Well, one month down. I am hitting the books trying to get ready for my first round of tests... lab practical on Friday and our first marathon 5-hour-every-subject-covered exam (ironically called a "mini" exam because it is not a final) on Monday. The amount of information so far is pretty crazy, but I'm loving it, and so the long hours are ok. The island is still awesome -Trina and I are finally figuring out the places to buy stuff, and last night we went to an independence day celebration for the island... which is a little weird because their independence day is in november. Oh well, these people don't need much of an excuse to party - they all get together at the park and put up grandstands and a stage and random people sing and play music and everyone dances. There is plenty of beer and grilled plantains stuffed with salt cod (sounds weird, I know, but it is actually pretty good). that's about all that's new - we're hitting our stride with school and life on the island, and life is good. hopefully we'll get pictures posted for you guys soon, but since the digital camera broke, all we have is Trina's film camera, and we have no idea where to develop film here, much less get the pictures scanned to post online. anyway, if we find out, we'll get them posted, if not, there may not be new pictures until December. Hope is all well back home in the States.
-Sam
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Settling In...
Hello everyone!!
We hope this new post finds everyone back home doing well. We are starting to settle into a routine here, which is good. Sam is almost done with his second week of school at Ross and as he says, is maintaining his 4.0! (which is pretty easy to do when you haven't had any tests :) ). The White Coat Ceremony was last friday and it went really well. The Prime Minister of Dominica was there and welcomed the students. This class is made up of almost 400 students, so the place was packed. Us spouses got pushed to the very back row and were not able to see anything, but it was still pretty cool to be there. Even though we ironed the patch on his coat on the wrong side, Sam looked great in his white coat. Pictures are below.
Since Sam is busy for most of the day, I have been having to entertain myself. Fortunately, we've made friends with another couple that's been married for about the same time as we have, and so I hang out with Mary (the wife) while Sam and James are in school. We've been spending lots of time "shopping," which mainly consists of long walks to the random small grocery stores and buying a few more food things and random pots and pans to make our latest cooking experiment. We made cookies the other day without any measuring cups or a cookie sheet, and they actually turned out really good. Everyone was excited to have them and we've already gotten a bunch of requests for more. Yesterday was the first meeting for the spouses club here on campus, and it looks like that's going to be another fun thing to do here. I'm anxious to start hiking and seeing the other attractions on the island.
All the people here have been so nice and welcoming. We're really settling in comfortably. We have dinner with James and Mary almost every night, Mary and I are taking yoga classes on the beach twice a week, and we've also joined a christian group on campus. Today, we're signing up for other various organizations such as AMSA (american medical student association) and the sailing club!! Life is good here. We really miss everyone at home, and really wish you could all come out here to see this incredible place!!
More updates to come as we head out for more adventures! We love you all and miss you TONS!!
We hope this new post finds everyone back home doing well. We are starting to settle into a routine here, which is good. Sam is almost done with his second week of school at Ross and as he says, is maintaining his 4.0! (which is pretty easy to do when you haven't had any tests :) ). The White Coat Ceremony was last friday and it went really well. The Prime Minister of Dominica was there and welcomed the students. This class is made up of almost 400 students, so the place was packed. Us spouses got pushed to the very back row and were not able to see anything, but it was still pretty cool to be there. Even though we ironed the patch on his coat on the wrong side, Sam looked great in his white coat. Pictures are below.
Since Sam is busy for most of the day, I have been having to entertain myself. Fortunately, we've made friends with another couple that's been married for about the same time as we have, and so I hang out with Mary (the wife) while Sam and James are in school. We've been spending lots of time "shopping," which mainly consists of long walks to the random small grocery stores and buying a few more food things and random pots and pans to make our latest cooking experiment. We made cookies the other day without any measuring cups or a cookie sheet, and they actually turned out really good. Everyone was excited to have them and we've already gotten a bunch of requests for more. Yesterday was the first meeting for the spouses club here on campus, and it looks like that's going to be another fun thing to do here. I'm anxious to start hiking and seeing the other attractions on the island.
All the people here have been so nice and welcoming. We're really settling in comfortably. We have dinner with James and Mary almost every night, Mary and I are taking yoga classes on the beach twice a week, and we've also joined a christian group on campus. Today, we're signing up for other various organizations such as AMSA (american medical student association) and the sailing club!! Life is good here. We really miss everyone at home, and really wish you could all come out here to see this incredible place!!
More updates to come as we head out for more adventures! We love you all and miss you TONS!!
Monday, September 3, 2007
School Again...
Well, this past week amidst orientation Trina and I did some sea kayaking and snorkeling. Trina flipped her kayak twice and lost her shorts at the bottom of the sea. She says it's sad, but I still maintain that it is in fact hilarious. we went to a secret beach only accessible from the ocean, only it wasn't very secret and there were a zillion people there. The first day of classes came and went today, and there's nothing much to report on that front... suffice it to say I'm not making people refer to me as "Doctor" just yet. Oh, and trina broke the camera, so there's no new pictures. we are probably going to go to rousseau and pick one up next week. I'm way excited to be starting up with school, so the reality of how much I have to learn hasn't quite set in yet - I'm just loving life right now. I'll post again on saturday and let you all know how white coat and everything goes.
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