro was heavy and at one point I veered scarily towards the sea. They all gave a little scream, but that was the most exciting thing that happened to them as we didn't find any turtles.

All in all an emotionally tiring week. Jon and I are having a night with Fernando and El Rinconchito tonight. A chance to have a proper shower and sleep in a bed.