Ketchup, Part One

If the previous lapse in posting can be categorized as falling off the wagon, then this time we are officially off the reservation. The past month has been very busy, and there have been plenty of blog-worthy events, but we have also been busy with school work (and with 50% of the typing capacity as we had three weeks ago, which will be explained here shortly). Now that we have a temporary lull in the proverbial academic storm, we can at least begin to update the Nature Isle Nightly with a brief outline of the past month, and we will add pictures and greater detail in the days to come.

First of all, the most important event of the past couple weeks was Genny's first "mini" exam of the semester. This was over 6 weeks of material and was the same size as her entire final for last semester. It covered neurology and endocrine, and was preceded by two lab practicals. It also was filled with weeks of German professor tag-team lectures that could have been straight out of the movie Beerfest.

Fortunately, the test went well and the time spent away from blogging was time well spent.
The afternoon following the test was spent in the same way as every afternoon following a test down here; at the beach with some cold beers! That's an advantage to going to medical school in the Caribbean.We followed up our afternoon on the beach with a trip to our favorite restaurant on the island, The Usual Spot. This restaurant features an Asian fusion menu and FRESH tuna sashimi.

The preparation for the test was made more stressful by the demise of Genny's computer. Let it be known that Dominica is where computers come to die. Originally, a cooling fan malfunctioned so Will brought the computer to a local repair store. He then surprised Genny by picking it up the following week and delivering her a functioning computer...for ten whole minutes! and then the hard drive crashed. Needless to say, a new computer was ordered within the week and will be en route in 36 hours, which brings us to our next point...

Will's uncle Tim had planned a visit to the Nature Isle and was more than willing to help bring down the new computer for Genny. A big thank you to Tim Jenkins is in order from both of us, and we look forward to his company in the next week and the opportunity to explore even more of the island with him. Perhaps even a journey to the Boiling Lake is on the agenda.

Those are pretty much the broad strokes of the first couple weeks of October, with part two to come soon. Thanks for catching up with us.

W&G