Tuesday: continued cleaning and unpacking at Seapasture. Dinner guests: Gary and Michele, Susan and Rein, Leslie, and Rick Ishmael (AKA mad scientist)..later our neighbor, Emmet joined us for a rum punch. Bob made falafel, turned out great, with pita, cucumber yogurt sauce and spinach pies. Dessert was pineapple upside down cake, warm out of the oven with local ice cream. The rum punches were just right, too. I am now happy with our recipe! Spent the night in air conditioned splendor.Wednesday: spent all day at Seapasture. Had fun watching Bob and Kenroy try to catch a goat who was due for worming. Kenroy, who believes in miracles, kept exhorting Bob to "LEAP!! LEAP!!" finally I waded in the pasture with my flipflops on, Ava by my side, to lend a hand. I was promptly put in my place by the boss goat, Cassie, who butted me right in the face when I was looking the other way. Just hurt my pride, which was what she intended. Spent the night at the old house, since Ava fell asleep there, and greedily watched three more episodes of Big Love from season one. Just two more to go!Thursday: Shanti and Peaches came by for some playtime with Ava and stayed for dinner. Bean, cheese and rice burritos, fresh avacado lettuce and tomato on the side. The girls were horrified at the lack of animal flesh on the table. Shanti, "I don't eat vegetables!" Ava was scandalized when she figured out that Shanti wasn't kidding. I was scandalized when I realized too late the refried beans were full of LARD!! Gross! I had forgotten they came that way. Partially hydrogenated lard, to add insult to injury.
Friday: Shopping and the beach. Went on the goatwalk with Bob and it was very enjoyable. We trail along the herd: goats, sheep and one donkey, plus the housecat. Bob takes along a small power saw and brings down branches for the flock to devour. Cedar is their favorite. Strolling through the fields we can still see the ocean below. Beautiful!
Saturday: More of the same around Seapasture. Bob took the animals on their afternoon walk and came back without the donkey. We had our neighbor, Emmet, over for dinner. He's from Ireland, and a med student. There are very few picky eaters on this island--and everybody seems so grateful to have somebody else cook for them! It's kind of nice. When I pulled a pan of garlic bread out of the oven Emmet swooned like he'd seen the face of the Virgin Mary appear in his bowl of Rice Krispies. After dinner Ava and I took a flashlight and walked over to give the pig some treats. Almost a full moon, and we stood in the road calling for the donkey. And she appeared! Poor thing was soaking wet, had lost her collar, and her face and rump were scratched up. And she was limping. Who knows what happened. I wish she could talk!
Sunday: No Kenroy today. So the herd got an abbreviated walk in the afternoon. The poor donkey stayed right with us, didn't stray more than ten feet from us. Ava found a dog skull--completely bleached--with three teeth left in it. TREASURE!!
Monday: Nice day at Seapasture. Swam in the ocean with Ava early in the morning then in the afternoon shopped downtown, and visited the new Chinese general store. Ava made friends at the store. Had Rick (mad scientist) and Leslie over for dinner...Leslie flies out tomorrow back to the states. She owns a HUGE house with pool up on the mountain, and flies in to stay in it during the semester breaks. Between breaks she rents it to Professor Gordon Avery and his wife, Penny, our friends, who fly back to their native England during the breaks. Gordon has got to be pushing 80--used to be the chief medical officer on Montserrat--and he is a triathelete here on Nevis. And an avid cricket player/fan. Anyway, Bob made curried eggplant and rice, and it was very good. I made madeleines for dessert, using the organic lemons I had picked earlier in the day. Yum!
And that brings us to today! One full week in the Animal House. We've been brought one litter of newborn puppies, and one injured dog, all of which we were able to shunt off elsewhere, although the puppies will probably come back. Sally and Kelly, two daughters of the Chinese store owners, came for a playdate today. They kept us busy!! They were soooo glad to be out of the store, and came with a bag crammed full of junk food treats from the store. Three hours of pool, ponies, finger painting and barbie, with crumbs flying everywhere the whole time: cheez chips, mini ritz crackers with cheez, marshmallow lollipops, tea cookies, ginger snaps, mentos, chocolate chip cookies, gum, I lost track of it all, more crap than Ava's seen in a lifetime, down the hatch in one afternoon. Next time--and they worked very hard to set up a next time for tomorrow, but I barely slowed the car down when I dropped them back off--next time, no snacks from the store!
