tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5229408140085353392024-02-20T17:53:55.838-04:00Nevis Life As A WifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-37010861497050392152017-04-02T21:19:00.000-04:002017-04-02T21:19:52.432-04:00How To Say Goodbye?<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well everyone, this is it...the last month we will be spending on Nevis! I cannot believe how time has flown by here. The amazing memories I have made since coming here nearly 2.5 years ago! A wild adventure indeed. Therefore, instead of writing a sappy post of how much I am actually going to miss this place, I thought I write a poem. I hope many of you will recognize the tune I had in mind. Enjoy!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the story all about how, my life got flipped
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’d like to take a minute, just hear my strife,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’ll tell how you how I survived Nevis, life as a wife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 Years of marriage, making our way<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When my husband says to me, hey I’d like a change<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Packing our bags for medical school<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We moved to an island, feeling so cool<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sun, sand and Soca were the ways of the island<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent the first few months really just limin’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time to get a job and work on my degree,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We ended up buying a junky SUV<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Getting through premed was the aim,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then it was time to step up our game<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Started work in education, providing therapy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I began to understand Nevis history<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Filling my days going from school to school,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donkeys in the way was just the usual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going to town, waiting in line for hours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Only to find, that there is no power<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Missing our family, but not the cold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Going out on my own, I became more bold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finding a new friend, we started to conquer our work<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weekends at the beach were a really nice perk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Volunteering with SO, coaching the kids to swim,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was no wonder, I began to fit in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hiking, swimming, working out,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The outdoors were my playground, without a doubt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But here we are, our time is done<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can’t believe, what we have overcome<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Late night studying, hospital rotations,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It didn’t come easy, we had to be patient<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now it’s just about time, the final sunset upon us<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s hard to say goodbye but we must continue our
progress<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you to our friends and family for your continued
support<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We hope to see you at the Toronto airport!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pictures below are from some of the best days I had on the island in the past 3 months. From limbo on the beach, to amazing sunsets, to going on my jogs with some awesome people, to hiking and helping out with Special Olympics, and getting up close with some monkeys! It's hard to say what I will miss the most here. I have made some amazing new friendships that I know we will stay in touch. However, I am ready to close this chapter and move on to the next. It's been fun Nevis!! Thank you!! #nevisnice </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it has been a long time since I have blogged. I am so sorry for not having continued updates. Last semester (Med 4 for Kyle) was probably the busiest for both of us.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">October: Sweating our way through this month by using the A/C a lot!! My best friend got married. I was so happy I was able to be home for it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">November: Got another flat tire. I got really sick, and had to actually see a doctor on Nevis. That was interesting, Kyle actually checked me out and then I had to get an x-ray and some of his classmates got to analyze it. A learning opportunity for all. Ended up with a bacterial lung infection and had to take a week off work.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also met Prince Harry! That was the best!!! We also celebrated American Thanksgiving with some of the spouses of students.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">December: Graduated from ASU, traveled to Arizona for my grad, went to the Grand Canyon, had a white Christmas, and rang in the new year with some friends!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now that you are all caught up, this semester so far has been pretty good. It is much cooler this month, we haven't needed to use the A/C at all. Now that I am not in school, I have more free time which has been great to enjoy more beach days. Kyle has really been cracking down with studying. He has a final comprehensive exam he has to write at the end of the semester so he has been really focused on that. Since we have been back, I have spent more time meeting new spouses of students, and hanging out with the old ones. We have had some brunches, kids' birthday parties, sunset beach running and I even tested out meal prepping for the first time and loved it! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cannot believe we are down to our final months here! People keep asking me if I am going to miss it or if I am excited to leave. Honestly, I don't know. Some days I find some myself dreaming of fast food places, Costco and other amenities, especially when the water goes out, or we lose power. But then I have other moments where I am watching the sunsets, the blue waters, and hanging out with my new friends and our brunches we have, my workout classes, the kids I work with, and just reflecting on the connections I have made here and I can't imagine leaving. I know Kyle is ready to go, he wants to start the next chapter, and I am sure I will be ready too. But I have invested so much into getting to know this island, and truly making it my home I know it will be hard to leave. I met the island postman the other day who was shocked he hadn't met me before, so I guess when you live on an island for 2 years you are supposed to know everyone by then? Nevis is small but I didn't think it was that small, and also, we don't get mail...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These last few months for me will be wrapping things up at work and hoping all the stuff I accomplished won't fall apart the day I leave. I also will help out at one more Special Olympics National Games and hopefully compete in the Cross Channel Swim to St. Kitts in March. We then have to start thinking of what items we will be bringing back with us and what we are going to sell. I have met some new spouses here who have already called dibs on a lot of my stuff. Plus having connections in the community, they are more than willing to help me get rid of stuff. We have to sell our car, (Kyle is tempted to let it run off a cliff :P) and we have to close our bank accounts and then I have to say my goodbyes. I will do my best to write more blogs these last few months. Last semester was hard because I was finishing my last two courses, working, volunteering and exercising.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">April is coming up fast. It is hard not knowing where we will be in the coming months but we do know we will be back home while Kyle completes an online study course and prepares for the Step 1 exam. After he writes that, things are up in the air. He will have to start clinical rotations which will most likely be in the States. I am not sure I will be going yet. Lots of decisions and unknowns right now, but for the time being I am trying to enjoy my island life until the last possible sunset.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you friends and family for your continued support, you have stuck with us this far and we are so appreciative!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What a crazy month it has been! Between settling back to the island life, Kyle back in classes, the extreme heat and my new position at work, time is flying!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A few exciting events have happened this month. It first started with the Nevis Running Festival. I participated in the 5k race on behalf of the Special Olympics team. I then ran in the 10k. It was hard work, there were a few hills I was not prepared for, and even at 6 am it is still really hot!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also went on a hike up to some waterfalls. Truly and I took some visitors up the mountain on the long weekend. Before I leave, my goal will be to hike to the peak! I have heard it's pretty intense, so I need more practice with the smaller hikes :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another event I participated in was called the Fit Games. It's a an obstacle course that you can compete in with a team or individually. My trainer signed me up unbeknownst to me! He needed a substitute, and you have to have at least one female on your team. So I only had 2 weeks to train, oh and then he told me the day before the competition that their team has been undefeated so far...so no pressure :/ okay, cool... Anyway the day of the competition they changed the rules a bit which threw off which leg of the race I was completing. However we still managed to finish first! Phew! My other friend who I teach swimming with competed in the individual competition and won first place also! Kyle came out to support us, and managed to catch some of it on film, especially where I totally wiped out! I got a nasty cut on my leg from the tires I was running across. Good times! I'm not sure if I will compete again, it was harder than it looks, but at least I got a cool medal out of it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The nasty tire burn I got. It makes for a good conversation starter ;) </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have also started our swim program again. We have a good turn out so far, so I am excited to see how much we can build up our swim club. The Special Olympic athletes will also be involved in some of our classes. Our goal is to build a team to participate in the cross channel swim in March, where we swim from Nevis to St.Kitts. We are hoping to do it in a relay style. I am hoping to train and participate in that as well. Training involves swimming at 6am 3 mornings a week. I haven't really started yet, but hoping to next week. Ha! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finally, I completed in another 5k race this past weekend to support the St. Christopher Children's Home in St. Kitts. We ran around the golf course by the Marriot. It was fun to run somewhere different for a change, plus all the proceeds help the children!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Currently, I don't have any other scheduled fitness events. I just continue to train for running and soon swimming. My friend on the island is trying to convince me to do the triathlon in November, but that involves riding a bike on these crazy roads, which I have no desire to do. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On another note, I have been so busy with my new position it's kind of amazing what we have been able to do. Training teachers on implementing a checklist that myself and my colleague created for the preschools has certainly kept us busy. We have seen a lot about how the education system works on the island here. They have a lot of catching up to do if they want to come even close to North American standards, but the good news is they are realizing they need to make changes, so I am happy I get to help with that. Especially after receiving some devastating news that one of my clients I used to work with here passed away last week. She was the first child I worked with here, and one of the reasons I was able to get a job in the first place. I was so upset by this news and disappointed that it got to the point it did. She had been sick for a long time, I am just sad that no one here was able to help her in the way she deserved. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, that's how our September went. We also survived hurricane Matthew. We experienced some high winds and some rain, but nothing to crazy like some of the other islands. I'm pretty sure it was still a tropical storm when it was over top of us. It was two full days of overcast weather. We haven't had that in the whole time I have been here...it was actually a little depressing not to see the sun for awhile. The breeze was a nice break though, I was able to wear pants! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also had a new experience of playing island bingo! A couple of the spouses of students wanted to check it out so I tagged along. It was actually so fun. It was very loud and the bingo announcer was not your typical guy. He liked to call out numbers by saying O for October and G for Make America Great Again, and N for Nevis and then my favourite was when he said B10 minus 5. Or I16 plus 4. However it was all worth it because one of my friends actually won the jackpot! It was a full card, and right before she got bingo, someone thought they had it but it was a bad bingo! So 2 other people won also so they split the pot of 3300 EC. We then raced to the car and got out of there as quick as possible. People were jealous for sure! But it was a neat experience, and something I never thought I would do here. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So that is the latest update here. Kyle begins hospital rotations this week, and I start my final two courses next week. It is going to be a busy couple of months until December. I'm not sure how much blogging time I will get now. I also will be travelling back to Canada for a week at the end of October for my best friends wedding. So exciting!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it has been awhile, but we are still living the island dream. My last post was back in April, and I basically finished out the school year and then headed home for the summer while Kyle finished up Med 3. Well he passed! He has begun Med 4 and we can finally see the light. 8 more months of island living. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even though we have a short amount of time left, we are going to be super busy. Before I left for the summer, I started yet another island project. I met a French Canadian gal, who is an awesome athlete! We had the opportunity to become certified swim instructors through FINA. We started up our own swim club called the Nevis Barracudas. Our goal is to teach a lot of the local kids how to swim, and we have even taken on teaching some of the Special Olympic Athletes. The program ran through the summer while I was away and the team made some great progress!! We will be continuing the program in the coming months, and I am excited to help make a difference for some of these kids. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well, my colleague and best friend on the island have made huge strides in the education world on Nevis. This last week was back to school, which was full of workshops and learning opportunities for the teachers on the island. My friend and I presented a workshop to the preschool and kindergarten teachers. We created a checklist to help bridge the gap for children transitioning to kindergarten. Lets just say presenting two, three-hour long workshops was both nerve wracking and exhausting! I have never done anything like that before, especially to a group of women from a completely different culture than what I am used to. #culturemapping For those at the Global Leadership Summit you will appreciate that! ;) Anyway, it was a successful day with some great feedback that ended with my friend and I getting our own office space at the Ministry of Education. It has the best view, and we have a computer! Amazing! I am so excited for this school year. Last year was so tough breaking through so many barriers and obstacles, but this year I will finally be able to use my skills in a beneficial way to help this island. