It was just a matter of time before we fell off the waggon. Now it appears that we have a little catching up to do, and with that in mind, the following paragraphs will recount the past couple days' worth of events in more of a list fashion than a cohesive post.

Wednesday the 26th was primarily a study day for both of us, with nothing remarkable occurring. Will is still catching up with his online courses from the time he took off during Genny's break, and Genny spent most of the day preparing for her neurology practical scheduled for the following day. With both of us so buckled down, it only made sense to order Chinese food. If anybody that is reading this plans on visiting, we would both recommend not eating Chinese food for a good month before coming down.

Thursday the 27th was the day of Genny's practical, and it sounds like it went pretty well. She won't know her actual score for a couple days, but she prepared well for it and there was nothing too tricky included on the exam. Unfortunately, the practical was also followed by her regular post-exam headache that usually takes her out of commission for a couple of hours following a test. What was unusual this time however, was that Will was waiting for her with a headache of his own. The best remedy that we could think of was eating a whole tub of Cool-Whip for lunch (drizzled with caramel syrup). Genny reported no positive effects from the mid-day medication, but it definitely got Will feeling well again. The rest of the afternoon included Genny's first clinical lab session of the semester and a trip to the gym for Will.

Because this was our first evening to relax for a while, we made dinner plans with some of our friends down here. We tried a restaurant that we hadn't been to before that is called Sisters (By the Sea). The restaurant is only a two minute walk from our apartment and has a beautiful view of Prince Rupert Bay and the setting sun over the Caribbean sea. The restaurant itself is also quite striking, with stone masonry and outdoor seating. Unfortunately, the food itself was not nearly of such high quality. In fact, we would both go as far as to say that they were some of the worst burgers that we have ever had. On the other hand, we were allowed to bring our own wine to drink and there was a resident puppy at the restaurant that made the dinner playful. Because everything about this restaurant was enjoyable except the food, we will probably try this place again and see if the fish is prepared any better than the food we ordered this past time.


The morning of Friday the 28th got off to a slow start, but Genny salvaged a productive day of studying and Will got to work for a couple of hours before playing a competitive game of basketball with some locals against a couple Caribbean medical students that were a little too big for their britches. Thankfully, upon returning home he was greeted by mozzarella, artichoke, and spinach stuffed baked chicken breast with brown rice and sauteed mushrooms. A picture of this dinner will have to be attached at a later point in time. It really was something delicious to come home to. There was also a really beautiful sunset over the bay that Will was fortunate enough to have Genny wake him up from his afternoon nap to see.

Saturday the 29th was a day full of outside activity for Will, and a good day to prepare for the coming week for Genny. As we write this, Will currently has a farmer's tan/burn in the shape of his "beater" shirt. It's like a neon sign pointing to his Ohio roots. While Genny was studying in the morning, Will played softball underneath some mountains in Portsmouth before returning to play football on campus. Then he met up with Genny to play some beach volleyball against a team of doctors waiting for their resident placements and currently teaching clinical skills labs at Ross. For dinner we made chicken Parmesan pasta, and then Genny returned to studying while Will went to have 2nd dinner with his co-workers. Two of the co-workers are locals and are really good human-beings and just overall nice guys, and it was an enjoyable way to spend an evening to be able to hang out with them.

Hopefully it won't be another three or four days before we update this again, but thanks for checking in and good night.

Will and Genny