And now Ava and Bob are back from the goat walk, and we're off to Shirley's Beach Bar to welcome some incoming faculty. I'd better go do something with my hair, cuz it looks like I've already at the beach bar for an all-nighter. I remember being welcomed by the faculty on my first visit to the island. I've come to enjoy the glazed look that the newcomers have. Yes, it's this hot all the time, yes, people drive on the wrong side of the road, yes, you will feel like you've been robbed at gunpoint every time you leave the grocery store, no, you're not allowed to run over the sheep in the road even if they don't move out of the way, and YES, isn't it just beautiful here! Cheers!!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Seapasture, here we don't come!
Well, that didn't work out. Spent a very hot afternoon getting kitchen cabinets and countertop organized, bedroom closets and drawers organized. Only one fan in the house--I have seen it working but neither Bob nor I could get it to turn on--and no breeze through the windows. I got so overheated I got in the pool with Ava while Bob was walking the goats. I couldn't even get into a bathing suit I was soooo sticky.
All day we aired out Bedroom 1, which reeked of cigarette smoke. Bob said it wasn't like that before, so we figure Marty must have spent the whole night in there chain-smoking and packing. I could tell that by bedtime it would still be unbearable. Smells bother me--once over here the smell of detergent on the sheets woke me up and kept me awake until I figured out what it was!
Bedroom 2 has a rip in the screen on the window right at the head of the bed. The cats use it to enter and exit the house. They hunt lizards. Say no more.
Ava and I packed our prissy selves up and came back here, where there is a strong breeze ripping through the house, lotsa fans, and a barrier between us and the great outdoors all night long. AND I got to watch another three episodes of BIG LOVE that Bob has downloaded for me.
Bob will fix the screen today while I swiffer the walls and wash the curtains of Bedroom 1. We have invited two other couples over for dinner tonight so there will also be shopping and cooking. Ava's been out in the yard stalking a small family of cattle --not often we find cows lolling and grazing inside our fence--and climbing on top of the jeep, which she is NOT supposed to do but by ignoring that I bought a few minutes on the computer.
Happy Tuesday, all!
All day we aired out Bedroom 1, which reeked of cigarette smoke. Bob said it wasn't like that before, so we figure Marty must have spent the whole night in there chain-smoking and packing. I could tell that by bedtime it would still be unbearable. Smells bother me--once over here the smell of detergent on the sheets woke me up and kept me awake until I figured out what it was!
Bedroom 2 has a rip in the screen on the window right at the head of the bed. The cats use it to enter and exit the house. They hunt lizards. Say no more.
Ava and I packed our prissy selves up and came back here, where there is a strong breeze ripping through the house, lotsa fans, and a barrier between us and the great outdoors all night long. AND I got to watch another three episodes of BIG LOVE that Bob has downloaded for me.
Bob will fix the screen today while I swiffer the walls and wash the curtains of Bedroom 1. We have invited two other couples over for dinner tonight so there will also be shopping and cooking. Ava's been out in the yard stalking a small family of cattle --not often we find cows lolling and grazing inside our fence--and climbing on top of the jeep, which she is NOT supposed to do but by ignoring that I bought a few minutes on the computer.
Happy Tuesday, all!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Seapasture, here we come!
Monday, August 20th
Today we say good bye to Marty, who is following her husband to Grenada where he will teach medicine and study veterinary medicine. We officially begin our care of the animals at Seapasture, home of the Nevis Humane Society, as well as the two that we bring with us, Bob's cat, Sidecar, and the puppy we are keeping for a student during the break, Vinny. Vinny follows me everywhere, and is asleep right now with his head draped over my foot. They come with these cute tricks built in, so we don't pull their ears off for peeing on the floor. So far it has worked for Vinny, but I'm making no promises.
Each month we get $450EC from the Society account to buy grain, condensed milk, cat food and the like for the animals. The pig belongs to a neighbor, so we just give him our food scraps for free! Last week we unloaded seven goats at the very impressive estate of the mad scientist (whose lab finally passed through customs, yeah! except for the chemicals! awww.) and four went to market, presumably to end up on the table. We have one employee, a 14-year-old named Kenroy, who helps walk the remaining goats/sheep/donkey and keeps the yard cleaned up.