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kyle is starting Med 4, so far he likes his new schedule, most days he is done at 3pm, and there is a lot more hands on experience this semester. He will even be spending some time at the local hospital. A blog update will definitely be needed after that! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we have only been back for a week, and the hardest part so far has been getting used to the heat. It has been crazy hot here, I know back home it was a great summer but the heat here is something else. A lot of humidity, and no AC is tough to get used too. Also, I'm pretty sure our lovely car's AC just broke. We are at the point where I am just praying it makes it through these last 8 months. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I spent a few days at the beach here, and chatted with my friend about the fact that we know we aren't going to be here forever and so with the time we have left we really need to make the most of it and enjoy it as much as possible. This island may not have lots to offer but it is beautiful and I will never get bored of that. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So as Kyle gets back into studying, I get back into working and studying (I only have 2 more courses left for my program so I will be done in December), we are both back to our routine island living. Full of iced coffees, tank tops and flip flops, donkeys and goats and just taking it day by day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you everyone for your continued support. It was great to visit a lot of people over the summer and we are amazed at all the love from friends and family. It was a tough summer for us personally, and in those moments it is very hard being so far away and feeling helpless. Just know that we are always thinking of our family and praying for everyone even in the middle of the Caribbean. We love you guys! I will be back in October for my best friend's wedding, otherwise we will see you in December! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's crazy to think I started on this island as your "Nevis Housewife", however things have drastically changed, and to make life a little more interesting last week I attended my first ever Special Olympics National Games for St.Kitts-Nevis. What an experience!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A bit of background info: I started on the committee in September of 2015 as secretary, however due to the business it entailed, and the fact that I had 0 experience in this area, and that there were so many unknowns as to planning for events, who the athletes are, who all these people are I was working with, I had no relationships with anyone, and working a full time job plus completing a masters degree, I stepped down as secretary and decided to focus my attention on the athletes themselves, specifically with swimming. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Being on an island surrounded by water, one would think that everyone here can swim. Not true! Most of the locals are actually afraid of water due to fear of sharks. A reasonable doubt I suppose if this is all you have known. However I managed to find 3 swimmers for the Nevis side, and was assisting in training them for competition. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After weeks of planning, countless meetings, headaches, and emails the competition finally arrived. Now seeing as this was my first go round, I had no clue what to expect. Even the people who have been a part of this for several years had no clue what to expect! I can't imagine though, in North America Special Olympic teams have to worry about ferry times and organizing rides to and from port. That was very chaotic. However our athletes made it to St.Kitts safely for the track and field day. There was even a performance by a local Soca artist Nicha B! I was so proud of myself for knowing who he was and knowing the song he sang. Some of the locals were shocked at my knowledge! ;) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The track day went well all things considered! It was a long hot day, and we cut it close to getting the boat back to Nevis but I think the athletes had a great time. There was a team from Connecticut who attends our meet every year, and I over heard one of the coaches say they thought things were nice and organized (even though we got the schedule of events on arrival). Medals were won, smiles were had, and only a minor sprained ankle occurred! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The last day was the aquatics day. This time I was at the forefront. Managing my athletes and coaches and parents and coordinating the ferry and payment for the ferry was stressful! Not to mention I was very sea sick on the way over to St.Kitts! To much reading. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">St. Maarten was joining us for the day, but their plane was delayed, the schedule of events had to be changed, and the organizer of the aquatics who quit two weeks before the event decided to show up and not tell anyone and helped run the show. What a whirlwind! However, once things calmed down, and the breeze showed up, I was able to enjoy watching my athletes swim their hearts out and earn some medals. One of my favourite moments was seeing one of my swimmers who complained all training about being afraid of water and not wanting to swim, and how she thought she couldn't swim well, absolutely owned at front crawl and came first! Seeing her face light up at the finish line, and receiving a medal made the whole experience and months of planning totally worth it. Take a look at some highlights from the event!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This has been an incredible opportunity on this island, and it has allowed me to break through my comfort zone and truly start to feel like I am part of this community. I met some amazing people, was able to work with some fantastic athletes, and I really hope to continue to make a difference in these kid's lives. They deserve opportunities like every other child, and I hope to spread the word around the island and show some awareness about Special Olympics. I may be new to the game, but somehow it landed me an interview on local TV, and I developed the swim program which I hope to grow in the time I have left here. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First off I must apologize for temporarily falling off the map. It was not on purpose, trust me. I have been all over Nevis since stepping off the plane in January. This has been Kyle's busiest semester yet and I have just begun to master the juggling act of volunteering, working and studying. We have barely had time for ourselves and my toes haven't seen sand in weeks! I'm currently on Easter break from work for two weeks! So I have taken today to soak up some rays and blog. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These days I have just been working and helping out with some events for Special Olympics. We had a fun run/walk back in February and last week there was the cross channel swim where we had a presence. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Apparently I was on the local news for an interview from the cross channel swim, but I don't have a video of that one. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> In April we have National Games, and I started a swim program here so we will be able to have some athletes compete in aquatics. Very exciting! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At the school, there has been non stop drama since January. I can't really get into all the details but let's just say close quarters with a lot of vocal women does not mix. I have tried my best to stay out of it however it somehow always finds me. One good thing is in recent weeks I have been able to spend time going to different preschools to see some kids instead of just staying on one site. So that opportunity has been awesome. People are starting to understand ABA and what my skills are. I'm looking forward to term 3, to be able to help these kids out. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is kind of crazy to think of where I was a year ago, and how when I'm out running errands or doing my daily routine it just seems so normal to me now. The average person may think it's weird to see goats on the road, or monkeys in trees, but now that is all just normal. Or having the grocery stores empty because it's a holiday or gas run out on the island. Nothing seems to phase me anymore. If I'm out exercising and catch a glimpse of the sunset, those are the moments where I stop and soak it in. Seeing daily rainbows and being able to look up into the night sky and see millions of stars, that is what I love most about being here. All that drama and annoyances about island living seem to slip way when you are surrounded by beauty. I was just talking to a friend of mine, and all though we miss home, it's all about making memories and just getting into the culture. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We did have one interesting event happen recently, somehow almost $9000 EC dollars was withdrawn from my bank account without my knowledge. First of all, I don't even have $9000!! But I must admit, I had a panic attack when I saw all the red numbers and thought we had been hacked, but Kyle remained very calm and we went to the bank and they sorted it out for us no problem. It seemed as though this kinda thing happens all the time because they didn't really question it, and the money was returned by the end of the day! Which totally surpassed the stereotypical island time! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We did manage to get over to St. Kitts for the day a few weeks ago and see a movie. We also visited a site called Brimstone. For those history buffs like my husband, you would love it! It had quite an amazing view. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kyle only has about 2 more weeks for the semester and then he gets a break! We are actually going to go on a cruise. The irony of the whole thing is that one of the stops is St. Kitts! Ha! We were trying to avoid it, however it was out of our control. It will be nice to just lounge around, and I won't have to worry about cooking or cleaning for a week. Kyle will get to sleep and we can just relax. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Other than that, life goes on. New students will be arriving next month, and one of them actually found my blog and has been asking me a bunch of questions about moving here. I'm glad I have been able to help her out! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't feel as home sick as I thought I would this time around. September was worse I think. I feel bad for Kyle, he is going a little stir crazy with his classes and professors. It's hard because I can't do anything to make it easier for him. He still has to get up and get to class from 8-5 then come home and study. I'm not even home that much, and it sucks that he can't get out of the house more. But it is what it is, this is what he wants to do and I'm so proud of what he has accomplished. I know he can't see the finish line yet but it's there, just miles across the ocean ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway, that's all I have for now! We are still surviving on this rock! Thank you everyone for your continued support and prayers. Our families have been good at keeping us updated from people back home, we really appreciate it! </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-80264657738713948322016-01-10T16:04:00.001-04:002016-01-10T16:04:39.795-04:00Welcome Back to Nevis!<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well everyone, vacation is over! Back to reality we go. Except reality for me is hopping on a plane at 6 am and flying to a small island somewhere in the Caribbean. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We made it back to the island safely. Although, we had one of the toughest trips ever travelling back. Now Kyle is much more experienced in traveling than I, but even he said it was some of the worst turbulence he has ever felt. I felt so nauseous, and even Kyle threw up a little bit. But that was more due to the fact the guy beside us was going to toss his cookies, and had some nasty smelling bagel in his seat, and Kyle was suffering from a terrible migraine. Plus there was a set of screaming 15 month old twins in front of us. It just was not a good time. We were delayed leaving, which would have been okay except we had to wait on the tarmac for an extra hour. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once we landed, things were a little confusing with our taxi because unlike us, some people were not prepared and did not book a taxi. They just assumed they could hop in our ride. So that lead to more waiting around. We finally made it across by water taxi, and got to our apartment. Now we are supposed to be moving upstairs, and we told our landlord when we were coming back, and that we would pack up all of our stuff and move it ourselves. We had already helped the new tenant who was moving into our old place mover her stuff. We show up and there was no key left for our new place. We called the landlord and it turns out she is in our old place cleaning. It was such a mess of things. She was taking our stuff out of cupboards and throwing it in bags, and our new place hadn't even been cleaned yet. It was so dusty!! So many ants! All around filthy! So we couldn't exactly move in, and we couldn't exactly hang out in our old place. Kyle and I did our best to remain calm and be patient. The landlord was very apologetic and started cleaning our new place right away. It took a few hours and we were behind schedule of how we wanted to unpack. However, we managed to make it through. We were hoping to have settled in the day we flew in but it didn't happen. So most of our unpacking had to happen the next day, and then I was back at work. Except, we had no car. It was still being fixed. Although it sounded more like the car just sat at our mechanics house until Kyle called to ask if it was ready. So all this week I have been busing it to work. We just got the car back on Friday, and at least we can steer it better and the breaks don't squeak. So we are settled back in. Kyle got right into classes, he has a busy schedule this semester. In class from 8-5. It's a long day for him this time. Our apartment is much better though! We set up new lights so I can see the dishes now. We got rid of the ants, and we have more space. It is also much cooler up here because there are windows on all sides of the house. The best part...we can't hear the annoying frogs as much!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am pretty sure if the first couple days back were like this a year ago I would have had a way tougher time adjusting to this island life. However, we were able to just go with the flow here and on Monday our landlord stopped by unexpectedly and gave us a really nice fruit basket to say thank you for being so patient. Kyle and I were so overwhelmed, that was really nice of her. She apologized again, and said that she loves having us as tenants. So that was nice. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday we spent some time at the beach with some friends, and today I went for a walk with a girl from work. I am actually glad to be back here. This past year has been crazy! I feel like this next year will go by quick also. I am still figuring out my job. Things are hopefully going to be different this term. However, there is still a lot of tension among the staff. So I am trying to feel that out. It's been a busy week already, and I can't believe we have already been back for a week! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My online classes start up again tomorrow, so I will do my best to keep everyone updated as much as possible. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone is enjoying the new year so far and sticking with your resolutions!! ;) </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-39097110377457703732015-12-10T11:44:00.000-04:002015-12-10T18:50:20.013-04:001 Year Living the Island Dream<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sitting in the airport catching the last glimpse of the mountains and ocean before our journey home I have a few moments to reflect on the past year. What a year it has been!!! Celebrating with a mimosa because the students here just checked their grades and everyone passed! Kyle did amazing and I am so proud of him! I was reading through some of my first blog posts and it amazes me how much we have accomplished in a year on Nevis. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some fun little stats for you:</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Kyle wrote 58 exams.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I finished 4 courses.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I got 1 job. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Visited over 8 different beaches.