New digs

So today was the big moving day into my new dorm. Woke up early to experience church Grenadian style with Alexandria and David. It was a really interesting experience. We were the only caucasians in the pews and the service was at least 3 hrs long (we left at that point, not sure how much longer it lasted). The first solid hour resembled an aerobic workout, there was a band up front playing techno music to backup the hymns and all of the Grenadians in really beautiful colored outfits lept up and down or side to side in time for the music. The thing that surprised me most was how emotional some of them get during the service. There was a time where the minister asked that we all join hands and sing. The lady next to me sobbed the entire time, flailing madly (resulting in me being flailed around like a ragdoll) until some other members of the congregation calmed her down.
Rita and Neville had me up to the house for a parting dinner -delicious homemade pizza, split pea soup and homemade icecream-yumm!! Their friend Roger drove me to campus in his little Geo (all my stuff barely squished into the back) and I am just about to start unpacking. The room is great, the only thing is my A/C is broken and so I will have to put a work order in to get it fixed and I'm allowed to sleep in another room until it is fixed. I'll try and post some pictures soon...