Monday, January 14, 2013

Week One...FROM HELL


Usually the first week of a new semester is rough getting transitioned into the new swing of things but this semester was a whole lot different!! Some things I can post here but some things I can’t but in the end of things, I am GLAD that week is over.
Last night as the 4 domemates


On Saturday night, we found out that one of our domemates could no longer stay on the island and was leaving on Sunday.  Thursday morning I was a nervous wreck because my little sister was having ACL surgery.  I know it is a routine surgery but I was still worrying the entire day until she was out of the operating room and awake.  On Thursday afternoon, we were running errands at lunch when 2 men approached us saying the car Taylor bought from a former student was never paid in full so they demanded our information informing us they were going to follow us, find out where we live, and steal the car back.  We had no idea the situation with the previous owner (nor what was the truth).  So after this verbal harassment and threats we spent almost 2 ½ hours dealing with on campus security to try to find out who these men were and how to go about the situation.  Thursday evening we came back to the dome after class to find 3 inches of standing water…the dome had flooded.  It took about 3 hours to get everything cleaned up and luckily there were only a few casualties.  Friday, after a day of LONG classes, we ended up spending almost 4 hours at the local police department filing a report, brining in the person who harassed us, and trying to figure out a solution to the situation.  We are still sleeping a little better at night after talking out the situation with the gentleman but I am still looking over my shoulder once in a while. In addition to the major events, my good $300 sunglasses also broke this week.

With all this going on we were not able to enjoy Semester Olympics this week so Saturday we caught up on studying all day and then were excited to go to Mr. Ross at night.  Mr. Ross is a make beauty pageant that contains 4 different categories (talent, Only in Saint Kitts, Professor Impression, and Animal Planet Show) and is judged by our professors.  The venue was MUCH better this year and I enjoyed the acts by the contestants this year too.  Nick, our 2nd semester representative, did amazing and got truly robbed by placements.  The difficult thing about Mr. Ross is supposed to be a relaxing event where you can kick back, drink some beer and enjoy the embarrassment of the Ross Men but you still have to maintain some professionalism because your professors are still in attendance.  The professors will remember who was the drunk fool, etc….just something for people to think about.  Sadly there were many people in attendance that were becoming WAY too drunk and WAY too sloppy.  Believe me…I am NO grandma (shit I am was in a sorority for 4 years) but there is a time and place for it…and not in front of your professors.  This is just my opinion!!

 Sunday we dropped our domemate off at the airport and said our final goodbyes.  I will truly miss here and hope she stays in touch!!  Sunday night we went out to dinner to celebrate Sam’s birthday and then we all went to bed EARLY.

Needless to say I am happy to say GOODBYE to week one!! I have a quiz on Friday for anatomy this week but besides that I hope it is a calm relaxing week.  In addition, beach volleyball starts this week…LETS GO SETS ON THE BEACH!!!

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