The week in review...

Sorry for the lack of posts guys, It was a busy but most excellent week having my parents in town but it wasn't nearly long enough. After they arrived wednesday it was a mad dash to balance going to class, doing homework and trying to explore the island. Mom and Dad rented a white Suzuki Jeep from Rodney's Rentals and we took full advantage of access to wheels. The day after they arrived was conveniently the national Grenadian Independance day. This meant I got the day off of school and was free to take a hike into St. Georges with Mom and Dad. We took lots of great pictures of all the historic buildings and even made it up to the fort. It was a bit eery because there was absolutely no one in the streets.
Town of St Georges

We had the entire town to ourselves it seemed! Friday I had a few classes and mom tagged along. She was really cute, listening super attentively and asking amazing questions that no one else had even thought of. She's good at the whole classroom thing and you can definitely tell she knows how education is supposed to work. It was really fun showing my parents off to my classmates though. They all thought they were pretty cool. The students in my class are as a whole quite a bit older then me so I guess my parents must also seem really young to them. In fact, some of them are 32! Kinda neat to have such a diverse class...
On saturday, we set out across the island to check out one of the other main towns -Grenville as well as the chocolate factory and the old airport. The airport was really neat. That whole side of the island is right on the atlantic so the waves were pretty impressive and there were a couple of old planes by the runway that dad had a lot of fun jumping in and out of. We took a look at the market in Grenville and there was definitely a lot to see in the way of spices, clothes and crafts. Unfortunately the chocolate factory was shut so mom and dad had to drive back today to take a look. They said it was pretty cool so I'll definitely have to look at renting a car and getting up there one of these days.
Sunday mom and dad hit the beach while I studied it up at home.
Mom and Dad at one of the waterfalls...

School has been getting quite a bit more intense and there have actually been a couple of pretty ugly days. Luckily I've made a couple of friends in my program, Christina, Louise and Beth so now we're all a big study group starting tomorrow. I'm really excited and think it'll be a lot of fun to have some girly friends around here. It seems like the campus is predominantly male so it's nice to get some girl time in. I have two quizzes to work towards in the next couple of weeks but more immediately I get to write a paper on animal testing. Should definitely be interesting to do some research on that subject.
Today was my Birthday which was awesome. Thanks to all of you for your phone calls, emails and messages -you honestly made my day!! I was in class most of the day and didn't finish until 8 but mom and dad had a birthday party for me over at Candleglow and it was amazing to see everyone and eat a delicious ice cream pie -yumm!! It definitely feels weird being 22, that sure seems old somehow...