First day of classes. Thought this day would never come! We have had orientation things for the past week and classes have been lingering in the distance, but now I am officially off and running. Woke up bright and early with Anatomy followed by two more classes and then studying. Being back in school is definitely a change of pace. Listening, reading, writing... its all going to take some getting used to again but when I look down at my textbook and the pictures are of cadavers and transverse sections of the human body I cannot help but to get excited. This is what I truly want to do with my life.
The last few pictures I have been putting up have been me on the beach... and for all of you who thought I'm living the life, here is your payback moment... the next time I am going to get to see that beach will probably be after midterms haha
The last few days I had leading up to classes were great. I really have met some good people down here, and everyone has a truly amazing story to tell.
Here is a picture of my roommate Chris (on the left) and our friend Adam. we are walking on Grand Anse beach.
We picked a spot under a tree to put all of our things so they stay out of the sun. Now, this beach is lined with trees... and some of them provide a lot of shade... you would think that if you saw someone else's things there you might keep moving until the next tree to put your things down right???? Not exactly... at least that is not what one gentleman thought. So we are in the water just relaxing, and we look up to see a guy standing in front of our tree... just standing. Chris and I look at each other and say "is this guy lost? Maybe he needs something?" Then he walks over our stuff and sits down next to all of our belongings and starts reading a book... now our first thought was, he looks innocent just let him linger for a little bit. Then we decided to go over and say something to this guy, so Chris and I walk over and say to the guy, "Hey, our stuff is here and we aren't to keen on you staying here. We have a lot of expensive stuff in our bag and not for nothing, but we don't know you." He very bluntly said, well maybe you should have someone here watching your stuff. Believe me... i wanted to say right back to him, well maybe you should find another tree to read your novel jerk!!! But, the good man in myself, Chris let the guy chill... partly because we were going to grab something to eat anyway... SO MUCH FOR LOCALS BEING NICE!
Its very different from the nice culture on the island we have been experiencing. I have adopted a motto, "if you treat Grenada nice, she will be nice back to you." Now what this means, is before you ask anyone to do something for you i.e.: ordering a sandwich, you need to ask that person how they are doing... if this is not done you are not getting your sandwich this century, and when you do it will be the smallest, driest sandwich you have ever eaten in your life. When you go to the store always introduce yourself and be nice, because I have witnessed on numerous occasions already that the locals remember you and can either help/hurt your chances of getting your way... this seems to be the golden rule down here.
Sorry to go off on a tangent there... ok Im back... so we were at the beach... as we moved down the water we found these kids who we were playing with a few days previous. About 4 kids, all of which are brothers between 10 and 15 years old. These kids it seems, just wander the beach and hang out... no apparent responsibility on the summer breaks from school. In fact, the previous time we saw these kids we built a sandcastle with them...
So, nothing very exciting here to publish but I thought, "Hey, its been a few days and I haven't published a post in a while." I hope everyone in the states is doing very well and I will talk to everyone very soon!
sorry this post was so quick... ill write again soon.
J
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