Weekend Recap

What a great weekend! Rob and I are really enjoying our time in St. Kitts, and this past weekend was a great example of that. Friday night we had a couples night with two other first semester couples. Brayton and Leann are from upstate NY, and Trevor and Kate are from Massachusetts. Friday afternoons are when intramural volleyball games are played, and Leann, Trevor, and Rob are all on different teams, so after everyone was clean and fresh we headed to Ciao- an Italian restaurant in Frigate Bay. Our date night was really nice, I felt like a grown-up!  After dinner we went over to the Marriott Casino where some of our friends were trying their hand at the slots and roulette. Jessica even won $70 bucks at roulette, which is awesome considering she had no idea what she was doing! If I was better at gambling (or had a job and money to waste) I would have given it a whirl. Unfortunately, I do not have a job nor money to waste! It was still fun to hang out and socialize with my vet school friends who I don't get to see much.

Saturday morning Rob took me to get my driver's license! I was very excited, I couldn't wait to get behind the wheel again... just on the right side of the car, and the left side of the road!  Saturday afternoon Leann, Rob, and I went to a fundraising 5k (or 2k walk) to support the St. Christopher Children's Home. The home is a safe place for children to live if they have been orphaned, neglected, abandoned, or abused. Over $150,000 was raised. Leann and I opted to walk the 2k path, and Rob ran the 5k. He ran it in 16:43 (ish) minutes. He beat me and Leann to the finish line. In fact, he beat all but one other guy! Rob placed 2nd overall!  Leann and I were approaching the 2k side of the finish, and we saw Rob run across, stagger, flop down on the ground, stand back up and rip off his shirt, sunglasses, ipod... He was pretty hot, and dehydrated when he finished. He said the final minutes of the race he had tunnel vision and was really out of it. After the race, the Marriott held a bbq and gave prizes to the people who raised the most money, and to the winners of the race! Yep, Rob won himself a super sweet trophy! Yay Rob!

Cooling down after the race!

Rob's cool trophy!

Post race bbq

On Sunday I went to the beach with Jessica while Rob played intramural football. Rob missed last Sunday's game because he was really dizzy (turns out my crazy husband partially tore his ear drum while snorkeling...). Rob's team not only won, but Rob made several interceptions! Next week Rob plays against Trevor's team, so I am going to tear myself away from the beach to watch them. Rob spent the remainder of the day studying for his physiology test on Wednesday. I headed to Kori's apartment pool (she's a VIP), because she was hosting water aerobics! It was great, I had fun and felt the burn!

Today, Rob headed back to class and I went to scope out some possible apartments. I found a place I love, but it's expensive. I plan on doing some more searching later in the week. Hopefully we find something perfect for the rest of our time here!