Island life is the life for me

I initially thought being a housewife was going to be boring and tedious.  I was wrong. Although, to be fair, I try to stay out of the house! I have had some big adventures and small adventures since my last blog post. I figured it was time to share.

Last Tuesday our trivia team, Ting Country, won first place! We got a (terrible) bottle of rum, and some weird plastic frog. I freaking love winning.  Wednesday was packed with events. As always, Trevor and I started the day going to the local market here on campus, then spent most of the day at the beach.  Wednesday evening was the best though! Trevor and I went to a baby sea turtle release party! 30-40 baby sea turtles were found in a damaged nest, and we got to help release them back into the ocean. I named mine Stormy (cause there was a storm blowing in while we were on the beach, and the lightening was putting on quite a show). Trevor named his Ghost Ship (cause there is an abandoned ship off the coast, and we decided it's haunted). After a lot of encouragement, Ghost Ship made it to the water. Stormy... Stormy would not go to the water! I was devastated! However, the lady in charge (can't remember her name), took Stormy and three other babies back to her lab. Hopefully they will get stronger and be ready to go next release day. I got to help another baby though, Trevor named him Percy. Percy got into the water pretty quick, I was very proud. The babies were Hawksbills, which I have mentioned in earlier posts.  They were adorable and really tiny- about two inches long. Unfortunately, I did not take any pictures. Bright lights can seriously disorient sea turtles (that's why at the beach, some resorts or condo communities have orange or red lights facing the sea), so I didn't bother to bring my camera.  Next time I'll try to take some photos without my flash with one of the red flash lights.

After the turtle release, Trevor and I headed to Bobsy's (a restaurant that has karaoke) for Sarah's going away party. Sarah is a fellow VIP who is heading back to the States. We had a late dinner and then "enjoyed" the music!

Thursday was fun too! The VIPs had been talking about swapping recipes, so we turned it into a pot luck dinner/recipe exchange.  I made my cucumber and vinegar salad, and the pineapple cheese ball I stole from Elaine DiMaggio years ago. I stuffed myself full of the yummy foods my friends made, and met some new people. The best part is that Kim, yet another VIP, is going to collect all the recipes and email out a cookbook of everything!  It can be difficult to find ingredients sometimes, so I am looking forward to having island friendly meals to make!

On Friday, Rob and his classmates had their second anatomy test- 3 hours of hell (according to them). To celebrate the test being over, and a belated birthday celebration for me, Sarah, Vanessa, Candice, Kate, Trevor, Rob, and I headed to Bamboo for drinking and dancing! I enjoyed a few libations, and danced the whole time we were there! I LOVE dancing!

Saturday and Sunday were beach days. The students only get to hang at the beach on weekends, so they try to go as much as they can, as long as they don't have a test to study for.

Trevor enjoying our homemade peanut butter cups!

Today, I decided to make homemade reese's peanut butter cups! I enlisted Trevor's help and we were very successful. We made 18 cups, and used the rest of the peanut butter mixture and chocolate to make chocolate peanut butter balls! I also went to yoga for the first time today! One of the students teaches the class every Monday. The floor is REALLY hard, so my wrists are killing me, but otherwise I feel great. I freakin' love yoga!

So, life goes on here in St. Kitts. Only 39 days til we head home from Christmas and New Years!