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I have seen 10 shooting stars. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Driven around the island over 150 times. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have had over 500 monkey sightings. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">300 Donkey sightings. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">800 goat sightings.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 3 fabulous rainbows. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Countless of breathtaking sunsets. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We haves survived 100 power outages.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Over 200 Mosquito bites between the 2 of us.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 30 days of 40 plus degrees</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> 1 amazing story to tell. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was Kyle's yay I am done exams face!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We have over come so much. Met some amazing people and it's unbelievable that we still have over a year left on this island. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This week I met a travel blogger who has had some amazing experiences herself. She house sits her way through the world and has ended up on Nevis for a few months. She invited me to the house she was staying at and the view was absolutely breathtaking. Maybe Kyle and I will try it out next year :) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you have some time, check out her blog here: <a href="https://wanderlusters.com/" target="_blank">https://wanderlusters.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The blogger said that Nevis has been one of her favourite places so far. If we were staying at a place like this, I would never leave Nevis!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also attended a couple of Christmas presentations for some schools. The one school I support, went to a church downtown and had like a 3 hour long presentation. The kids were so adorable though. Dressed in their best, singing and saying poems. These kiddos were younger so sometimes their parents had to come on stage and help out haha. However I am glad I went to support them. The school I work out, also had some fun events. They did a walk-a-thon, to try and raise money for the school. The kids walked around Nevis for over 5k! It was impressive. I ended up having to do it twice because I first had to mark the trail. I also learned that the way to fund raise is to flag people down in their cars and ask them for money. Their Christmas party was interesting. It was pretty unorganized, and it made me sad that not many parents came out to support their kids. They did have some good moments though. Most of the kids had a good time I think. It has certainly been a busy couple of weeks wrapping up with school for the semester. I had a 6 hour long staff meeting on my last day working there. That was interesting. However, hopefully it was all for good and there will be some big changes in the new year. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I feel so blessed to have this experience and even though we have dealt with broken down cars, hurricanes and extreme heat, I really don't think I would change any of the experiences I have had thus far. Yes my job has been very stressful and overwhelming and I considered quitting this month, however I managed to take control and it looks like things will be changing in the New Year. I have learned a new form of patience and even learned a new language in a way. I hope that next year we will have even more experiences to share with everyone. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While travelling back home, we had some time in St. Kitts and went to a knock off Starbucks called Rituals Coffee. I couldn't really tell the difference myself. My drink was delicious! Maybe because I haven't had Starbucks in so long lol. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some things to look forward to in the new year: we will be moving to an upstairs apartment. It is slightly bigger and hopefully less bugs. I will be travelling more to St. Kitts for my job to help with a child, and I will be spending more time working on the Special Olympics Committee. Kyle will be taking on the role of co- president of the MUA Chapter American Medical Student Association. He will be beginning Med 2 and I will be starting my 5th masters course. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So we have a busy year ahead but we are excited. I know it will be hard to come back to the island in January, because we have both been looking forward to spending some time at home with friends and family. We do have a nice 3 week break and Kyle is excited for snow. I am not so sure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So as I watch our plane pull in, I raise my glass to all of you who have been supporting us throughout our journey and will continue to believe in us. Cheers to 2016!! See you on the other side!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well it certainly has been an interesting couple of weeks here. I have been winding down with my online school stuff and getting very excited to come home! I have been spending more of my weekends relaxing on the beach too. However, a couple weeks ago, I show up to work scratching like crazy! My legs were so itchy that I didn't even get much sleep the night before. A fellow teacher walked into my office while I was furiously applying bug spray and scratching like a monkey. I had these three red bumps in a row on one of my legs, and I had a bunch more tiny dots all around my feet and ankles. I had some on my arms and a couple on my hands. Now, I normally get a ton of mosquito bites in one sitting. My workplace is just invested with them, and for some reason they love me on this island. However, these bumps to me did not look like normal mosquito bites. The teachers immediately panicked and told me I had scabies!! Since I had never heard of that, I immediately took to Google. FYI don't do an image search. Gross! I definitely didn't look like anyone in those pictures, but the bumps the people had, sort of resembled what I had except a lesser amount. What got me even more panicked was that the teacher said she heard on the radio that Scabies is going around especially in day care centers. Uhh red alert for me! I have been seeing a client at one of the day care centers on the island! She also said it's contagious, and freaked out and started following me around with a can of Lysol. She takes me to show the principal and another teacher and they were both like yep you need to go to the hospital. Great... So I didn't exactly know how to get there, so the principal and another teacher refusing to drive in my car for fear of me being contagious hopped in their own car and I followed them. It was so embarrassing, that when we got there, they wouldn't even let me in the waiting room, so I had to wait outside! Meanwhile the teachers keep giving me weird looks and telling me they are noticing more dots on my neck and arms. Fantastic. So, I finally get let in through this sneaky side door, and they stick me in a room with all this equipment and posters on how to do CPR. Umm, if you need a poster to tell you how and you are the doctor, I'm in trouble. The nurse comes in and checks my pulse, of course it's high, people are telling me I have some sort of disease!! A few minutes later a doctor comes in and looks at all my dots. He is also one of the teachers from Kyle's school. Not wearing gloves, or anything, he freely touches my little bumps, then asks if I have been to the beach lately. I said yes I went on the weekend (this was a Tuesday). He said oh those are sand fly bites. So I'm not contagious? He laughs and says nope. I said, great because those teachers out there think I have Scabies. The nurse laughs and says Scabies?!?! I haven't seen that on this island in years! Crisis averted. The doctor still gave me a prescription for some oral meds and some cream to put on these bites, and the trip to the hospital cost 40EC which is about 20 CAN. Oh and I had to go to 3 different pharmacies to get the prescriptions because none of them had this stuff. So for the whole ordeal, and stress it cost about 80EC. I was keeping Kyle updated as best as I could but he was stuck in class so he couldn't really do much except to tell me to calm down over text. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now for my car problems. The other night Kyle and I were driving home from yet another potluck dinner when we heard an interesting sound coming from the front of the car. Kyle was just like huh that's weird, and kept on going. It eventually went away and we thought nothing of it. The next day as I am on my way to work, I round a corner to my school and I start to hear that same noise. As I pull in the parking lot, I have to go down a slight hill, and I start to brake to park the car. I then hear a loud clunk and my foot is to the floor and I am not breaking. The tires screech, and thankfully there was a curb so the car stopped. Shaking coming out of the car, I tell my principal that I think my car just broke. I explain what happened and she was like Oh migamo! (Which means omg) She calls up a mechanic she knows and he shows up a little later. His name is Sargent and he opens up the hood and says well there is no leak anywhere but I'll come back with my boss. While he is gone, some of the kids think it's hilarious, especially since my car isn't the nicest to look at. One boy tells me to check under my car. He takes me to my car and bends down and picks up a piece of metal. That's when I notice fluid near the front right tire. This kid seemed smarter than the mechanic!! So Sargent comes back with his boss, and I show him the piece of metal. Oh you just need new break pads, no problem! So his boss jumps in the car and starts driving it... using the hand break he manages to drive it back to his shop. Surprisingly I was able to pick up the car at the end of the day, and for parts and labor it cost $250EC. Not bad considering back home, you can never have your car in the shop for just a day! Mind you, this guys' "shop" was just a shack with a bunch of old cars around it. Interesting enough, his shop was across from the Suzuki Dealership. Anyway, I drove the car home in one piece and I was able to stop! No problem ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am pretty proud of myself that I was able to handle all this. Yes I did have help and made a few panicked phone calls to Kyle, but I survived and I am so thankful the car broke down as I got to school, and not down the windy roads and hills. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, here is a picture of a cool rainbow on my way home from work today. It was a peaceful reminder to just remain calm in stressful times, and go with the flow. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so sorry it has been a while since I have written. I have been hearing from some friends and family that I am a bit behind on my updates!! Things have been super busy over here. I am still writing, just not for my blog. I have been writing school papers! This class has been a lot more work. It is still easy, it's just tedious, each week there is a new paper, and then by the time I think about writing my blog, I'm 2 or 3 episodes behind on tv shows, or I find myself by the beach taking sunset pics. Yup, rough life, I know.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some interesting events have happened here in the last month. Yet another parade. Haha! This one was for the primary schools to celebrate reading! An organization called OneWorld Schoolhouse Foundation designed a Rainforest of Reading Festival. They came to the island and distributed books to all the schools. The challenge was to read 12 books in a month. However, being island time, the program started late and our school managed to get through 4 books. Then each school was assigned a book and in the parade you got to dress up as the characters. It was fun! Even though none of our kids wanted to participate. I was actually surprised they included special education. Usually they forget about our school, and then wonder why we don't show up for stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In other news, I have somehow found myself on the Special Olympics Committee for Nevis! What?!??! I am not quite sure how that happened, it was like a snowball effect, and the next thing you know I have been appointed secretary! For it being an island, and how most things are not done like North America, when it comes to Special Olympics, it is pretty professional. Now, I have never been to a board meeting before but it was so formal, I felt so grown up! Say "I", "call to order" and all these terms I have never heard of. To the point where I was googling how to take minutes at a board meeting! So many rules!!! Anyway, this new project sounds fun...so far... although after the first 2.5 hour long meeting, I was kinda thinking what the heck did I get myself into?!?! I'll definitely have to keep you updated on how this plays out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, Christmas is coming! I have started hearing music on the radio, and the school next to us sings Christmas songs in the morning now! It's so cute! However, there are no decorations anywhere :( I was under the impression that the Caribbean goes hard core for the holidays. I mean schools are out on December 4th! We get an entire month off! I asked some of the teachers why this is the case, and they told me they used to go all out, but due to financial reasons people can't afford to put up lights and fancy decorations. Plus the schools do get out so early, many of them don't see the point. This makes me so sad. I love walking around and seeing all the different decorations, it just makes me smile so much. It really makes me appreciate what I have back home. That Kyle and I are able to put up a tree. I know it's not all about the decorations, trust me. I don't want to start that debate... #redcup #whocares :P It just gets me in the mood and spirit! I mean come on, with everything that has happened over the last few days, don't you think we should be able to do something positive??!! Maybe I am being naive, but people grieve in all sorts of ways, and if I am going to be excited about the fact of seeing Christmas lights, instead of watching CNN spill their speculations over and over again, then why not? My wish this season, is that even if you can't afford a tree or lights, that you can still find happiness in whatever way you can. Whether it's singing out loud for all to hear, or just simply saying Merry Christmas to someone. There is so much negativity around this season and it saddens me that we have lost sight about what this season is truly all about. Especially living here, and seeing the poverty and the issues the children have to deal with here, and then I see people up in arms about a red cup, or media not showing all the bad in the world. Our first question should be, why isn't the media showing the good in the world?</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, Kyle is doing well with his classes. He had another exam last week and did amazing! (Even after pulling an all -nighter). We both cannot wait to come home though! Kyle needs a break from his classes for sure, there has been a lot of politics lately, and it sounds like it is just getting annoying. Only a few more weeks left though!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have also started to play volleyball twice a week. A Mexican restaurant called Dos Gringos added a nice beach volleyball court, and was looking for people to play! Through my connections at school, word got out and so Kyle and I have gathered a few people and we have been able to get a few good games going. It has been awesome, Kyle is able to get out of the house for a bit and get some great exercise too!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The weather has also started to cool off, finally! We have had some pretty intense rain storms. It makes for really bad mosquitoes, but at least I am not sweating as much! The tourists are starting to arrive again. The restaurants have opened back up, and there is more traffic on the roads. It then makes for the locals to think I am a tourist, which I don't like because they treat them differently. However, I did meet a family from Scotland the other day. They were here to watch the Nevis Triathlon. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's pretty much it for us. I'll post some pics of random things that have been happening around here. Oh yes, one important thing I forgot to mention was that Kyle has been making me watch all the Star Wars movies in order to prepare for the new one in December. He even went to great lengths to set up our inflatable couch again, so I would be comfortable enough to watch... we are now on Episode III. I am still unsure of the whole thing, but he says I need to give it a chance, so that's how I spend my Friday nights now.