First things to change: no sheep or donkey living in the front yard (although we'll ALWAYS have to wear shoes outside) and no cats on the kitchen counter. Marty showed me the watering bowl that stays on the kitchen counter, and I thought, "nooooooo!". However, even after I lower the feline feeding station to the ground, the cats won't feel the least bit obligated to stay on or near the floor. They nap on top of the kitchen cabinets, and on the shelves of all the closets that have curtains instead of doors. It's weird, because unless you hunt for them, you don't see ANY cats anywhere, except Sakopuss (sp?) who came with the house. He lounges around on the furniture like a proper cat. He has the HUGEST underbite--both of his lower canines (felines?) are visible ALL THE TIME. They're like tusks. Upside-down tusks.
There's a tiny pool, hot-tub sized, at Seapasture, attached to the porch. Ava adores it. She wanted to swim in it every day until she discovered the pool at the Mad Scientist's house. His pool is much larger, and she can't touch the bottom anywhere, but adding to the charm is the FREE MONKEY SHOW every afternoon at 5pm. The island monkeys frequent the yard on their daily outing to the mango trees around the pool area. They are amazing to watch up close, and they watch us, too. We watch them watching us, and so on. So far it hasn't gotten old. But Rick (the Mad Scientist) isn't as crazy about them because of....MONKEY POOP!
But that's the way of Nevis. Lotsa animals. Lotsa poop.
Well, gotta pack my bag for our first overnight at Animal House. We're not doing any extensive moving since we'll have both houses until the end of the year. Speaking of moving, did I mention Alden moved into his dorm on Saturday? I wasn't there but he had plenty of help from Robert and my mom and sister, Emily. They even made a run to the SuperK for a wok and a fan.
Also, thanks to all who wrote to ask about Hurricane Dean. We just got wind and rain from that event, so a good warm up for the hurricane season. Other highlights of the past few days: dinner at Nisbett Plantation (very swanky, thank you, Mad Scientist!) and cocktails at home with Gary and Michele, married, he a teacher, she a student at the medical school, both nudists. We ALWAYS honk as we drive up! Great rum punch with a gorgeous view of St. Kitts across the water.
Have a great week!
Love,
Rachel
Today we say good bye to Marty, who is following her husband to Grenada where he will teach medicine and study veterinary medicine. We officially begin our care of the animals at Seapasture, home of the Nevis Humane Society, as well as the two that we bring with us, Bob's cat, Sidecar, and the puppy we are keeping for a student during the break, Vinny. Vinny follows me everywhere, and is asleep right now with his head draped over my foot. They come with these cute tricks built in, so we don't pull their ears off for peeing on the floor. So far it has worked for Vinny, but I'm making no promises.
Each month we get $450EC from the Society account to buy grain, condensed milk, cat food and the like for the animals. The pig belongs to a neighbor, so we just give him our food scraps for free! Last week we unloaded seven goats at the very impressive estate of the mad scientist (whose lab finally passed through customs, yeah! except for the chemicals! awww.) and four went to market, presumably to end up on the table. We have one employee, a 14-year-old named Kenroy, who helps walk the remaining goats/sheep/donkey and keeps the yard cleaned up.
First things to change: no sheep or donkey living in the front yard (although we'll ALWAYS have to wear shoes outside) and no cats on the kitchen counter. Marty showed me the watering bowl that stays on the kitchen counter, and I thought, "nooooooo!". However, even after I lower the feline feeding station to the ground, the cats won't feel the least bit obligated to stay on or near the floor. They nap on top of the kitchen cabinets, and on the shelves of all the closets that have curtains instead of doors. It's weird, because unless you hunt for them, you don't see ANY cats anywhere, except Sakopuss (sp?) who came with the house. He lounges around on the furniture like a proper cat. He has the HUGEST underbite--both of his lower canines (felines?) are visible ALL THE TIME. They're like tusks. Upside-down tusks.
There's a tiny pool, hot-tub sized, at Seapasture, attached to the porch. Ava adores it. She wanted to swim in it every day until she discovered the pool at the Mad Scientist's house. His pool is much larger, and she can't touch the bottom anywhere, but adding to the charm is the FREE MONKEY SHOW every afternoon at 5pm. The island monkeys frequent the yard on their daily outing to the mango trees around the pool area. They are amazing to watch up close, and they watch us, too. We watch them watching us, and so on. So far it hasn't gotten old. But Rick (the Mad Scientist) isn't as crazy about them because of....MONKEY POOP!
