Liming Time

Wow, long time no post! It has been quite a while since I had internet, and quite a bit has happened between the last one and now! First of all I completed my first session of guppy mark-recapture, which is an achievement. It was a great experience- two weeks of guppy fishing and processing. I’m fully in the swing of things here now, I pretty much know the drill and can pretty much do everything now.

One big thing that happened is that we had our first time off. We utilized it well, taking full advantage of three days of relaxation. After work the last day of our mark-recapture we all showered (thank God) and piled in two vehicles (there were ten of us in two super small vehicles that actually were only supposed to fit 9 people) and drove east and then north to a sleepy little town called Grande Riviere where we had made reservations at a little beach-front hotel. The place was perfect; we were the only people there, there were good, comfortable beds with clean sheets and AIR CONDITIONING! The air conditioning was seriously so nice. I was actually cold at night and had to use a blanket. It was the perfect few days, we just hung out on the beach during the day, and limed at night, drinking beers and run drinks made with fresh coconuts. We also invented the Trini version of the Irish car bomb.... the Trini Maxi Bomb. (Maxis are these mini-buses that are sort of like a makeshift public transportation system.) The drink consisted of local Trini favorites--- Mackeson, an OK stout beer, and a shot of half creme de cacao, half White Oak rum. It was pretty awesome. I hope it catches on.... (it's not going to)

We had one more day off after the beach, and utilized it by heading to the mall and seeing a movie and soaking in a last bit of A/C. We saw Dinner for Schmucks. It was awful. seriously the worst movie I have seen in  a really long time. I wanted to walk out at multiple points in time. But it was still fun to see a movie.

And then it was back to work. Not having internet has made me a bit lazy in preparing posts, so I'll have to try a bit harder in order to have some more profound thoughts.