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this is a new one, celebrating my birthday on a beach. Being October, I usually celebrate surrounded by the fall colors and sometimes even snow. Not this year, living it up big on this sunny island! Although I was thankful for great weather, it was definitely unusual. However, I did my best to make it count here. It was tough because Kyle has exams on Monday so he really needed to study this weekend. However, we did go out to lunch with a friend of mine and her fiance to a fancier restaurant. I have only been to Golden Rock once before, for a hike, but never to eat. Kyle has been there to eat and he said the burgers are amazing, and he was right! Awesome food, decently priced-only 12 US for a burger and fries. The view was spectacular and the conversation was awesome :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I do wish I could have been with friends and family from home, but this is my life now. Sandy beaches and palm trees, surrounded by picturesque ocean waters. After lunch, Kyle went back to the apartment to study and I went to the beach. I haven't been in awhile and it was nice and relaxing. I then went to my friends house where they made homemade pesto pasta and Kyle came by for some dessert and brought cheesecake. I must say, it was definitely not the worst birthday ever!!! I am just trying to make the best of it here and I think I am doing pretty well. Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday, I definitely felt the love on this rock!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things are also looking up at work. Since I am no longer working one to one with the child who was causing me some problems because of the race thing, I am able to focus on a group therapy program focusing on problem solving. I may also be starting to do more work in the community actually doing therapy that I am trained in. There is a child who has Down's Syndrome and autism at a preschool and could definitely benefit from more intensive one to one therapy. She was getting speech therapy from my friend, but if things work out, we could be teaming up and providing more behavioral therapy. The principal thinks it would be a much better use of my skill set pending the proper paper work. So I am pretty pumped for that to work out!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After Kyle has exams on Monday we might go out to celebrate, there may be some cake involved, so we will see what happens tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also started doing some work out sessions with a trainer. There is a local guy who comes to the Med School 3 times a week in the evenings, and he charges only 10 EC (which is about 5 Canadian). I started going with a couple of Kyle's classmates and it has been really good so far! I hope I can keep it up, I feel productive and it's motivating.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, just a quick update for now. Hope everyone is surviving the cold! I heard there was snow this weekend :)</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-37245290013593790402015-10-11T22:48:00.000-04:002015-10-11T22:48:28.145-04:00Caribbean Thanksgiving<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey Everyone,</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet another holiday has come and gone here on Nevis. My Facebook and Instagram feeds have been flooded with fall pictures, pumpkin spiced anything and turkey. On my end, I'm trying not sweat through my clothes and not think about how much I miss my family. Kyle is studying like crazy and we are just trying to make the best of it during this holiday. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think we managed alright though. Luckily, a lot of Kyle's friends from school are from Canada so we gathered at one of the student's houses and had an awesome Thanksgiving dinner, which did include butter chicken. That was a new one for me, but Kyle enjoyed it a lot. It was nice that we could all gather together, and there wasn't even that much med school talk! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tonight, I Facetimed with my family a little bit and although it was a little chaotic over there, I still got to see my nephew for a bit, who by the way is huge! Haha, and he is only a month and half old! But he is extremely adorable, and I am a very proud Auntie!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In other news, I celebrated World Teachers Day on this fine island. That was an interesting experience. All of the teachers gathered in one place and there were some presentations and then we had a school meeting. At the end of the week, some of the parents came to the school and brought us gifts which was so kind! The presentations took place at an actual theatre with AC! It was pretty fancy I thought! The only unfortunate part was that special education was unaware of the events for the day, we were left in the dark as per usual. That's a whole other issue on this island. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aside from that, the work I have been doing with one particular client has been put on the back burner temporarily due to some racial comments. I am unsure of how to discuss this because it has been something that I have been fortunate enough to have never experienced in my life thus far. Even when we first moved here, everyone has been so welcoming and we haven't had any negative experiences that have really disrupted our transition here. However, this past week I experienced something I never would have thought. Now call me naive, and I'm not blind to the fact that in our world racism is a big problem, I just never expected it from a 10 year old. I originally thought the child has not been around white people before, so this, as for most of the children here is something new to them. I have also been the one to make the child do work and not get away with escaping. But then I found out that in the child's home he has been around a lot of different white people and has had no other issues before. It's heart breaking to be surrounded by this, especially since my whole goal since starting work is that I really just want to help these kids. I love what I do, and I want to keep doing it, I just have been so overwhelmed by this issue it truly has taken me by surprise. Maybe because I grew up in such a diverse culture, that race has never been an issue for me, but I guess it is for some people. It's an uncomfortable subject for most, but I think it does need to be addressed. The guidance counselor of the school put together a presentation for the class to address some of the issues. I thought it was well done and it opened up the conversation. I was hoping to get a lot of questions but I think the children are still processing everything. I imagine it's even more difficult for children with special needs. However, one little boy asked me if my sisters were also white. He seemed surprised when I said yes. It was kinda funny. Anyway, I have learned this week, that I am not going to give up. I want to work through this, and continue to build relationships with these kids. I am so thankful to have been able to find a job here (even though I have yet to see a pay cheque) and I will take these experiences with me for the rest of my life. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope you all have something to be thankful for this year. It's definitely been a roller coaster of a so called Fall season here on Nevis. Apparently the weather is supposed to be getting cooler towards the end of the month. Kyle and I have actually had our AC on all night now when we sleep!! Shocking! Even set at 28 we still notice a huge difference. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, we miss everyone from back home! Flights have been booked for December 9th! Less than 2 months :) Enjoy the day off tomorrow friends! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a busy couple of weeks it has been! It's been awhile since I have been able to blog. When I started working, things were pretty much the same as usual. However within the last week, there has been a lot of activity. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I apologize in advance for the next section, but I have recently come to terms with the fact that the medical system on this island truly sucks. There is a little girl who attends the school who has been very sick for the past year. She has been diagnosed with autism, and is non-verbal. However, she also has some major vomiting issues, where she can't keep any food down, or even water. She has been in and out of the hospital the last year and the doctors don't know what to do. Well, the principal and I went to visit her at her house because the mom requested we go there. When we pulled up, I had this sinking feeling in my gut, and we weren't even at the house yet. We had to walk behind another house, through some bushes and stumbled upon a large shack. Broken windows, grass and vines growing up the side of the house. I felt really disturbed by the whole thing. The mother brings the child outside, and she can't even stand up. I tried giving her some water, but she couldn't even keep that down! She was so dehydrated, I told the mother she needs to be in the hospital. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I left that house in tears.</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have never seen anything like that in my life. I realize that there is some poverty on this island, but I felt like I had walked into a taping for a World Vision commercial. I really was not prepared for that. Even my principal who has lived here for 10 years had never seen anything like that before. That scene will live with me forever. It truly wrecked me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The child made it to the hospital the next day, but I just found out she only spent 3 days there and then they sent her home. The excuse this time was that the principal didn't come to the hospital and explain what was wrong with her...ummm excuse me? I didn't realize she was also a doctor! Hello, that's why the child is there? To see the doctor!!!!!!! I could not believe my ears!!!!! They think because the child has special needs, that they cannot help her, and that this vomiting is just a symptom of her special needs! Never in my life have I heard this, or read anything about this! The child can't even keep water down!!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I literally came home that day and cried my eyes out. I feel so helpless for this poor little girl. No one is fighting for her. The few that are, don't have any power. This child needs some real doctors looking after her, and figuring out what is going on. Otherwise she just keeps going through this cycle of being in and out of the hospital. Social services is involved, but they have said no one will take the child because she has special needs. That just breaks my heart even more. It disturbs me so much, to be living in this environment, when I know something needs to be done but I just don't have the means to do it. I so badly wish I could...unfortunately for this little one, I feel as though my prayers for her, just aren't enough. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, thanks for letting me rant. It's just something I think about every single day. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moving on, there were a couple holidays last week on Nevis. National Heroes Day and Independence Day. I was able to go to the beach and have some relaxation time. It was awesome. For Independence Day, it seemed as though the island goes all out. Even Kyle's school library was closed. There was a big beach party at the main beach, and all the schools had their own program to celebrate. The children at my school got to wear the colors of the flag, and each class did a presentation on what all the colors mean. Last minute I found out all the teachers had to sing a song! Well that was an experience, especially since I am not a singer. The presentations were very cute though, and I learned a lot about Nevis :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Happy 32nd Anniversary Nevis!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This is the little kids class. They taught us what the stars in the flag mean. Hope and Liberty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I had started teaching my own class at the school because we have been so short staffed. However there has been one particular child who has had such severe behaviors, the principal doesn't want him in class with other children. So now he has been assigned to me. Yay! I spent all last week with him, and I have some bruises to show for it. However, we had a break through today!!! This child had no behaviors at all today!!!! I am so thrilled! He actually listened to me, and didn't attempt to run away at all! There were a few opportunities where he could have followed the other children but he didn't! Even if for the rest of this year, his behaviors are bad, I will always remember this one day! Ha! I actually came home with a smile on my face! It was a much needed reminder of why I do what I do. I love these kids, but when I hear quotes like " teacher, you ain't gunna give me no licks, so I don't have to listen to you" "you ain't got nuttin on me teacher" "Whatcha gunna do teacher? You can't do nuttin!" (Say it in an island accent, and it will make more sense.) Also licks mean a spanking in North American terms. So when today I heard phrases like "My mom is going to be so proud of me!" That just warms my heart :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is Kyle's Birthday! To celebrate, I made him a cake, and we went to a friends house and had some of his classmates over. It was nice that we are still able to do something here. This past weekend, we met up with my friend that I work with and her fiancee at the Four Seasons Restuarant. What an amazing view!! We had never been there before. It's called Mangoes, and it was great! My friend's fiancee works for the Four Seasons, so he got a discount ;) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, my new motto here is "take it one day at a time." At this point, with it being so hot, my job the way it is, managing my own school work, that's all I can do. I am still thankful I have a job, but I think I am allowed to vent about it every now and then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Some of you may have seen this guy posted already. Kyle went to open the blinds in our bedroom and he was just chilling on the window sill. I'm actually surprised I was not more freaked out! The first thing I did was grab my camera :P Maybe because I have expected something like this to happen here. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">This huge cow was just beside the road. He has pretty big horns! It's hard to see in this picture, but it was crazy! </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-43576522204556157232015-09-06T14:06:00.000-04:002015-09-06T14:06:25.060-04:00Returning to Island Life<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well summer is over, (or for Kyle and I, it's beginning again:the weather that is). We have returned back to Nevis and classes have resumed and I have started work again. It is super hot here!!! Summer in Canada the weather wasn't all that great, in the low 20's for most of my time up north, so coming back here where it's mid 40's has been an adjustment. Especially since our A.C is broken. Even Kyle, who has air conditioning in his classroom is struggling. There are over 100 new students in his class so space is tight for them. Plus he has to dress up for his class for the first few weeks, so wearing a tie and dress clothes and trying not to sweat has been an adjustment for him. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We arrived on the island by having to take one of those tiny airplanes from the island of St. Maarten. That was an interesting experience! You don't have to worry about hearing those boring airplane safety speeches. Nope, you don't even need to wear a seat belt. They tell you that if there is a crash, to watch out for sharks... yep. It was also risky in terms of our luggage. Since the plane is so small it's not guaranteed that your luggage will make it. Ours had tags on it that said "standby". So we were watching them load everything on, and praying that our stuff made it. We have heard way to many stories where some folks have lost their luggage in St.Kitts or St. Maarten. Thankfully it made the cut! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was also nervous about being allowed back into Nevis because of how my work permit visa ended up. It expired in July so I was worried about what the immigration people were going to say. However, they gave me a stamp with expiration in February! Maybe it was because it was late at night, or that the officer was new, but I am very glad it all worked out. Our car was even waiting for us at the airport! