Centipedes, Flour Bugs, and Rotten Eggs

OK. No pictures for this post. I thought maybe I should let you know some of the things that are not so glamorous about this island. Let's start with me trying to make Mark chocolate chip cookies and opening the bag of flour to find that there are little brown bugs burying themselves like little sand crabs in the flour. It was slightly disturbing considering that we had just used that flour yesterday. I guess I will just have to chalk that one up to protein intake! {side note- CHOCOLATE CHIPS!!!! so exciting, you don't get those around here...they were a treat!}

Centipedes. They are in season or what my friend Margo would say,"those things must be in heat! they are everywhere!" Now I don't know much about the mating rituals of centipedes but I am almost positive they do not go into heat. However they are EVERYWHERE. why is this such a problem you ask??? They bite and they hurt like, well, kids might read this so I will leave the descriptive language out, let's just say they hurt. Depending on the size of the centipede, the area where they bit you can go numb for a few hours. The scariest part, as if that isn't scary enough, if you are allergic to them it gets worse, much worse. It's like a war zone walking down the street at night, those suckers are FAST!

As for the Rotten Eggs... I went on a shopping trip with some of the spouses today to Roseau. I found out today that I am supposed to be smelling my eggs before I purchase them and if I don't I should check them in a cup of water to see if they float. If they float I am not to break the shell. One of the spouses I was with had a horrible tale about things she found in eggs last week. I really can't say much except, that is just gross.

So the shopping trip is great. We hire a driver to drop us off in front of each store in Roseau and meet us outside in an hour. This allows us to stock up! There are a few grocery stores and they carry American brands in some of them. I got Jiff peanut butter today!!!! That was the highlight of my day. It is amazing how much you really do have everything at your fingertips back home. One of the girls took pictures of us packed in the van with all our stuff. I will post them soon.

Enjoy your bugless flour and your sinking eggs.