So thanksgiving in Dominica turned out to be quite wonderful. About 20 of us got together and had a great meal. The crew of six couples that are our "Dominican Family" and a few others made some great food and really made us all anxious to go home! We had 3 turkeys, stuffing, homemade mashed potatoes, pumpkin roll, pumpkin pie, homemade rolls, green bean casserole, cookies, cranberry, etc. It was a feast!!
It was great to spend an evening with the guys, it is a rare occasion that we have them for the night! The next three weeks here are CRAZY for the students. Mark has four practicals the first week of December, then his test, then 3 finals the following week. It is a bit intense around here. So Thanksgiving was a good break from all the work.
Emily flew into Dominica for the week and we had a great time. Her birthday was Tuesday so all the girls went to Batibou Beach (our fav!) then had dinner. It was a great day!
The strangest thing about Thanksgiving was probably cooking a turkey while in a bathing suit.. it was kind of strange running from the pool to the house to check the turkey, I am not complaining, I am just pointing out the oddness of it all.
The day before Thanksgiving I went spear fishing with some of the male spouses. It was pretty exciting. I hit two fish but didn't actually catch them. So, yes I did wound them and leave them to go off and die, I have heard enough of how mean that is so go ahead...
The other major events for the week...
Mason and I were chased by a cow walking down the street. The wild dogs were harassing the cow and it just came out of the bushes and started running. It was not fun but for some reason it was not odd for that to happen either. Oh, Dominica....
We had another earthquake, this time I felt it! It sounded like a BIG truck was downshifting right next to you. It was kind of creepy.
Other than that I have been laying by the pool and doing some reading for my final research paper for the semester. I am done this week!! YEAH!!
20 more days then back home for a few weeks!! I can't wait!
