Sea Glasses

There is a stretch of beach down the hill by my house that consists of nothing but broken, worn down, sea glass. I guess lots of women like it, and use it in jewelry and stuff. I find it interesting to think how some of these bottles may have come from pirate booze bottles. I was hoping I was sitting on some sort of treasure, but come to find out even rare colors of sea glass are cheap to purchase. I guess I wont be spending too much time collecting it until I figure out something to do with it myself.

Jeanann is spending a ton of time studying, but I figure if she's willing and motivated to spend that much time studying I won't stop her. The daily routine has been sinking in, which is good for the kids. The seem to be doing much better than the first 2 weeks or so. Hopefully in time they'll feel completely at home. Bradyn has made new friends at school, and Brylee gets to be in Bradyns class until next August.

We found a beach on Sunday that is awesome. It's on the atlantic side, which means there're waves and currents. This little portion though is protected by rocks and reef and is super calm. The kids had a blast wading in it. It's really clear, and look forward to snorkeling once I get confident in my swimming abilities. We even had a little fish swim by us when we were in the shallows on the beach. It was pretty cool, and a nice change of beach scenery after spending a few days walking garbage strewn glassy beaches.

School for me is going well. Turns out most of the people in my class are pharmacists and working professionals. I'm trying to keep up with class. I find the economic lessons are easy to understand since I've spent the last two years studying them. The other pharmacy related presentations from other classmates are a bit of another language. I figure I'll give it a good shot, and worst case scenario I can fall back on an MBA or Masters of Biz Administration.

We're doing fine, although our picture camera broke. Don't hope too much for too many new pictures for a few weeks until we figure that one out. I think a new camera here is over $300 for even a cheaper one. Most of that is probably due to taxes. They have no income tax, but they tax the hell out of everything else, unless of course you're a tourist. Screw the local people, and give the tourists a break. That's a strategy that can be debated, but I find it annoying. Maybe I can find a tourist shop with digital cameras, but that seems unlikely. If I could take pictures with rum bottles I'd be in business.

Till next time.

The first Semester

Vet school is going well, as far as I can tell. Jeanann is pretty much stressed out all week, always in a rush, staying out studying all night, and probably learning something. As for the rest of us, I guess it could be worse. We could be doing the same thing we're doing here, only without an ocean view.

I'm a pretty crappy housewife, and my online MS program has began. So far so good. A part of me would like to get to work, but realistically the job market back home still sucks so working on an MS is a good idea. That and I would have a hard time finding work that would compensate more than the cost of both kids daycare... and I'd still be home with them every night all week long while Jeanann was studying vet school somewhere else.

It will be a long couple of years, but in the meantime, there is plenty to take advantage of. It may be difficult considering we're poor!!!, but I'm going to try. I just discovered a path down to the shoreline about 3 houses down from where I live and can't wait to try to fish something out of the ocean tomorrow. That and snorkel. I haven't really really 'snorkeled' yet, but I guess lots of people enjoy it so I will be figuring it out and learning to swim better. It's not as difficult since it's salt water and it's easier to float in.

We lost a bag on the way down here with visa paperwork in it. It's been a pain trying to find ways to accumulate some of these things while worrying about jose lopez travelling back to the states to try to max out our already maxed out credit cards. I figure there'll be a small period of time I'll probably be an illegal alien... I guess that's one thing I can add, and cross off my bucket list. I never expected that! Short of being found out and deported, everything else should be well! Hope some visitors will begin thinking of visiting!

Happy New Year!

We still have no internet, but I thought I'd take time begin the log of St. Kitts.

We finally arrived in St. Kitts! The plane descended down... and then... back up. It re-routed to St. Maarten due to weather. After awhile, we finally arrived in St. Kitts! The plane descended down, and then... back up to St. Maarten. After going through customs there, we got back on the plane and Finally Arrived!!! the plane descended, and then went to Puerto Rico for the night...

And then the next day.... We FINALLY ARRIVED in St Kitts! But we were missing one of our bags which happens to have all of our visa documents, birth certs and other essential information. Which we are still missing at the time I write this. Figuring out how to fix that, if the bag doesn't turn up, will be quite a headache.

Our house here is awesome. It has plenty of room and a nice view. The kids are a bit crazy since they've been spoiled and traveling without any structure all month.. but I think they'll calm down once school starts next week. Jeanann has been spending a lot of time with her fellow new class mates. A few live just around the block, and most seem pretty nice and interesting. It really takes a unique and interesting person to travel across the ocean to attend vet school, and the people we're meeting are pretty cool as far as we can tell.

Thank you to everyone who gave us any help, money, christmas cash... We've used it all up, and are damn near broke. But we have almost everything worked out, and financial aid will be available in a few short days. We couldn't have made it without the help, or may have been considerably more hungry. This experience is truly taxing us to the max, and we appreciate those who have helped us get here, financially and otherwise.

Ross has a few stateside inspectors coming in a week or so to check the school out. If they approve Ross, the foreign entrance exams Jeanann would have had to take will be eliminated. Ross is will be the first foreign vet school to get US approval for this. As the only vet school which is supported by US federal loans, anyone who has any doubt to the quality of her education should take a second look. I can tell you, she's going to be busy...

We'll we should have internet up soon. I'll post some videos and stuff then. Life is picking back up again and we are both keeping busy already. School starts for me online tomorrow... and for Jeanann officially next week. Her 'white coat' ceremony will be broadcast online. I'm not sure the time, but if you google ross university maybe you can find it.