Tuesday -exam day!

Two exams later and I'm completely exhausted but feel completely satisfied that I put in my best effort. As my mom said, Uncle Brett would be proud of my efforts in Molecular Biology and attempting to understand all the nitty picky details that Dr Martin keeps throwing our way. I have to admit, parts of what we are learning are very interesting and the course should be a good one if I keep up on the notes. Yesterday I went to class in the morning after dashing off a reading reaction to Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream". What a beautiful speech! I wish we'd been given more space, it is impossible to fit all my ideas into a single page. The afternoon, evening and most of the early night I spent studying and as much of a shock to the system as my first set of exams were, it was nice to get back into the regular rhythm of school. Early to bed tonight and then tomorrow night is the Ladybugs first soccer game!! Hope to conscript a friend to take pictures so that I can post them :)

Friday

Today was highly successful! I went to my classes and because it's glorious friday I was done at 11a.m. Came back to my room, made some food and had a nap. All my friends continue to succumb to the nasty disease floating around campus and I refuse to let that happen so I've been sleeping a lot and popping cold fx to ward it off. Studied some molecular biology, there is going to be a lot of studying this week because my first quiz is on Tuesday -bring on the red bull! Last night I went out with Linnea and Jed to bananas. It was really fun, everyone was out and my RA (dorm leader) from last term is back visiting for the week. Too fun! Tomorrow night there is an artist from Trinidad mixing so that might be fun.. have to see how much I get done. Also went for a surprise visit to Christina and Yensin's place. It was really nice to have a visit, I really miss having Christina in my classes. Lastly, my friend Mike had a bunch of us over for a dinner party. He cooked the most amazing Chinese food that I've ever had in my life.. it was fantastic!!! Now back to studying...

Thursday

Lighter day of classes and spent some time trying to get caught up with projects etc. I have two molecular biology tests next week so it's going to be a packed weekend of studying. Spent the evening with Cece and LIz, we went and got groceries and then I studied -exciting life of a student... you know it's bad when going to the grocery store is exciting. It's been particularly bad there lately, seems like the store is out of most things all the time. There have not been any tomatoes since I got here, I MISS TOMATOES! I also had a bit of a heart attack last night because then it appeared that my fridge had stopped working. I had just put everything into my freezer and attempted to find a friend still awake who had fridge space I could borrow when it decided to kick in.. weird! Oh last thing.. had my first soccer practice tonight! It was fantastic -great exercise and boy am I going to be sore tomorrow. It felt weird to be kicking a ball again after like 8 years off but things were definitely coming back to me by the end of practice. Might be playing again Friday evening so looking forward to that.

Wednesday

Had a bit of a difficult day today supporting some really good friends. My friend Christina found out today that her chocolate lab that she's had for 8 years (since he was a puppy) had to be euthanized. My friend Pearl also found out that her cat had passed away yesterday. It's so hard being this far away from home in the first place and it's everyone's worst fear that something will happen to a loved one while we're gone. I am having trouble knowing what to say to them. Hugs to both of them and i'm hoping they will feel better with some time. Spent the entire day in class from 9-5 straight, ick! I'm exhausted and still have homework to tackle so off I go..

Tuesday

Events of the day... had one class this morning and the rest of the day off. Got groceries for the week and spent some time with my friend Christina at her place off campus. She has her black labrador with her this term and it is so good to get my dog snuggle in. I also bought some cat food at the grocery for the stray cats around the dorm. Students have been feeding them for years so they're dependent on us.. and I'm really loving the chance to have "pet cats" again. Full day of classes tomorrow and gotta get stuff done so that I can hang out with Liz and Pearl at Stuarts tomorrow night. G'night everyone!

Sunday -Weekend Recap

A pretty good weekend all in all. Went out Friday night with friends to Bananas. Things were uneventful but everyone was out so i got a chance to visit with all my med friends who don't usually have time to get groceries let alone socialize. Saturday I went grocery shopping and to the beach. My car died again.. but it was my fault this time -I left the lights on.. whoops! Got a boost from Louise's car and went out for dinner for DJ's birthday (will post pics of that when I get them off Pearls camera). Dinner was at aquarium which is a restaurant on the beach, it was really fun and a lot of people showed up to celebrate! We had chocolate cake and everything, what a treat. Sunday was very low key, I just hung around the dorm at Pearls place and studied. I was pretty proud of myself for resisting the temptation of the beach and starting to get a handle on school. I just need to get a new planner so that I can get a better idea of what is coming up. Hope everyone enjoyed a fantastic weekend!
HUGS!

Some pics at the beach with Pearl and her boyfriend Shaun...

Friday

Oh dear.. the day started out well, went into St Georges with Pearl this morning to attempt to find some soccer or rather football shoes. I'm officially a member of the ladies Ladybug football team and our first practice will be next week sometime. We had just pulled into down town and I was attempting to park at the side of the busiest main road when my car dies -and to top it off I was blocking a main throughway to a store. Thank goodness for amazing friends! My friend DJ drove all the way into town to rescue us, we tried boosting the car but my battery was DEAD. Luckily the town is small enough that Pearl and I could hoof it accross the street to buy a new battery which DJ installed. The only difficulty was finding a place that took credit card payments -lesson to self, carry lots of cash to buy the car candy! I'm hoping that it was only the battery and not the alternator but only time will tell.. Pearl was so sweet, she was such a good sport about being marooned and bought us smoothies while we waited for DJ. I am starting to get some amazing friends down here...
Highlight of tonight was definitely going up north of the island to Gouyave's Fish Friday. I went up there with Jed, Elise and Amanda, all dorm mates. It was very tasty food and a fun taxi ride there and back.. here are a couple of pics of the occasion.

Our group...
Welcome!
Cheers!

Thursday

Laundry in dorms is in one word FRUSTERATING. I was working out today and noticed that in the full length mirror of the gym my black t-shirt had some pretty impressive white spots where my sportsbra was showing through. Great.. the dryer is putting holes in my clothes because it is off center and clothes are getting stuck in the door while it is spinning. This is after you have to wring the water out of your clothes because the washers don't have a spin cycle. LOL! Guess i'm getting to know the laundry room pretty well, there are 2 out of the 7 washers that work reliably and 4 out of 9 dryers that are functioning and safe. Gotta love dorm life.. On a brighter note, made it to the beach today for a swim. It was amazing as usual, but I am going to try and find a swim cap so that i'm a little bit more visible to people and boats out there :)