Alright blog world. So you are
probably wondering what in the world happened to Kirsten. I apologize for not posting sooner, but life
has gotten really busy. So while I have
a little time this afternoon I figured I’d fill you in on what has been
happening the past few weeks. Since my last post a lot has happened.
1.
At the beginning of August, Alexis Boerneke
(Plath) came to visit for almost a week. It was so nice to have her here and show
her where I live. We went to the beach, hiked
up to the fort at Pigeon Island, and I even drove down to Tet Paul Nature
Trail. While she was here the Olympics were on, so we spent a good amount of
time watching and cheering on team USA in swimming and gymnastics.
2. I drove for the first time in St. Lucia. While I was home this summer I got my
International Drivers Permit which is what I needed to be able to drive in St.
Lucia. People in St. Lucia drive on the
opposite side of the road and the steering wheel is on the opposite side of the
car. Driving here took lots of
concentration and I may have accidently put on the windshield wipers when I
wanted the turn signal a few times. It
was a bit nerve-wracking, but we all survived!
3.
I taught a week of summer school. While it was not my favorite thing to do, I
was able to meet a few of my new students.
Having to teach summer school at the end of summer started getting me in
the school mindset.
4.
I have a boyfriend. I officially can call Casey my boyfriend! This may be partly why I haven’t been
blogging. I met Casey at church last
year and we became friends. I taught him piano lessons and he taught my guitar
lessons (which led me to buying a guitar this summer and bringing it
down). As the year went on we started
spending more time together and our friendship grew from there. What can I say? He exceeded my expectations and I couldn’t be
happier right now. :)
5.
After a week of summer school, I had 2 weeks of
classroom prep and workshops to attend.
I am so thankful that I have a year under my belt now and know what to
expect as this year gets started. This
year Najma and I are in charge of Reception 1 and Robin and Tiffany are in
charge of Reception 2. Thank goodness
for Najma! She keeps me sane and we both make a good team. This year Reception 1 has 21 students and
Reception 2 has 20. This is a huge jump
from our total of 29 students last year and has definitely provided some
challenges along the way, but we are surviving.
6.
The weekend before school started Najma and I
went to the spa and had an hour long full body massage. Best thing ever! I think that we are going to make it a monthly
thing from now on.
7.
I learned how to kill a slug. Who knew that all you had to do was pour salt
on it for it to shrivel up and die? I watched it die in the matter of seconds
and was awestruck!
8.
We officially found a huge centipede in our
house. I am so thankful I was not home
for it. Tanya had gone to make a
smoothie and saw something underneath her magic bullet. She then used a half a bottle of baygon (poison)
to spray the thing. It is very difficult
to kill a centipede so the girls put a clear container over it before leaving the
house. When Casey came over that night
it still wasn’t dead, so he brought it outside and crushed it. For those of you who do not know, centipedes
here can bite and it can be very painful.
Needless to say, we had our landlord get someone to come spray poison at
our house, so for now the centipedes and cockroaches should be kept to a
minimum.
9.
Two weeks ago, we celebrated Casey’s birthday with
a day at the beach. Kerne rented a car
and we brought it to Pigeon where we grilled out and cooled off in the water. It was a nice relaxing day with good weather.
10. Today
we had a 1p.m. dismissal, which was much needed after a long week of
school. I am looking forward to a
relaxing weekend!
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| Abby and I at Pigeon |
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| Alexis and I at Tet Paul |
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| Summer School 2016: Field Trip to Pigeon |
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| The awful centipede in our house... |