But that's the way of Nevis. Lotsa animals. Lotsa poop.
Well, gotta pack my bag for our first overnight at Animal House. We're not doing any extensive moving since we'll have both houses until the end of the year. Speaking of moving, did I mention Alden moved into his dorm on Saturday? I wasn't there but he had plenty of help from Robert and my mom and sister, Emily. They even made a run to the SuperK for a wok and a fan.
Also, thanks to all who wrote to ask about Hurricane Dean. We just got wind and rain from that event, so a good warm up for the hurricane season. Other highlights of the past few days: dinner at Nisbett Plantation (very swanky, thank you, Mad Scientist!) and cocktails at home with Gary and Michele, married, he a teacher, she a student at the medical school, both nudists. We ALWAYS honk as we drive up! Great rum punch with a gorgeous view of St. Kitts across the water.
Have a great week!
Love,
Rachel
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Macaroni and Hurricane Watch
Well, another sunny day here in Nevis. I must be getting used to the heat, because several times I have found myself doing something without first having pointed one or more fans directly at me. Ava continues to be blissfully ignorant of the heat, and complains if the fan blows right on her because it, as she says, "moves my hair around."
This last week: No swimming for Ava due to an ear ache. She's been rock climbing (4-year old version: horizontal rock pile) and goat walking, and met another local girl her age, Nashanti. Ava calls her Shanti, because that's easy for her to remember. One of Nashanti's sister's names is Peaches :-) Her dad is our car mechanic, Surpriser.
We had our book club meeting (over two hours long! Almost 5 minutes of which was devoted to the book I didn't read! no prob!) --10 white ladies sitting around eating snacks and talking! I picked up some good info on island living. I borrowed and read A Thousand Splendid Suns which was awesome!
We had a potluck dinner for the faculty--we and our neighbor, Pat, doing most of the cooking, although just about everybody brought something. Winner of the Grossest Dish Award: Dr. Susan K. with her Sweet Macaroni Salad with pasta, sweetened condensed milk, raisins, canned fruit cocktail and cheese cubes. Said the recipe was from the Philippines!
Also went to the graduation ceremony for the Summer '07 class of the medical school. Well, they're not finished, but they were awarded their white lab coats and they will be heading to the States for their residencies. The graduation was held at the Four Seasons and the hors d'oeuvres afterwards were wonderful!
So I guess we might get some weather this weekend from Tropical Storm Dean:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/083540.shtml?5day#contents
At the Animal House they are laying in grain, canned milk (for the bottle-fed babies) (goats) and batteries. Over here we'll just pull in the stuff from the porch and close the windows. I wonder if the chickens will blow away!
Oh, and a quick shout out to my sister, Amanda, who was able to touch the hand of her idol, Michael Buble, without causing too much embarrassment to the family, and to my mother who successfully published her first book! Congrats, you two!!
Today Ava and I will go check on our seedlings and hit the beach again. We miss you all!
Rachel
This last week: No swimming for Ava due to an ear ache. She's been rock climbing (4-year old version: horizontal rock pile) and goat walking, and met another local girl her age, Nashanti. Ava calls her Shanti, because that's easy for her to remember. One of Nashanti's sister's names is Peaches :-) Her dad is our car mechanic, Surpriser.
We had our book club meeting (over two hours long! Almost 5 minutes of which was devoted to the book I didn't read! no prob!) --10 white ladies sitting around eating snacks and talking! I picked up some good info on island living. I borrowed and read A Thousand Splendid Suns which was awesome!
We had a potluck dinner for the faculty--we and our neighbor, Pat, doing most of the cooking, although just about everybody brought something. Winner of the Grossest Dish Award: Dr. Susan K. with her Sweet Macaroni Salad with pasta, sweetened condensed milk, raisins, canned fruit cocktail and cheese cubes. Said the recipe was from the Philippines!
Also went to the graduation ceremony for the Summer '07 class of the medical school. Well, they're not finished, but they were awarded their white lab coats and they will be heading to the States for their residencies. The graduation was held at the Four Seasons and the hors d'oeuvres afterwards were wonderful!
So I guess we might get some weather this weekend from Tropical Storm Dean:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/083540.shtml?5day#contents
At the Animal House they are laying in grain, canned milk (for the bottle-fed babies) (goats) and batteries. Over here we'll just pull in the stuff from the porch and close the windows. I wonder if the chickens will blow away!
