Knock, Knock, who’s there

So I woke up to knocking again this morning, surprise it was Alexandria with two steaming hot whole grain pancakes with fruit on top –delicious. I’m being so spoiled here, I hope I can repay all of this kindness somehow… After feeding Fig and playing fetch for eons… I returned the plate next door and went to see the phone company. They were so helpful, I explained that my minutes had not been added and they promptly gave me the full 199$ ec credit (on top of the bonus $10 they gave me last night!). Having a phone has definitely helped me to feel more connected to home, hope that once the phone deal runs out at the end of the month I’ll have internet etc…
Next I went back to the apartments, changed into a swimsuit and walked down to the beach with David’s family or as Neville has started saying “my candleglow family” (candleglow is the name of the apartments.) The beach is even better then the last –absolutely spectacular. It looks just like all the beaches on the cover of travel magazines, white sand with turquoise/lighter blue water. The water is surprisingly warm to, it’s a bit chilly when you first step in (only because the air is so warm) but after less then a minute you don’t ever want to get out again. The only thing I would have done differently is I stepped on a crap –it didn’t grab me but is squirmed ick! Definitely recommend a mask of some sort to watch where you’re going, or snorkeling preferably. I also checked out two dive shops. I thought for sure I would go with the first one –ecotours, the owner was nice and seemed knoweledgeable but as soon as I entered the second shop –aquanauts I new it was the one. It’s a brand new little dive shop, state of the art boats and equipment with really helpful staff. Better yet, both shops have SGU student discounts. Unbelievably I found out that my dorm room is right next door to the aquanauts dive shop (the dorm building is not even 15 feet away!!) –more on the dorms in a minute. I foresee lots of diving, with it being so close, hopefully every week. I’m going tomorrow morning to book my open water dives on Monday and Tuesday so that I will be certified and then we’ll just have to see.
While we were so close, I went to the security guard at the entrance to the dorm (it’s very secure there with a guard at every entrance) and asked him who I would talk to about seeing my room. I was told that some people were moving in today and after going to the main security booth was connected with one of the SGU Housing reps. I got all outfitted with keys to the building and my room –my very first apartment of my own I am SOOOO EXCITED!! It took awhile to find the room #49 because they had told me it was in the wrong building but it turns out that it is on the ground floor in one of the two three floor buildings they have (poorly written sentence –sorry!). The room is really cool. When you first walk in, on the right hand side there is a bathroom. It has a normal tub surrounded by pale blue tiles and the toilet (which is right in front of you when you stand in the doorway) is on a pedestal –to account for the trap in the back of the toilet I am told. If you continue walking past the bathroom on the right hand side there is a sink with a really retro framed mirror over top. Then there is a wicket wall separator thing… only a picture can describe it and then there are two twin beds and a fridge. Once you enter the apartment on the left hand side there are massive cubby holes for clothes and storage followed by two full sized desks. At the far end of the room there is glass patio doors leading onto a fully screened (with wire, bug mesh and lattice) patio. The whole room is really retro but with a little cleaning it is going to look great. That will be tomorrow’s project I think. The only downfall to carribean weather is that it is conducive to “stuff” growing on the walls. The floor is purple fake marble lino so at least it will be easy to wash. I’ll try to post some pictures after it has been cleaned☺ Things I’m most excited about with this dorm room are: It has non stop as much as you want air conditioning controlled with a remote, it is huge so Fig has tons of room and with a screened patio he can sit outside if he wants, it is right on the beach ** so cool!!
Also met my RA, his name is Christian and he’s in his 3rd year of the med program. He seems really reasonable, I think he’ll be good at his job so that’s a relief.
The absolute most exciting thing that happened today though, is that I got to try out the new cell phone. First I tried to call mom at home but no one answered so I called dad at work and bothered him for awhile, then I called mom at home and bothered her for awhile and then after supper tonight I called both of them again just because I could! I’ve really missed everyone at home, it’s really nice to hear how everyone is doing and to hear their voices again! I’ve been pretty bad at keeping in touch since I left so I feel bad that mom was worrying how I’m getting along. I think it’ll be better from now on. I still wasn’t done with my phone yet so I called Keith. We’ve been chatting a bit but this was the first really conversation since I left almost a week ago. It meant a lot to finally be able to talk. Sounds like he’s got a good schedule with school and I am so jealous that he is taking some of the classes he is. His gross anatomy class sounds sooo cool! His class learns anatomy then dissects to see it in person. It’s so generous of people to donate their bodies to science like that so others can learn. He’s also going to Calgary this weekend to visit and I wish I could go too!
It’s noisier here tonight, someone moved into the apartment next door and with everyone’s windows open you can hear showers going, talking and sneezing! One of the little shops at the bottom of the hill around the corner has decided to play their music really loud, good thing its good music or it might be annoying;)