I haven't posted for awhile, Med school is taking up a lot of my time.
Things are going well for us here on this secluded, rocky island nobody has ever heard of. It is so steep walking here, seriously. It gets your legs into shape really fast. Not that I would know...I've been only walking back and forth between the house and school, down the scary looking rainforest pathway.
Goats aplenty, everywhere you look. Cally really enjoys watching them, but not actually petting them. She gets scared I think, because she can feel the goat's apprehension as well.
I found one of our garage bunnies dead in the driveway a couple of weeks ago. I put it in a garbage bag and then the garbage wasn't picked up for 10 days....The area around the garbage can still smell like death. Also, we've found a couple dead chicks around here. There are approximately 15-25 chickens that live in our backyard vicinity.
There is a banana tree in our backyard, although I feel we would be stealing from our neighbour if we ate some of them.
We are missing friends from home, and family. We can't wait for Julia's parents to come in October.
Cally is becoming an independent-minded, funny, special girl. She can become interested in little things and concentrate on toys for longer periods of time. She sits up on her own very well, and she will be crawling in no time, although she hates being on her tummy. She is drinking on her own from a sippy cup and is eating some soft finger-foods. She gets excellent vertical in her jolly-jumper. She thinks dad is hilarious, and that means I have to be "on" all the time around her. She is a very easy audience for my routines, however.
I've been dealing with ankle issues the past couple of weeks. I played basketball maybe four times in one week against more youthful people, and that did them in. Pitting edema, tendinitis and osteoarthritis set in. Then I sprained my bad one on the scary-looking path after. Sigh. I need better drugs.
The rainy season is upon us. Our fresh water supply comes exclusively from rain and stored in the cistern in the backyard. There are lizards that go in there and minnows swimming in it, but it good for drinking after boiling it and filtering it. We were without water from our cistern for four days a few weeks ago, because the pump had malfunctioned. Don't worry, the "Technician"finally came to fix it under supervision from my landlord. The "Technician" as he has referred to himself as, is also the cable guy, and never has the tools/supplies he needs to do his job. My landlord apparently used to be the Governor of Saba back in the early 90's.
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| Typical lizard that you see everywhere (including our house) |
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| Our garage bunnies (the one on the left has passed on.) |
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| There is a great outdoor court here. |
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| Family photo op by the ocean. |
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| Bathtime for Cally! |
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| My scary path to and from school everyday. |
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| Cally and her passion. And Sock Monkey! |
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| Crazy baby goat moment caught on camera. |