Oh, and a quick shout out to my sister, Amanda, who was able to touch the hand of her idol, Michael Buble, without causing too much embarrassment to the family, and to my mother who successfully published her first book! Congrats, you two!!
Today Ava and I will go check on our seedlings and hit the beach again. We miss you all!
Rachel
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Cooking Lessons
Well, let's see. I have finished several books but threw in the towel on the military history of Anguilla. I'll do a quick session on Wikipedia before the book club meeting, and FAKE IT!! I'll wear my tee-shirt that says, "I'm here for the booze." That way nobody will expect too much in the way of literary criticism.
I turned 43 on Tuesday! I think I'll celebrate with a facial at the Four Seasons next time I have the chance. Try to undo some of the damage from all the sun, salt and sand. Bob's teaching break starts next week, so that should be a good time to get out of the house.
We'll be moving into the Animal House in 10 days --mostly it's known as Seapasture--and Ava and I are excited about the pig. We've made friends with it (not sure if it's a boy or girl) by bringing it treats every day. He's sooo cute! And it will eat anything and LOVE it, even raw onions. Ava and I have had fun putting together barfy bags of scraps and leftovers and wondering if there's anything the pig might reject. So far, no. It's so satisfying. Like cooking a wonderful meal for an adoring husband who appreciates your culinary skills, except without all the cooking. Toss some crap in a bag and bingo! New best friend. Watch out, Bob! Speaking of cooking lessons, the maid that comes with Seapasture is an excellent cook and is going to teach me how to make vegetarian roti! I Am So Excited About That. (And about having a maid, too)
My seeds have sprouted--a couple weeks and I'll start the process of transplanting the seedlings to larger pots and slowly killing them. Very exciting.
I'm posting a picture of Ava rinsing off yesterday at Herbert's Beach, clutching her treasures to her chest. They're rocks--is anybody surprised?
Hope you are surviving the HEAT WAVE and are thankful for every moment of Air Condititioning that graces your lives.
See y'all soon,
Rachel
I turned 43 on Tuesday! I think I'll celebrate with a facial at the Four Seasons next time I have the chance. Try to undo some of the damage from all the sun, salt and sand. Bob's teaching break starts next week, so that should be a good time to get out of the house.
We'll be moving into the Animal House in 10 days --mostly it's known as Seapasture--and Ava and I are excited about the pig. We've made friends with it (not sure if it's a boy or girl) by bringing it treats every day. He's sooo cute! And it will eat anything and LOVE it, even raw onions. Ava and I have had fun putting together barfy bags of scraps and leftovers and wondering if there's anything the pig might reject. So far, no. It's so satisfying. Like cooking a wonderful meal for an adoring husband who appreciates your culinary skills, except without all the cooking. Toss some crap in a bag and bingo! New best friend. Watch out, Bob! Speaking of cooking lessons, the maid that comes with Seapasture is an excellent cook and is going to teach me how to make vegetarian roti! I Am So Excited About That. (And about having a maid, too)
My seeds have sprouted--a couple weeks and I'll start the process of transplanting the seedlings to larger pots and slowly killing them. Very exciting.
I'm posting a picture of Ava rinsing off yesterday at Herbert's Beach, clutching her treasures to her chest. They're rocks--is anybody surprised?
Hope you are surviving the HEAT WAVE and are thankful for every moment of Air Condititioning that graces your lives.
See y'all soon,
Rachel
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Squids, Bingo and Anguillans in Rowboats
Well. here we are. Another day in paradise, right? Alden and Mary leave tomorrow morning. I think they have had a very good visit. They went to the beach just about every day, and went on various hikes to ruins, historical homes, bat cave, etc. They've gotten to see a great deal of the flora and fauna Nevis has to offer: bats, humming birds, crabs, fish, pelicans, doves, frigate birds, cattle egrets, a school of squid, monkeys, donkeys, goats, sheep, cattle, cats, dogs, all kinds of exotic tropical plants and Alden's favorite tree, the coconut palm. They even had a midnight excursion to watch a sea turtle laying her eggs, right up close. Not bad! Oh, and let's not forget the buhzillion ants that march shamelessly through this house day and night. We've all learned not to lean on the walls. Alden shot a piece of video of a three-legged goat to amuse his friends with, and happened to catch this goat drinking the urine of another goat! You'd think he'd won the lottery! He and Mary burned a path to the computer to get this piece of pure gold onto YouTube. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL3pnb6XRM0
This last week I set out about 400 seeds to sprout, lots of tomatoes, peppers, lettuces and greens, herbs and watermelon. We'll see what grows. No, this doesn't represent any new horticultural interests, just a desire to eat food that hasn't been sprayed with chemicals or shipped from the opposite corner of the earth. I'm lucky to be able to use the greenhouse at the medical school for this project, and the groundskeeper is even watering everything for me until the time comes to start transplanting! His name is Mike, and I can understand about every other word he says, but I imagine and hope this is the uphill of a learning curve.