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, you would think, things are back to normal around here. However, there is just something different about being back. I don't really know what it is, but it is definitely harder than when we first moved here. Maybe because back then, everything was so new, or the fact that I have been away for 3 months. Needless to say, I remember writing about how I was almost sad to leave Nevis, and I thought I would be excited to return here, but so far, I haven't really felt much excitement. Back to this place where the bugs are everywhere, our broken A.C (who knows when it will get fixed), and now our T.V is broken. Kyle has managed to fix it temporarily, but things are different. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I went back to the school I was working at, and found out I was not on their staff list. I had to do all that running around again to get a work permit. I do have one, but now I have to wait and see if I actually get paid. There have been a lot of staffing issues at the school to the point where there is no teacher for the class I was helping out in. I am not a teacher. I don't do lesson plans, or following a curriculum or anything like that. I don't even know what the curriculum is for Nevis. I tried to make that clear to my supervisor. I just hope that when the kids come back to school tomorrow, that I am not suddenly thrown into their class and expected to teach a math lesson. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So maybe all of these reasons and the heat factor is why I have hard time adjusting back to this island life. I need to get back into working out again, and I have also started my classes online again. There has been a lot of change this week and we have been quite busy unpacking and getting settled. Oh and yes back to cooking, and doing dishes everyday. I need to get back to my positive thinking I suppose. Summer at home was amazing, and I guess I was hoping it could last longer. I was very fortunate to be able to spend time with family and friends, and even meet my nephew! I think it's different because our time here seems so much longer than when we came in January. Kyle is just starting med school. Our friends we met in January are starting Med 3. Kyle has worked very hard to get to this point, but there is still a long road ahead, and it's starting to sink in. Good news is, we are here until December. Only 3 months. I am hoping after this first month, time will start to go by quicker. I keep trying to tell myself that. I mean we have already been back for one week right??</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway that's the update for now. I thought I would be sharing about how my summer went in Canada, however who wants to hear about that! ;) FYI it was cold and rainy with some weddings and a baby shower :P I hope everyone enjoyed their summer also. Back to reality I guess! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I cannot believe that I am packing up a suitcase to come home! It has been almost 6 months of island living, and although I have been settling in here and finding my way, I am totally pumped for home! </span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The past few weeks have been super busy with my job. I went on a day trip St.Kitts with some teachers from the school to see some of the differences in the education system. I found it interesting considering St.Kitts and Nevis are one country, but they really act separate from each other. I went to a different part of the island of St.Kitts, so here are some pics of that. </span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also been dealing with some work permit issues. Although I have been getting paid, apparently my work permit was non existent. I got all my paper work in a couple weeks ago and I told them I was leaving the island, and that this needed to be sorted before I left. Well this past Friday, my last day of work I spent 3.5 hours running around town trying to get it all sorted. It was like the Amazing Race again, but work permit edition. I'll keep it brief but here is how my day played out:</span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Went to the treasury department to see if I could sign off my next pay cheque to Kyle because I wasn't going to be here.</span><br>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. They told me to go to the Ministry of Education</span><br>
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Ministry of Education told me to fill out a form then go to Premier's Ministry</span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That was the process, and after all the running around I did, my work permit stamp I have in my passport is only until the end of school year for this year (July). Which means I am going to have to do this all over again in September when I come back. Great! Good news was that I was finally able to open a bank account, and deposit the cheques I had. Bad news is that since this process chewed through my whole day, I didn't get to see the kids at the school before they left :(</span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week there was also another parade on the island. All the preschools and primary schools marched downtown. It was pretty fun, it was also funny listening to the teachers complain that it never starts on time. We were supposed to start at 9 but it didn't start until 10. Apparently this happens every year. Then the poor kids are having to wait a long time, plus it's really hot for them. We had one little girl throw up at the end of the parade! (At least she made it all the way). </span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also been noticing a lot more puppies around the island. One of my students brought a little puppy to school that she rescued, so cute! I want to take one home with me. I seriously considered it and even visited the animal shelter here on the island. However Kyle and I discussed it and it just wouldn't work right now, but I really hope before we leave the island for good I can bring one home. The amount of abuse these dogs face on a daily basis breaks my heart. So many awful stories, and there is only one vet clinic on the island who apparently doesn't treat the dogs nicely here and the shelter is at capacity. I am realizing that I can't change everything on this island, I really should just focus on one thing and make it the best. Which I am hoping I can do that with the school. A lot of changes are going to be happening so I am looking forward to seeing how that plays out in the fall. </span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 6 months I have been here, I have learned so much about myself. I feel like I have gained even more patience! It's funny when the odd times Kyle and I are in the car together and he gets so mad with the way people drive around here, and I just laugh and say it's really not going to change. It is what it is here. I guess I am used to it, and I can really just go with the flow here. I feel like I have become a much more positive person since being here. My anxiety levels have dropped, and I just feel happier. Maybe it's the constant sun on my face which I can never get enough of. I love being outside all day. I am also impressed with myself that I have been cooking almost everyday. I have become pretty independent and my confidence has grown. Now maybe this says a lot about who I used to be 6 months ago, I am still shy and some things still stress me out. But I am getting over it faster, and not holding a grudge. Life is to short, I have been given this amazing opportunity so I am making the most of it. </span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am so proud of Kyle and what he has achieved thus far. These next couple months will be hard on both of us, but I am confident in our relationship that we can handle being apart. Kyle will be busy focusing on his studies and I need to go to the mall and Mcdonalds a lot ;) haha. </span><br>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So this will be my last post until September. I have enjoyed blogging, and I hope I can keep it up once I come back to the island. I will be continuing my school studies online and working. I hope everyone enjoys their summer! I hope that I will bring the hot weather with me! Thank you everyone for being so supportive of us! We love you and can't wait to see you!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-53172659083603144612015-05-25T14:29:00.001-04:002015-05-25T14:29:48.947-04:00Nevisian Life for the Wife <span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well everyone in just 3 weeks I will be coming home!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A lot has been happening around here, that it has been hard to find time to actually blog. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some updates, I have been working full time, and it is going great, I even received my first pay cheque on Friday!! Wohoo! Now just comes the challenge of how to actually cash an international cheque...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kyle did well on his first round of exams for premed 2, he even got 100% on his organic chemistry exam! Wow!! He studied really hard, especially since he has said that is his most difficult class! Yay Kyle :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let's see, I went on a school field trip the other day. We took some of the kids to St. Kitt's to the bottling company. It was pretty cool, except the machine was broken, so the kids didn't get to see any actual bottles being made :( When I asked one the kids if they were having fun, and if they had any questions, the comment I got was ," It's kinda boring." I felt bad for them, there was a lot of talking, and it was hard to hear the man speaking, it was a lot of information to take in. However, I learned that the bottled water is all the same, the only difference is the labels on the bottles. So it definitely makes sense to buy the cheapest water at the store, because it is literally all the same!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The principal of my school, had invited Kyle and I to her church, so on Sunday we decided to check it out. What an experience! The hardest part was waking up early. They start at 8 am! I thought seeing how it's island time around here, they wouldn't start on time, but nope not when it comes to the Lord's Day. The church was located outside under a tent. According the my principal (Mrs. Clarke), she said their church is different from most island churches. They don't dress up super fancy with big hats and all that. They are also in the process of trying to build their own church. So they have a foundation started, and sometimes after service they would try and do some work. She told me they are pioneers. We met a lot of really nice people, there were about 50 people there, and almost everyone came up to us to introduce themselves. It was kinda obvious we were visitors ;) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The service was only 3 hours long. Not bad considering a lot of the services here seem to go all day. They had a whole band set up, and even power-point to follow along with lyrics and the message. Very passionate though in terms of worshiping and the lead Pastor. I loved it! I felt a little embarrassed and uncomfortable, because of course the Pastor had to formally introduce us to everyone, and then they prayed for Kyle and his studies for a long time. It was actually very sweet, and I was really humbled by the compassion from everyone. They seemed very supportive us, and told me that since we have met Mrs. Clarke, we are in good hands. Haha! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was an awesome experience! I just didn't like getting attacked by ants. I had never had that issue before, but I guess where we were sitting, the ants were everywhere, and kept crawling up my legs and biting me which was distracting. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really like that I have been stretched out of my comfort zone here. I feel like I have been breaking through my shell, and I have found myself in situations that I never thought I would be in. I am really proud that Kyle and I have been able to settle in here so nicely. The biggest lesson I am learning here is: you never know what can happen unless you ask. This has forced me to ask a lot of questions to people, and get to know them. Even the work I have been doing at the school, I have been able to gather some resources just by asking the right people. Today someone gave me a free mango! Haha, I was just chatting to a farmer next door, and telling them I like the mangoes, and then I found out I was talking to the aunt of one my kids from the school. So they gave me a free mango! So sweet :) It's these little cultural experiences that have made me appreciate life so much more. Having an open mind has been really critical here. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is a holiday on the island. It was actually nice to be able to enjoy an actual long weekend. I like that I have this work life happening. Although my grocery schedule has been thrown off, I am making it work. I don't like that I haven't been working out as much though, but I am doing my best to still fit in a workout here and there. The kids at the school don't do much physical activity, so I am trying to incorporate more of that. They have been teaching me how to play cricket! So fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since it is a holiday, of course there was a parade at 8 am this morning. Kyle was just heading to class, when the group started to pass by our house. Music blasting for miles, people dressed up in interesting outfits, drunk people hitting on me while I was trying to take pictures, and of course the police guarding the lot while showing off his machine gun. Haha! It was very intense. Here are some pics of that. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's the update for now. Keeping busy in my new island life! Miss you all!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there! It is strange being away from home during all these holidays. I am still not used to it, but it just reminds me how thankful I am for technology! It also forces me to get a little bit more creative with gifts and such.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are back in full routine on the island. Kyle back at school, I am actually working full time now. We had a nice time with friends and family visiting during the break. Some great adventures were had by all! With Kyle's friends here, Matt and Justin, we went back to the Source Hike and finished the journey! All the way to the top to a waterfall! It was intense, but it was awesome! We had to climb up a 150 foot ladder, that wasn't really attached to much. Definitely not sturdy, and the rungs were pretty rusted, but we did it! I am shocked that I went the whole way. The guys kept up a pretty fast pace, and I thought with all the running I do I would be able to keep up, but it is totally different doing it in the middle of the day, with no breeze, little water and uphill the entire journey. I don't think I have a fear of heights, but climbing up that ladder was kinda scary, I just remained calm and focused. Then I started to laugh and think I was on the Amazing Race again. Haha, Kyle was cheering me on from the top, and I was making sure not to fall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also went to St.Kitts again and saw the Avengers movie. So awesome!! However, we have definitely hit our budget for the month for entertainment. Two trips in April for St.Kitts really starts to wrack up the already huge amount of debt we have :P However, now that we are back into our routine I don't think we will be spending as much anymore...but Pitch Perfect 2 is coming..... :S</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't believe that we are into our 5th month here! New students have arrived, and it reminds me how we felt when we started. Not knowing where to buy groceries, asking strangers for help. Now I am the expert! People are coming to me and asking for rides to the store, bus driver numbers, where to buy vegetables! It's crazy! I hope that I can help out the newbies as much as possible, and keeping in my mind that I was just as lost and confused as they were, and that there are no stupid questions when it comes to island living. Although, I did meet a guy this week who I think has been here for awhile and asked if I was a new neighbor, and I was like nope, been here since January, and he was like oh okay, I have never seen you before. I didn't think Kyle and I were big hermits! We have started hanging out with our neighbor more, it's great that he actually wants to go out and do stuff, and he is even running with me!