Blogs from Kingston, Jamaica, Central America Caribbean - page 3

I have reached a new phase in my journey as of this morning. I sat at breakfast and did not even try one bite of fish. I briefly thought about it, and then realized... Who am I kidding? I don't like it. I haven't liked it. I'm not going to like it. Moving on. Went into work today, and had our rescheduled meeting...and that was about all that was accomplished today. It was a big day, and not everyone can handle that sort of pressure and responsibility. Luckily Keith and I are intelligent and we do well under stressful circumstances.... read more

If you ever spent your spare time sitting around wondering if I could possibly ever make it big as a professional Cricket player, wait no longer! I am officially the worst Cricket player that ever lived. And Keith isn't too far behind! The game makes very little sense to me. Think bowling mixed with golf and add a touch of baseball...yeah, the confused look on your face is probably something like the one on mine, except I was playing while making that face. (I use the term 'playing' loosely.) Today after work our entire office went to the country directors house up in the hills to play cricket and grill out. His house, the view, the food and drinks were lovely! Other than that it was a pretty uneventful day...breakfast was delish...Rocky didn't have any gas ... read more

I went to bed early last night in hopes of sleeping for an extra few hours to make up for the night before. Although I got more sleep it still didn't prove to be too restful. Got up and had breakfast, something with fish -- so disapointed. Went to work. Met with one of the women that runs the child abuse investigation program and found out that this Friday Keith and I are meeting with one of the Police Youth Clubs to talk to them about Disasters and the effects on children and adolescents. I'm excited and nervous. Did some research to prepare for Friday, and worked on some project proposals. Came home and read Naked by David Sedaris, for some reason I'm not finding this book as funny as his others. Weird. Ate dinner at ... read more

This weekend we decided not to travel. I slept in late. I finished my Africa book. I sat outside on the roof-top patio and got some sun. I watched tv. We walked to the market and bought ice cream. They didn't have Drumsticks, sadly. We got fake drumstick ice cream cones. They were not good. And soggy. We walked to Indies across the street for dinner. Our server wasn't there, sadly. We ordered pizza and were told they didn't have any cheese. I ordered chicken and Keith ordered a BLT sub. His "sub" arrived on a hambuger bun (no sub rolls) and his "bacon" is the British version. Oops! The big outing for the weekend was a 10 min walk over to Devon House (this huge mansion in New Kingston) where they have AMAZING ice cream...it's ... read more

Get up. Turn on the shower. No water pressure. Call, ask them to turn on the pump. Shower and get ready. Walk with Keith down to the ATM. Come back and have breakfast. Steamed veggies with...fish! What a surprise. I used to love the veggies, but last Friday at dinner I was happily eating the veggies when all of the sudden my mouth caught on fire, i couldn't breath or talk and my eyes started watering. Keith asked if I was okay, and I could only shake my head and choke out a "no." It turns out that an insanely hot pepper was put in the veggies and not properly cooked. Needless to say I couldn't taste anything for a few days, and I am a bit scared to now eat the only thing thing for ... read more