So this week work has been brutal. I have been doing 12 hour days almost every day, which means my blogging got put to the side. Here is an example of something I do for work. I had to choose which shirt color I liked the best! Then put the logo on it,
I was all alone on the bus this morning, so I thought I would take some pretty pictures of my drive. I love this house!
And this view
And this color.
After my very long bus ride, I finally arrived at my destination. Dog training class! This is my second week running this class, and all proceeds are donated to The Goat Dairy. A ton of dogs show up, so its a bit hard to run a targeted class, but we make it work. Most of the dogs are puppies or rescues, so we focus a lot of our time on socializing the dogs. We were lucky enough to get an enclosed space this week, so we were able to let the dogs run a bit after we worked on some basics. They had a great time!
So many dogs getting along so well together! It was great. All of the owners got to sit back and relax as their puppies socialized.
And played in the water
And some over achieving class members even worked on their newly learned skills during play time.
On another note, Sean brought me home a special treat after his quizzes and final on Monday. He did wonderfully and got 3 A's and a B+. On your left you see two of the four honey buns with raisins. They were amazing! And only about $.75 each!
Sean also brought home a 2 foot long garlic and cheese loaf, which was amazing, along with two small round sourdough type breads. All for 20 ec, or about 7 US YUM!
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Month 2 in Grenada
I do feel as though the only thing I do anymore is work, but hey, it could be worse! I am giving
tours of the apartment complex, making schedules for the maid, plumbers, electrition, and air conditioner fixers. I am taking complaints and rent. It is so much fun! I think this is definitely something I am good at, and so far I have a 100% success rate of people who come to see the apartment booking it.
In other news last wednesday after a significant other recipe swap(where I got to eat the best bread pudding I have ever tried) I got to go to an open market produce sale which happens every other Wednesday. I had already been to the big market downtown, so I was not expecting much, but the prices were amazing!
I got about 7 pounds of starfruit aka Five Finger, for 5 ec, 3 grapefruits for 1ec, and a bag of guavas for 2ec. I spent 8ec, which is about 3 us, for all of that fruit! I was certainly amazed, and Sean and I have been eating fruit all day every day. I have even been giving it out to all of the workers when they come around. I did pay the plumbers in coconuts one day :).
Today I held my first dog training class for the Significant others, and It went really well. About 12 dogs showed up, young dogs, old dogs, foster dogs, therapy dogs. It was very cool to get to meet everyone's pet, and it was definitely beneficial for all of the dogs to get to socialize with each other.
Monday, September 10, 2012
22 Birthday!
Hello everyone!
So I know i have not been able to post for a little while, but that is because I got a job! I am now the building manager for the FitzGarden apartment complex! So I have something to do all the time, which makes me feel much better!
My lovely landlord also offered me a job working for his security company, selling Honeywell alarm systems. I am excited to try my hand at something new, and I hope I will do well. We are in the process of getting a work permit- a very very hard thing to obtain in Grenada. $3000 plus a large amount of documentation, but once everything is complete I will have a dream job.
So far I have been calling television stations to get information about how to advertise with them during prime time viewing.
Anyways, today was my birthday, and I celebrated by laying in bed all day. Sounds relaxing right! Anyways, my neighbors cooked me some of my favorite foods, banana pop sickles and cake batter cookie dough bites. YUM. And they insisted they had to sing for me. It was a lot of fun and I really appreciate them coming over and feeding us! It was a great way to end my birthday!
So I know i have not been able to post for a little while, but that is because I got a job! I am now the building manager for the FitzGarden apartment complex! So I have something to do all the time, which makes me feel much better!
My lovely landlord also offered me a job working for his security company, selling Honeywell alarm systems. I am excited to try my hand at something new, and I hope I will do well. We are in the process of getting a work permit- a very very hard thing to obtain in Grenada. $3000 plus a large amount of documentation, but once everything is complete I will have a dream job.
So far I have been calling television stations to get information about how to advertise with them during prime time viewing.
Anyways, today was my birthday, and I celebrated by laying in bed all day. Sounds relaxing right! Anyways, my neighbors cooked me some of my favorite foods, banana pop sickles and cake batter cookie dough bites. YUM. And they insisted they had to sing for me. It was a lot of fun and I really appreciate them coming over and feeding us! It was a great way to end my birthday!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Sunsets and Goats
The other night our goat nanny friend took us to see the sunset on campus. It was a beautifle night hardly a cloud in the sky.
Here is a picture of a monument on campus.
Pictures of everyone's names/signatures.
And here is the beginning of the sunset.
We walked along the pier to get a better angle
And of course at the last moment, a cloud moved in.
Here is Sean and I, both looking very rough. It was hot, muggy, and humid.
And the pretty clouds with the moon
Yesterday, the baby goat came to play! She ran around all day, and a ton of Significant Other families came to see her. The kids just loved playing with her.
She had a grand time playing with leafs.
She was refusing to drink water all day, so i put a bit in the bottle to get her to start drinking.
After lunch and playtime, she cuddled up for nap time in amber's lap.
Goodnight baby goat!
And after 3 minutes of nap time, she was up and ready for more.
Here is a picture of a monument on campus.
Pictures of everyone's names/signatures.
And here is the beginning of the sunset.
We walked along the pier to get a better angle
And of course at the last moment, a cloud moved in.
Here is Sean and I, both looking very rough. It was hot, muggy, and humid.
And the pretty clouds with the moon
Yesterday, the baby goat came to play! She ran around all day, and a ton of Significant Other families came to see her. The kids just loved playing with her.
She had a grand time playing with leafs.
She was refusing to drink water all day, so i put a bit in the bottle to get her to start drinking.
After lunch and playtime, she cuddled up for nap time in amber's lap.
Goodnight baby goat!
And after 3 minutes of nap time, she was up and ready for more.
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