Ava's had one playdate since we've been here, certainly not up to her standards! So she's been driving us all a little nuts, and we've all put in a turn playing ponies with her (pure torture) and have had several family ZINGO BINGO tournaments (thanks, Brenda and Solomon!!) that were fairly competitive.
Also slightly challenging has been the loss of water (one whole day) then the sudden emptying of our propane tank before a four-day weekend (they have lots of weird holidays here) which means no cooking on the stove or in the oven (oooh, goodie, rice cooker surprise again!) and to top it all off, loss of electricity COMBINED with no propane. Which means no microwave, toaster oven, rice cooker or the usual appliances. You can or maybe cannot imagine what dinner was like that night.
What else...I made the mistake of joining a book club without prescreening it. Who knew?? The current book isn't in print, and there are only two copies circulating amongst the members. I was given one of the copies a little too enthusiastically by one of the members who hasn't even read it, and now I know why. Because of the short supply of books, and only 6 more days until the meeting, I have only two nights to read it, and I fall asleep every time I try. Crap!! It's a, sigh, it's a military history of Anguilla. It was written in the early '70's. Wake up, I won't tell you any more. I've never been in a book club before but sheesh!! Aren't they supposed to be...fun??
So, the competition for the computer has been fierce, even with Alden having his laptop It should get better. I miss you all! And now, for a flashback to highschool history, I must away to my veryfun reading assignment. Sleep is not far away.
Rachel
PS, Alden informs me that the cat brought a rat into the house and ate only the top half of it. I have to get rid of the bottom half of it (gulp) which has a seven inch tail, I swear-to-god. Sleep now very far away.
Ugh.
This last week I set out about 400 seeds to sprout, lots of tomatoes, peppers, lettuces and greens, herbs and watermelon. We'll see what grows. No, this doesn't represent any new horticultural interests, just a desire to eat food that hasn't been sprayed with chemicals or shipped from the opposite corner of the earth. I'm lucky to be able to use the greenhouse at the medical school for this project, and the groundskeeper is even watering everything for me until the time comes to start transplanting! His name is Mike, and I can understand about every other word he says, but I imagine and hope this is the uphill of a learning curve.
Ava's had one playdate since we've been here, certainly not up to her standards! So she's been driving us all a little nuts, and we've all put in a turn playing ponies with her (pure torture) and have had several family ZINGO BINGO tournaments (thanks, Brenda and Solomon!!) that were fairly competitive.
Also slightly challenging has been the loss of water (one whole day) then the sudden emptying of our propane tank before a four-day weekend (they have lots of weird holidays here) which means no cooking on the stove or in the oven (oooh, goodie, rice cooker surprise again!) and to top it all off, loss of electricity COMBINED with no propane. Which means no microwave, toaster oven, rice cooker or the usual appliances. You can or maybe cannot imagine what dinner was like that night.
What else...I made the mistake of joining a book club without prescreening it. Who knew?? The current book isn't in print, and there are only two copies circulating amongst the members. I was given one of the copies a little too enthusiastically by one of the members who hasn't even read it, and now I know why. Because of the short supply of books, and only 6 more days until the meeting, I have only two nights to read it, and I fall asleep every time I try. Crap!! It's a, sigh, it's a military history of Anguilla. It was written in the early '70's. Wake up, I won't tell you any more. I've never been in a book club before but sheesh!! Aren't they supposed to be...fun??
So, the competition for the computer has been fierce, even with Alden having his laptop It should get better. I miss you all! And now, for a flashback to highschool history, I must away to my veryfun reading assignment. Sleep is not far away.
Rachel
PS, Alden informs me that the cat brought a rat into the house and ate only the top half of it. I have to get rid of the bottom half of it (gulp) which has a seven inch tail, I swear-to-god. Sleep now very far away.
Ugh.
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