Having too much time pass before an update that is.
Well, and I guess crap crap happened again as well. Got up in the middle of the night to go pee. No big deal. Except for that I flushed. Which *normally* isn't a bad thing. But living in Dominica makes all things ridiculously abnormal. Wake up this morning, and it is only after my morning shadoobie do I realize that there was a lot of rain over the night and there is no water. I used my one free-toilet-flush-pass unbeknownst to me.
So while I have no shower water, kitchen sink water, or toilet tank water... I DO have bathroom sink water. So I spend a good 20 mins filling up a little cup (as that is all that will fit under the faucet) and slowly - but surely - fill that tank up. And praise-the-Lord, am rewarded with a great flush and free my apartment from having a seeded stench.
My father taught me a thing or two about getting your self out of a potential mess. A tip-of-the-plumbers-hat-to-you-dad.
As far as life/school goes... the schedule is ridiculous. We are finally in block 2 which feels good. It's a shorter block, and is JAM-PACKED, but that means before I know it we will be in block 3. Which means well on my way home. It's a mental leap I know. But I'm friggin excited to come home. So that's my thought process in its current state.
Okay so I really can't think of anything to tell you except what is on my mind right now. So here it is:
1. Pineapples and Pumpkin out. Sadly.
2. GRAPEFRUITS *totally* in. They are ahmahzing. I went to the store and got 13. I had sweat through my clothes by the time I hauled them all home. But I marked it as a beyond productive workout, and called it a day. They are huge. and just amazing. Then God was all - 'because I need to give you something else to fixate on and keep your foodmoods up....I am putting baskets full of grapefruits in Picard grocery' (right beside my building)!!! Therefore, saving me the torturous walk/haul!!! It's really the little things you guys. I could literally hear the Angels singing when I walked into Picard and saw all the grapefruits. Okay the singing *may* have been my excited squeal.
3. Having Jen here is the best. We keep each other laughing all day long.
4. We had a 2 hour lecture today on "Systems Based Practice: Making Changes"... and we now have an assignment called PIP - Personal Improvement Project. We have to come up with an objective - something we want to change about ourselves to make us better. For example - Lose weight. Get more sleep. Study more effectively. Start the work day earlier. etc etc. We have to write a little proposal to submit. Track our progress. Re-evaluate. Make changes in the practical execution process if necessary. Then, in 3rd week next semester we finish the report. Reflect on it. And ideally become a better person or whatever. My first thought was - well crap. This project is going to be really tough because I'm already an amazingly awesome machine! But then...after much introspective thought and reflection...it came to me. The ultimate PIP. I've already begun implementing the course of action. I can't tell you what it is. Yet. But I *can* tell you - it is going to be borderline.ridiculously.amazing. I plan on working hard and revealing this 'self-improvement outcome' when I am home in December. PS. you are on this journey with me, because telling you all about it now is part of the accountability portion.
So there you go. filled you in on crap. and crapcrap.
You're welcome.
PPS. any guesses as to what I could possibly decide to conquer in my quest for "above-awesome-me"?? If you can't think of anything I don't blame you. It's *pretty* tough to think of any place for improvement for this hot-mess.
xoxo