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that I am working full time, life here is starting to feel very similar to life back home. Except dealing with the monkeys on the road, and getting to wear flip flops to work. It was pretty random how full time came up, they said it would be easier for paperwork...okay. Well I still have yet to sign any sort of contract or see a paycheck. Oh yes.. #islandtime</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I am still thankful that I get this opportunity. It truly makes me appreciate what I had back home. Towards the end of my work life in Canada, I started to feel a little stressed, and exhausted, and it felt very repetitive. I still loved the kids I worked with, but I did feel like I needed a change. Coming here, and seeing the lack of resources, it makes me miss my old job a lot. Where I didn't have to worry about grabbing bubbles, or a puzzle to do with the kids. It was all right there. Or being able to connect with the parents, and discuss strategies for their child. Now, I feel like I am doing many different roles at once. I feel like an Instructor Therapist, Senior Therapist, Classroom Teacher, Material Prep, Counselor and a Doctor! Trying to balance all these roles has been tough, and I almost feel unprepared for what the Principal expects out of me. My expertise is in autism and providing IBI therapy. Trying to do all these other roles, I am having to teach myself. I am glad I have made some great connections back home, and that they have been willing to help me out with my many questions on how to program for certain skills. But I wouldn't trade this experience for anything!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am leaving for home in just over a month, and I am actually feeling a little torn up about it! Now that Kyle and I have been settling in; Nevis is home. We have friends here, I have a job here, the only thing missing is family. But with the way technology is, I still get to talk to them everyday. It will be actually bittersweet to leave here for a few months. It will be hard to be apart from Kyle for awhile, but I am hoping some of our friends will take care of him haha. (Make sure he eats) Don't get me wrong, I am excited to go home, I am just surprised that I actually feel sad to leave here for a bit. If I feel this way now, how am I going to handle leaving here for good??!!?! Oh boy...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this mother's day! We love and miss you all!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been awhile since I have been able to write something. I'm sorry everyone! Kyle and I have been on a few adventures since he has been on his break. His parents visited for a few days, and currently a couple friends from town are here visiting. So of course we have been showing them around the island and acting like a tourist. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also started back at work, oh and some exciting news...my work visa got approved!! Yipee!! I am very excited to continue at this school, and hopefully help out any way possible. But that's a whole other story. For now, this post is mostly going to be pictures of the touristy things we have been up to. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So sit back, scroll on through and enjoy :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(It does cost money: Local Rate: 8 US, Non Local: 13 US)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were a lot of exotic plants. It took about an hour to walk through the gardens. They do have a restaurant on site, however it is very expensive so we didn't eat there. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We then decided to tackle one of the hiking trails on the island. Kyle's dad found an awesome website that gives a list of all the different hiking trails around the island, from the starting points, to the level of difficulty. It's a great resource!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We decided to go to Golden Rock. Kyle and I had both heard great things about this place, and the hiking trail was supposed to be pretty easy. (I didn't have a chance to look at the hiking website until after we hiked...)</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, at Golden Rock, which was free to walk around, it was so beautiful that we all agreed it was better than the Botanical Gardens. It had some great views of the island! The hiking trail could be either 2-4 hours depending on how far you want to go. It follows the water source, all the way up into the mountain. We made it as far as the "Ocean View Point". It was all uphill, which took over an hour to get there. Kyle and his friends might tackle the rest of the hike this week, because the second half involves ropes and vines and steep climbing or something. Could be interesting. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So here are the picks from that hike starting at Golden Rock. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We then took the guests to some beaches and had a blast riding the waves. The beach we went to was called Chrishi Beach, which is now Kyle's favourite beach. <b>Important note:</b>We went back there with Kyle's friends this week, and I saw a sting ray!!!! It was so close to us! It abruptly ended my swimming time though. </span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a great week with Kyle's parents here. They brought us a bunch of stuff: screen door, some lights so now I can see when I was dishes, toilet paper, candy, chocolate, Kyle got some school supplies, and lots of sunscreen. Oh and our couch!! It works great, and it is so comfortable!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had a 3 day rest before a new round of visitors showed up. In between there wasn't much down time because we were dealing with apartment maintenance things. It was a little annoying having the interruptions, however I am glad that we were here to monitor them because the workers left a big mess in our apartment after putting up curtain rods, and changing the air conditioning filter. I am still waiting for our apartment to get sprayed again because there has been a huge increase in mosquitoes in the last week, which I am not a fan of. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favourite shows is the Amazing Race. This past weekend I actually felt like I was on the show. Kyle and I bought a car...yay! Once we made the sale from another med student, there was a lot of paper work that had to be done to correctly transfer ownership and get insurance on the car.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the deal was made over the phone, the next day Kyle and I were up early and made our way downtown by 9:00 am. We had to get the money to pay the guy for the car. Well, first of all the bank wouldn't do a cash advance on our Visa, even though we had talked to someone on the phone from Scotia and they said it would work. The bank wouldn't even really talk to us unless we had an account. So we drove to the ATM machine that spits out US, but of course we couldn't get the amount we needed, probably because the machine has a limit, even though at the bank, the teller said they don't. So then Kyle said he needs to connect to WiFi so we can pay the guy using Paypal. We were trying to avoid this because it charges us a large fee. Anyway, back to town we went to find WiFi. Kyle manages to get a sketchy connection and on our way to pay, he told me he was about to break his number one rule of banking; never do online banking on an public Wifi connection. Well he definitely ate those words because he got locked out of his Paypal account due to suspicious activity. Bah!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we drove all the way back home, the drive to and from town takes a good 30 minutes each way. After some frustrations, phone calls and some Googling, we figure out how to pay the guy, and make the transfer. He sends us paperwork which we were told that the seller and the new buyer of the vehicle have to go to a police station together and sign the documents in front of an officer. So off we went, back to town. The police station we went to was close to the seller's house. He gave us the documents and the police officer didn't say one word to us! It was so weird! We filled out the paper work to transfer the ownership, and then the police officer took the paper and signed it without a word. Luckily the seller had an idea of what to do next. We had to take this document to the police station down town to the traffic department. (Our next clue). Luckily I knew where the police station was. Parking is just an issue when going downtown, and of course it started to rain!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway we found the police station, and we went to this one spot called the Magistrate Court, we walk in this room and Kyle says we are transferring the ownership of a vehicle, we had the document signed in front of a police officer and were told to come here. The guy looks at us like we just spoke a different language. He took a couple minutes to respond and then says you need the next building with the traffic department. Well of course nothing is labelled around here, so quickly we run outside and go next door to avoid the rain. There are about 4 officers sitting at computers, and the guy says oh just have a seat the traffic officer will be here in a minute. #islandtime and 15 minutes later we get called up to see the traffic officer. We show him our paper, and he looks at us and has the most confused face on. Then he passes it to another guy who takes the longest photocopy ever and then eventually stamps it. He then gives us our next clue: Go to the Inland Revenue Department. We ask him where it's located and he says its across from the main square downtown. I had an idea of the whereabouts so I told Kyle we can just walk there. It's raining more now, and I'm only in flip flops, and trying not to get our documents wet and fall on my face. Note to self: When competing in the amazing race, wear running shoes!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The reason why we were rushing a bit was because it was a Friday afternoon, and we had no clue when all of these places close.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We made it to the department, and we happen to run into our other friends who also just bought a car and were doing the same process as us. I had a party in my head when I saw them, because that was the moment I truly felt like we were in this race. It took awhile for it to be our turn, and while we were waiting I see a sign on the wall that said what you needed to have in order to transfer ownership of a vehicle. Insurance was one of those things, which we did not have. I said to Kyle, I think we are at the wrong place, but our clue told us to come here, so I was confused. Our friends ahead of us, had all there documents, and they had paid then left. It was our turn next, so we just decided to wait. There was another women waiting going through the same process, and she could tell we were confused but she assured us we were in the right spot. So we speak to the lady behind the counter, and after some fiddling on a computer she prints out a form with an amount and says we need to take this form to the insurance company and then come back here and pay the amount. Our next clue! (Although I didn't understand why we couldn't have just paid the amount right away).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Okay, off to the insurance company, luckily it was pretty much across the street. So through the rain we hustled over to the building. I was nervous it was going to be closed because it was already after 1pm. But it was open! We show our documents to the lady and she starts clicking away on her computer. After about 15 minutes she asks us when the previous owner is leaving the island, we said within a week, and she says he needs to cancel the current insurance package. Ummmmm.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So she phones him up and he basically gives permission over the phone, but no, he has to actually come down the office and sign some paperwork. The seller was really nice, and he came to the office. He lives pretty close so it wasn't to bad. I just wish we had known that before hand. Oh well, live and learn!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So he signs the papers, then leaves, and something is not working with this girls computer so we get passed off to another women to make the payment. Well they don't have a debit machine, so they have to call the St.Kitts office and then they have to fax over the receipt! You guys keeping up??!?!!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I asked them what time the Revenue Department closes at and she said 3pm. By this point it was 2:15, and I was starting to get nervous. The server in St.Kitts must have gone down, because the fax wasn't coming through, and the guy calls the office to ask if we were paying in EC or US. The amount was in EC and he almost charged us in US which would have been awful. So we are waiting...I'm checking my watch, tick tock tick tock. The nice lady apologizes, and offers a free calendar. I love free stuff! Tick tock. The printer starts going! Yay! We get our receipt and we are all set. So it's just about 2:30 and I'm praying this Revenue Department didn't decide to close early. We race back over, and the lady seemed surprised to see us. Umm of course we were coming back! We pay the fee, and then it's off to the pit stop! PICK UP OUR CAR!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We get the car from the seller, and make our way back home. What a day!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I mean at least we know how this whole process works, so when it comes time to sell the car, it should be pretty easy. On the way back home, I was remembering what it's like to stand in the long line ups at the DMV back home. How annoyed you get, your patience runs out, it gets hot and sweaty. Babies crying. Well I actually missed that. Although this experience allowed me the chance to be outside, I think I would have preferred the DMV. It's one line, and you can get everything done at once.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well here is the pic of our new beast. She isn't much to look at, but it drives just fine, and we got a great deal for her!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading, sorry for the long post. This week coming up will be busy, Kyle's parents are coming for a visit and will be here on Thursday :) Kyle has his finals this week on Wednesday and Thursday. Wish him luck!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend! I heard my Canadian friends got some more snow this weekend. Well it has been nice and sunny here the last few days...rather everyday ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some fun adventures have happened in the last few days. Last Wednesday was this Interprimary Day. It's like track and field day for all the schools. Except it's only track haha. But I decided to check it out, I met up with the principal of the school I'm helping with and she showed me the ropes. It was so fun!!! Anyone could come and watch, and it's a very big event. The banks and the grocery stores close early so parents can come and watch their kids. You can wear school colors and the energy in the stands was insane!!!! People really get into it; so awesome to see! There was a ton of people, everyone was excited, dressed up and loud! I loved seeing the spirit of everyone. I even got into it and I didn't know anyone racing. Keep in mind it was kids running, I think the oldest was like 13. Naturally, I wore purple. So that's who I ended up cheering for, and I found out the next day, they won the whole thing!!!! Haha!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I got to meet the principal's kids, who were so sweet, and she even introduced me to the Premier of Nevis!! Wow! I grabbed a picture for sure!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was an awesome day! I was proud of myself for going by myself, and meeting new people. Some very passionate people mind you, and I didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Of course I was thankful the principal was with me. She knew what food to get. I had some doughnuts and some popcorn which were delicious!! The track was all grass, and the lanes were separated by spray painted lines and one thing I noticed was most of the kids ran in bare feet. Which then I found out, they aren't really supposed to because if they compete with other islands, they have to wear shoes. I love running, but man these kids are fast! I need to get in better shape if I want to do the Nevis half Marathon in the fall lol. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the view from the school I am at. I went there in the morning of race day and it looked like it was going to be rained out. But the weather changes on a dime here so it was okay.</span> </div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good Friday came, and poor Kyle doesn't get a break from class for holidays. So he had school on Friday and he does on Monday as well. But anyway, I was able to live stream the church service from Portico, which I am so thankful for! It's great being able to have a little piece of home with me! Technology is awesome :) </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The SLP from the school that I am at, who is from Texas she was telling me about this Kite Flying competition that happens on the island. I did some research and found out it's an Easter Tradition here. It was the 5th annual competition. She told me to check it out, so luckily Kyle finished class early so we were able to go. It was at a school that I had never been too. It was up in the mountain with quite the view. The field is called "The Flat", which when you see pics you will know why. It's more a family thing, because you bring your own kites and fly them around. They have prizes for best looking kite, largest kite and highest flying. We didn't stay the whole time because apparently the event goes all night, but I loved seeing everyone come together and it was great to meet more people and explore new areas. There was lots of food, music blasting and lots of cool kites! It was a fun afternoon! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alright so we have been having this issue with our fridge. It has been leaking inside randomly. We have emailed the landlord a few times, but Friday night it started leaking like crazy and I had enough. Kyle emailed again and someone came in the morning. Well it was huge ordeal! We had to clear everything out of the fridge and freezer. Well it's not exactly cold here, and everything started to melt instantly. Luckily there was an apartment that isn't being rented out, so we took all the food and put it in that fridge while ours was getting fixed. The guy had said it shouldn't take long...except he didn't really know what was wrong or how to fix it. However he figured it out, it just took awhile. He also made a big mess in our apartment. Water was all over the floor. He had even talked about having to get a new one, but I was thinking I hope we don't have too! Who knows how long that could take here :P But everything was put back together, and so far so good. At least it allowed me to clean out the fridge/freezer haha</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning we streamed the service again from Portico. I seriously love being able to lay in bed and still feel like I'm there! We then went to an Easter brunch at one of the restaurants on the island. We even got a little dressed up, it was really nice! We went to Yachtsman Grill. It is expensive..ended up being around $90 CAN!! For Brunch! Haha. But Kyle got some delicious bacon, so he was happy. We even sprang for dessert, lol but Kyle was a little disappointed that his chocolate cake cost 10 US and is definitely not the size of slices like back home lol. But it was just nice to go out. Kyle hadn't been there before, and he got to see what some of the tourists are like around here bahaha. It is quite comical. These rich folk coming down here and bringing a bunch of kids who I'm sure could care less where they play in the sand, and won't even remember coming here by next year. Then you have the other tourists complaining about the service and quality of food. I mean come on! We heard some ladies talking to a server for a good 15 minutes saying how they can't believe they used the same Easter menu as last year. Oh my! What a scandal!! Sigh... oh my favourite part was hearing her say that they should put a side of tomatoes on the menu, she would much prefer that...lol. I was literally shaking my head. I didn't let it ruin my meal though. I thoroughly enjoyed my quiche, so I was happy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow is the Easter Dinner provided by the school, so I am hoping I will be able to get some turkey and stuffing! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well I have to start some homework. I have my biggest assignment due this week. I am kinda glad the schools have a two week break here so I can focus on school and get back into running. It's been awhile since I have done that. It's hard to do it everyday with working and school. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend! We wish we could have been home to celebrate with you! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss you!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-78919470732501046802015-03-31T18:51:00.002-04:002015-03-31T18:51:34.472-04:00Not So Exciting News <span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for staying tuned. Unfortunately I don't have any exciting news... :( Here is the story...</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We were renting a car with another couple on the island, and about a week ago, they decided they wanted to buy their own car. They had crunched some numbers and just thought it would be better for them. Cool. But now Kyle and I were kinda confused on what to do. Should we buy? Should we keep renting? 350 a month x 26 months...I mean that's a lot of money you don't get back, where as buying your own car at least you would get some money back. When we first came here, we didn't know what to expect in terms of transportation, but if I am going to be working it's best if I have a vehicle. So we saw an ad from a professor at the school selling his 98 Honda CR-V. We do love our Hondas :). So we thought we would try to get that car. We saw the car, went for a test drive. Considering the year, and the condition of the roads around here, it was pretty smooth. Aside from a few mechanical issues that we found out later were pretty inexpensive to fix we decided to make an offer. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Poor Kyle, we were dealing with all this over the weekend while he was trying to study for exams. His exams were yesterday, and his chemistry one didn't go as well as he had hoped :(. He still did well, he was just hoping for a better mark considering he spent most of his time studying for that class. Anyway, after his exams we went to go make the offer. I mean the guy could have told us over the phone he already had an offer (which was higher than what we said). He then told us he just wanted to hear what our price was. ?!?!?! Seriously. I don't think that's how bartering works. Anyway, so no car for us :( We decided that it's just not the car for us, and that a better one is waiting somewhere. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was kind of a crappy day for Kyle, and then some of his friends backed out for dinner plans last minute, so instead we decided to pick up some Chinese Food. There are 3 Chinese restaurants here. I had been to one and didn't really like it, so we went to the one called Younge's. The prices are pretty comparable to Canada, however the portion sizes are considerably less :( So there wasn't much for left overs which I usually love! We got sweet and sour chicken and Kyle loved it, so that made up for the bad day. We then watched the final Lord of the Rings movie. I finally finished the books!! Woohoo! However the extended version of the movie is so looooong!!! Lol. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Work for me is going well. I am seeing some big differences in the child already. I just wish I had more resources and materials out here. I did meet the Speech Pathologist yesterday. She is from Texas and moved to the island in October. Her boyfriend is actually from Montreal and works at the Four Seasons Resort. So that was fun! She has some experience with ABA, so we are hoping to work together and figure out a way to get PECS going for some of the kiddos. I am also hoping to start a social skills group for some of the older kids at the school. There are a few boys who display your typical boy behaviors, however they take it a bit to far... haha. Hopefully I can work on that with them. I feel like I have so much to do for this school, just no time to do it!!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just think, a few weeks ago I was saying how I don't do much around here except run and cook. Well, I haven't run in awhile, and I am up early printing out stuff for the school. I also have been writing papers for my course on top of that! I'm keeping up so far, and the special needs school has a two week break for Easter so I will be able to catch up on my coursework then. But then the in-laws are coming for a visit!! I'm excited for some company that aren't island folk haha. The change will be nice. I am trying to think of some activities to do while they are here. Hopefully we will be keeping busy. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kyle only has two more weeks left of his first semester! Yippee!! We are hoping to go to St.Kitts and catch up on the movies we have been missing out on! The struggle is real guys :P</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it has been 3 months of living here and I really feel like I am getting accustomed to the island life. I was just saying to Kyle the other day, we do hear a lot of negativity from some people around here, but I feel like I have been doing well with staying positive. So the car thing didn't work out this time, but we will get one. So the power goes out for 5 minutes. No big deal. So our fridge is leaking... (okay that's a little annoying). Haha, but I am pretty proud of myself for being able to find a job here, keep up with school, still manage to cook every night and work out here and there. This experience is really going to prepare me for when we come back home and I have to go to work full time. Speaking of home...June 15 I'm there!!!!!!!!!!! We found a really sweet deal, only 200 bucks!! So I will be home in June and Kyle will come back in August. That will be hard for us, and I will miss him for sure, but we have done long distance before and survived. Plus, nowadays time flies!! Can you believe April starts tomorrow!!??!?! That is crazy to me!! My method of working through this experience in chunks has really paid off. Just 3 months until I come home. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So that's the update. You guys are lucky, 2 blog updates in one week ;) With the job now, things are busier for me, but hopefully I can still keep you informed as best as I can. Tomorrow there is a track and field day for the schools here so I am going to that. Should be fun! I am learning a lot about the life here from all the teachers at the school. I am finding out where to buy "fast food" here, who the good mechanics are, meeting new people etc. It's been great so far. I am learning you just have to ask (which is hard for me to do) but I am breaking out of my shell and making it work. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alrighty everyone, that's all for now! Sorry no pictures today :(</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss you!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522940814008535339.post-92214722460109296292015-03-29T17:48:00.001-04:002015-03-29T18:30:52.634-04:00Work Life for the Nevis Wife<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hey Friends!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What a busy week for me! I started my "volunteer" position at the school this week! I was so excited and nervous. I am starting out as a volunteer until the work visa gets processed, so I had to fill out more paper work for that. Luckily I was able to get it all done so I could get started. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first day was pretty overwhelming. I basically spent the entire day with my client by myself! The principal left me to do what I wanted, get to know her, get comfortable with the routine of the school etc. So I pulled out all the tricks I have learned and started to get to work. It was crazy to think that I am sort of my own boss for the time being, trying to come up with programs for the client on my own and implement them. Adapting to the resources they have, and making it the best I can. I still check in with the principal, but she is a busy lady! She trusts my judgement and any programming stuff I make sure to run it by her first. The other teachers don't have an ABA background, so for now I am trying to model some behaviors for them. I still have to build up their trust because they have been so used to handling things in their own way, so for me to come in and try and change that I'm sure is overwhelming. So until I gain their trust and respect, I am just making some mental notes about things to work on:) Although I dealt with some behaviors this week, there was nothing I hadn't seen before, and by the end of the week, my client was starting to recognize me. I have been able to get her laugh and I quickly found out what she likes and doesn't like. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other teachers are very nice, and the one day I didn't go in they said that they missed me, so I guess that's a good sign! For right now my hours are Mon-Wed from 10am -2pm. I need time to do my school work still, and for all of my work friends out there, they know it can be very exhausting to work with the same client all day. I don't want to over do it in my first week. However when I was talking to the principal about it, she told me she has big plans for me! Haha, so I guess I will be getting busier! For right now though, I am happy with how things went this week. I got to know her, and the teachers, and how the routine works at the school. My favourite part is being able to take her for a break outside!!! We can walk around the school, and they have a nice playground. I also love that right outside I have a great view of Mount Nevis haha. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On Wednesday, I found out that there was an agricultural fair happening, and the kids were all going to go on Friday. However, my client wouldn't be going because she has some behaviors and they just don't have enough staff to put a one to one with her. So I volunteered to go because I didn't think she shouldn't be included. It was pretty awesome! The fair reminded me of back home of some farmer's markets and craft shows at the cottage. It was pretty fun, although they had a section where you could see some animals, but all the animals were ones you see on the side of the road on a daily basis. That made me laugh a little, but the kids seemed to enjoy it! My client did really well, considering there was a lot of standing and waiting, but she was a trooper! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Over the weekend I got some paper work together so now on Monday I can hopefully start some programming with her! I'm pretty excited! There are a lot of changes that can be made at the school that will help these kids, but for now I am hoping to start with this client and getting her to sit appropriately in her own class. :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I had an awesome week at the school, I had a nice long skype chat with my work friends, and I booked my flight home!!!!! Oh and Kyle has been studying all weekend getting ready for his second last set of exams for the semester! I will be coming home mid June, so mark your calendars people!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, there may be something exciting happening tomorrow, so stay tuned for another blog update :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And this week I made some homemade guacamole. My first time ever! Shout out to my friend Dalia for the inspiration!! Miss you girl!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of you know that I was able to get an interview, then it got cancelled and was rescheduled for this past Monday. Well, what an adventure that was!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My interview was scheduled for 10 am with someone from the Ministry of Education. I made sure to have all my required paperwork ready to go which included transcripts, passport, resume, application, reference letters and birth certificate. Thankfully I met someone here who works for the Ministry (also from Mississauga) and he helped me make this connection. I am so blessed to get this opportunity that I was just thankful to have this initial meeting not knowing the possible outcome. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I got all "interview ready" which included straightening my hair for the first time on the island...I doubt I will do that again. It was very hot and by the end I had to change my clothes haha, and once I was driving my hair got messed up anyway from the wind :P</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To make sure I didn't get lost, I gave myself plenty of extra time, I did have to make one phone call to figure out where to go because the instructions I received initially were to go past the round-a-bout on your right, and go over the "drain or grate thing" and then keep driving... hmmm okay then. Well I thought I had an idea of where to go, it's just past a gas station, and that was never mentioned in my instructions haha. Anyway turns out, I was about 30 feet away from the building I needed to be at when I made my phone call. So that was great! I arrived 15 minutes early and waited patiently. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I actually wasn't feeling nervous at all. I think because I was going in with an open mind, and to not expect anything. I just wanted to make an initial contact and meet some new people. As I'm sitting there, a nice looking lady walks in and sits beside me, I then find out she is the principal at the school I am interested in!!! I didn't think she was coming to the meeting, but here she was! So of course I do my best not to fumble my introduction and start asking about the school. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a special needs school, and they currently have about 20 students ranging in ages from 4-16, all with varying special needs. PERFECT :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we get called into the meeting and well, it was definitely not your average interview. The Ministry lady basically said it's up to the principal to decide if they could use me. The principal described that right now there is an immediate need for someone to help a young child aged 5 with autism who has pretty severe behaviors and is on PECS. All my Erinoak friends will understand that. Sounds perfect for me!! I immediately talk about my experience in that area and present my resume. The Ministry lady seemed impressed that I had all my documents ready to go. So she went to photocopy my passport and the principal and I talked some more. The meeting basically ended with me going to the school right after to get a tour, and the principal wanted me there 5 days a week if possible. It all depends on budgeting, and she has to write a letter to the Ministry explaining her needs. When the Ministry lady looked at my resume and saw my address she asked more details and it turns out she has seen me running before because she lives close to us! Hahaha! #smallworld #smallisland </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it sounds like any sort of work visa I may get won't happen until after Easter, and I think I will be starting off at part time. Pay wasn't really discussed, at this point I would be happy with enough to pay for groceries each week :P</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I followed the principal to the school. I was blown away!! This woman has so much passion for her job it was so refreshing! She is originally from England so she knows about ABA, there is also an SLP at the school from the US. The property was more than I could have imagined. It recently got rebuilt and it sounds like the principal was in charge of the whole rebuild. I even met the lady who the school is named after! What a privilege! Not to mention the kids I met were amazing! They were so cute, not shy at all! Unfortunately the girl the principal wants me to work with wasn't there that day, but I saw where her work station is, and I was able to learn more about her. This principal was so nice, but she is a very busy lady! She has three children, one who has autism, and another on the spectrum. She is teaching the children farming, she really believes in the kids being on a healthy diet to help manage behaviors. She wants to hire a karate expert to help the kids manage their energy, and teach them how to make smoothies. She is in charge of arranging a trip to the Bocce Ball competition, Nevis is in the finals this summer. This is just a few of her projects underway. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So our meeting ended with me coming back next Monday to hopefully meet the little girl. I could tell that this seemed to be the most important need right now. She is really concerned about this little girl, and I can only hope that I am able to help the school out in any way possible. I'm a little nervous for that part because I have to realize that this is not set up like the place I'm used to working in, so it will take a lot of creativity to adapt to the resources that Nevis has, and to be able to utilize what we do have available. It should make for a fun adventure though. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I got home, Kyle had finished his exams and his classmates wanted to go out and celebrate, so we went to this fancy restaurant! Although we didn't know it was fancy until we got there! It was called Bananas. The name doesn't really sound fancy, but the venue sure was! It was hidden in the middle of the mountain, and you had to travel along this one lane sketchy road for a good 10 minutes following teeny tiny signs. We managed to find the place and I was blown away. The only way to describe the setting is by looking at the pictures below :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The prices for the food were slightly outrageous and it looks like a place that you only eat at once a year :P. But it was a great setting and we got to see a nice sunset. It was a great way to end the day...although once we had to pay, that was not so great. Haha. Kyle got steak and he loved it! So he said it was worth it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm excited for this new opportunity on the island. I am worried about how I can manage my school work with this potential job, because school is starting to pick up again. I hope I can mange both. The whole point of me doing my school on the island here was because I wouldn't be working. I'm not the type to be able to work and be a student at the same time. A lot of people can handle that stress, I'm just not one of them. I will keep you updated on how my first day goes on Monday. Now that,I am nervous for ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know it's been awhile since I have blogged, but there hasn't been much happening. I have been on a break from my course for the past two weeks, but it starts up again tomorrow. I was getting a little bored this past week, and I am actually looking forward to starting school again...however, I just looked at the syllabus.Yikes! It's going to be a busy semester. I guess that's good though? I hope I can do well, it seems a bit tougher than last semester so we will see how it goes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been having a lot of phone troubles this past week. Kyle made me switch my phone number to one that allows for free calling/texting between people on the island who use the same carrier. We are part of some "calling circle". It makes sense to switch, it's just a hassle. Anyway, Kyle put in the new sim card and that's when the problems started. I am not able to use my iMessage anymore with my phone number. It only works with my email. It keeps saying "waiting for activation". Since I have the time, I spent a lot of it calling tech support, online chat, going to the store etc. All of the troubleshooting ideas from online don't work. We have tried, multiple times. It's just very frustrating. Someone said that eventually it just starts to work. However I didn't have this problem with my other number. Finally someone gave me some code to put in. After I spoke to someone who said they don't know what imessage is...(they are supposed to be tech support). Anyway I put in this 14 digit code and now my regular texting doesn't work! Bah! So I can receive calls/texts, and I can make a phone call, I just can't make regular texts. Which means I can't text Kyle, which was kinda the whole point in me switching phone numbers. Sigh...I realize that iphones/texting etc is a luxury I am blessed to have, however let me be honest, it's the 21st century people. We now live in a world where technology runs our lives. As sad as it is, it's the truth, so I would like to be able to text my husband when I want to!! So, I went to the store again, and the woman was actually helpful and said she was sending out an email and they will have to reset the sim card, whatever that means. Well that was on Thursday. It still doesn't work. So I will be back at the store on Monday I guess. At this point I don't even care if my imessage starts to work, because now I just use my email. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, some good news, I was supposed to have an interview two weeks ago. They cancelled on me half an hour before, even though I was half way there. They didn't reschedule, but they called me just on Friday so my new appointment is on Monday. Let's hope this one doesn't get cancelled! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kyle has another set of exams tomorrow. So for my "Spring Break" I have been baking a lot, and running. So fun. Although I have injured my hip again, so I think I have to take a break from running for a bit. :( </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have also been reading a bunch. My goal is to read some of the books from the top 100 books to read of all time from Times Magazine. I have read a few already, and now I am reading The Lord of the Rings. Kyle is proud :P. I read the Hobbit in a day, and I'm half way through the first book of the trilogy. It helps having the movies to watch after. Kyle is also excited by that too haha. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are both looking forward to April when we are having some visitors come! So only one month until Kyle's parents come for a visit! That will be fun. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh I have also been playing scrabble with Kylie online. Yay.......</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, so as I said, not much has been happening here. Oh Madison and I did go on an adventure to find the Nevis Bakery and this place called Mems Pizza. The bakery wasn't hard to find, but it was right downtown where the roads are narrow. It was kinda scary driving around that area. But we managed, when we got to the bakery, there wasn't much of a selection and it was taken over by school kids. We each bought a donut, they were okay, but we decided we would have to go back in the morning when they have all their fresh supplies. The selection was very limited at noon. We then drove around trying to find Mems Pizza, according to Trip Adviser it's supposed to be the best place to get pizza...</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BAHAHAHAHA! I wouldn't recommend it. I spent 40 EC on what was supposed to be a medium, but could have been a small. The dough wasn't cooked all the way, and the waitress tried to short change me by 10 EC. The place was kinda sketchy looking, and the staff seemed a little rude to us. I doubt I will be going back there again. I have been into making homemade pizza so I think I will just stick to that, Kyle seems to like it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alright so back to reading for the rest of the day. Here are a few pics from my run this week. I went on a different route. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been busy here this week! I enjoy having busy days; makes time go by quick and it makes for some great blog stories. Hehe</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Monday was my "do nothing" day. I read a lot! Trying to take on my mother's summer philosophy of "a book a day". I was also recovering from the sleepless night before. The wildlife here makes for some interesting stories. We had a cow literally tied up right outside our bedroom window. We had heard him mooing like crazy on Sunday. It was actually pretty funny, until it was time for bed! Poor Kyle had his exams on Monday and the darn cow kept us up all night. I decided to investigate the next day. I had heard some people trying to shoo him away with no luck. I was actually facetiming with my sister as this was happening. I was about to go outside, but then from my balcony I saw a man walking, and he was carrying a bucket. We have a lot of bushes, so I couldn't see clearly. I heard some interesting country music playing, and then everything was quiet...except the cow. So I had enough, I went around the yard and found the cow chowing down on some grass. I noticed he had a rope around his neck and it was connected to a stick in the ground! So the mysterious guy I saw with a bucket must have tied him up. There was also a ton of crap around!! Bahahaha! It was gross actually. I was walking back, and I saw another cow staring right at me! He wasn't tied up though. I didn't know what to do, I wanted to untie the cow, but maybe it actually belonged to this guy, but then I don't understand why he had him tied up right by our apartment buildings? He had never been there before. Anyway, it made for some good pictures. Kyle came home from his exams and he did amazing again! He also told me that someone else who heard the cow mooing decided it was enough and untied the cow later that day. (I think she is a supporter of PETA). All power to her!</span><br />
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Poor Cow all tied up</div>
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The other cow missing his friend :(</div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So now that the cow is gone, and surprisingly the bird has also been quiet the last few days. Let's hope it keeps up! </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Madison and I went to the beach on Tuesday! We are both into reading so it was a great sunny day for that. We went to Pinney's Beach. I hadn't been there since my friend Ashley was here visiting, but it's a great beach. Plus all the locals we had made friends with actually remembered me so we didn't have to pay for chairs! Woohoo!! We chatted to some of the tourists from the cruise ships and one woman was very intrigued by our story of living here. She then went around telling everyone I was her daughter... I guess she was really enjoying her vacation ;)</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wednesday finally came, the day I got to go to St.Kitts and get some STUFF!</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ashley's mom, Sharon and her husband were on a cruise, and they were bringing us some supplies from home. I was excited but also a little nervous because I had to travel alone. However, it was alright! I didn't get too harassed by people and I managed to get connected with them without any trouble. I was so happy to see people from home! I was also surprised by the huge luggage bag they brought for us. It was a little heavy to carry around town for a bit, but totally worth it! We chatted for a bit, then I helped Sharon shop, and then we went to the Circus Grill for lunch. Mr. T took a lot of photos along the way. </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My lunch was alright, I had a grilled shrimp caesar salad. Sharon talked a lot, but that was fine with me, she filled me on what was happening at home, and it made me happy to feel connected. I also got some great cooking advice. </span><br />
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We found a park. An interesting tree in the middle</div>
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A fountain that has no water</div>
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View During lunch</div>
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Home sweet home!</div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kyle picked me up in town and we headed home. I immediately opened up the bag, and honestly felt like it was Christmas morning! Haha. My mom picked up the stuff for us, and my sister Kylie, so thank you guys soooooo much!! Kyle and I really appreciate all the work you went through! There were some clothes for us, a couple of movies, sunscreen, peanut butter, I now have some baking needs and a proper pan! Kyle got a lot of chocolate and I even got some skittles :) We are very happy with our care package. Oh and I also got textbooks haha. </span><br />
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New clothes! Thanks Kylie!!</div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You don't realize how much you miss this stuff until you are in a new place. All of the stuff we could have picked up here, but it would be three times the price, and at that point we would just go without. So it is nice when family and friends help you out. So we enjoyed some of our treats last night. </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today we had our weekly grocery shopping day. I drove today, and I am starting to get a lot more comfortable. It's an added challenge when the speedometer doesn't work. Makes for a fun game of guess your speed. We also had a little issue with one of the windows getting stuck and not rolling up all the way. Luckily no one stole the car ;)</span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also called the Department of Education for the 4th time and I finally have an interview tomorrow! Woohoo!! I am excited and nervous! I am also stressed about finding the place. The instructions I got were a little confusing, this place doesn't have an address that I can just look up on Google Maps - there aren't really any street names. Hopefully I can find it okay tomorrow. Wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also have to change my phone number again. Apparently the SIM card I got in my first week doesn't allow for free calls/texts like Kyle's phone. I do have the right SIM card now, it's just being a little weird and not letting me iMessage anymore :( Hopefully I can get it worked out soon. Rather, hopefully Kyle can get it worked out soon! I am so thankful for his techy skills :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, that's all for now. I was watching tv today and I heard that today was supposed to be the last big snow fall for you Canadian winter folks! Hopefully it's true!!! The sun/heat is where it's at! </span><br />
<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Miss you all!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06913188308239553989noreply@blogger.com0