Scooterin' in the Rain

It rains and you get wet is one of the simple truths of life, but what about the other variations. for instance it rains and you ride your scooter and you get drenched. not just a little damp but to the skin soaking dripping wet. Ok, thats what happened today. I dropped STeve off at school today and we were so lucky cause we barely got sprinkled on, but my luck is lets say pretty stinkin' awful. 1 block away from the school and it was coming down so hard that I was already completely soaked through. by the time I was halfway home My sunglasses we're covered in water making visibility pretty rough and my contacts kept sliding on my eyes making me blink a lot so I couldn't see much at all. All I could think of was getting home. I don't want to sit out the rain huddled shivering under a tree that wouldn't have sheltered me anyway and then the scooter probably wouldn't have restarted so the best bet was back roads and just keep on truckin'. I made it if that isn't already apparent and I probable made puddles in the elevator and the hall and in the couple of spots I hung my clothes to dry. One of these days I'll go with my gut feeling and just wait out the rain. That was my initial thought when I was dropping Steve off, but I tend to just keep on moving without thinking and there is the trouble so I guess I can get what I deserve. Anyway I now am grateful for dry clothes and being on an island cause it warms up here fast.

Can you fix it? No but I have a phone.

So once again the Scooter is broken. Yeah big shocker. So I always just assume that when I hear a popping noise when I accelerate and that there's a rattling noise like the whole engine is being dragged across the road its bad. Of course its always better to put the stand up before you drive off but in the end that wasn't the noise I was hearing. Also I am just not strong enough or something to pull the scooter off its stand. It was super embarrassing when I tried cause the guy fixing it was watching and I burned my leg on the the pipes under it. awkward. So in the end it was good cause its fixed but I never know how much these things are supposed to cost and the guy wouldn't give me a price. He just keeps asking me what I think is good. How should I know? So I threw out a number and I'm still not sure if I over-payed him a lot or if I severly under-payed him. Oh well I'll just hope the scooter is fixed forever and that we don't have to go to him again so I won't have to pay more without a good price. I'm so ready for being back in the states. They give you estimates and its already set. Not a big deal I think.

Bowlarama

I know what you're thinking (thats right I'm psychic and good looking!) We're here for Medical School. You should be studying. Oh wait I'm not. I'm just playing while Steve studies. We have a bowling alley. So so great. I'm not an amazing bowler. Even though I took lessons (no mocking) and my thumb got stuck in the ball on release. Yep I dented the floor. But bowling is fun It doesn't matter if you can't stay consistent. I mean I know I have the skill required to bowl a strike but my mind and arm don't seem to be speaking so I end to be hit and miss. The only experience I can think of when bowling wasn't fun was a forced double date at 16 with a creepy guy who was younger than me and friendly then I can appreciate. When you're that nervous its gets a bit warm and sweaty! So to segue back to the topic. A group of us went bowling and it was a blast. we went one day just the girls and kids, but then we came back dragging the guys. which wasn't hard, since insanity is easy if you don't take a break sometimes. we had to watch out for kids when you bowl cause walking into them or hitting them with a ball could be slightly tramatic, but I just love to be bowling. The only thing that could make this alley better would be black lights and a disco ball. I love civilization. If I didn't say so before there really is something to be said about being in normal place to live. Well as normal as this crazy school lets us!

Tam I Am

I just like to post pictures of us together, cause they don't happen so often. Of course there are all the wedding pics but we haven't even seen all those yet. Thats what happens when you high tail it to an island right after the wedding. At least we got to see the snow for a bit before we left. I even got to try out snowboarding for a day. I have to say I suck but its not unexpected on a 1st time. I was lucky I had Steve patiently teaching me even when I was frustrated and Hannah hanging with me when we were so so freezing. It was in the negatives there or maybe just really close either way I was so cold. And after the wedding we went to Park City and just rested from our vacation. It was so pretty up there. I love the beautiful snowy lodges and when the snow falls its magical. Park City really is great. I can see why the stars make their way there. I even saw Paris Hilton there. Crazy! Anyway I guess I'm just rambling and trying to say I miss the Snow and the autumn. I miss seeing the beautiful leaves change color. My friends in Salt Lake and me started driving up past Park City and taking pictures of all the beautiful countryside up there. They have all these little swiss looking villas. Its like you're in the alps. Love it. I can't wait for (Hopefully) Michigan and the Snow. I don't care if I turn into a popsicle. I want snow and snow music. (I know thats not a genre but I have my own definition of it) I started driving in the avenues above Salt Lake when it snowed so I could see all the beautiful houses in the snow and I would listen to Frou Frou, Imogen Heap, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, and some chirstmas music. It was magical and I always felt like nothing bad could happen when it was like that. I LOVE SNOW!

Wind Up Toy Race

So every time I see a wind up toy I remember the episode of Friends when they race the wind up toys to see who has to stay with Emma. I love it when the dog just barks and flips and makes Chandler and Monica lose. So so funny. So I've wanted to try this out for so long and finally I was in the vicinity of enough wind up toys to make it happen. Ok, so what. I was at a 2 year old's birthday party. kinda silly huh? but I even got the kids to get excited about it for a bit and we raced. I can't even remember who won, but it sure wasn't the frog who just leans over and then flips. The chickens were unpredictable cause they just hop all over and not necessarily forward. The caterpillar was the best. Not super fast but coulda walked a straight line drunk. Now its fun to find new wind up toys. My friend Geno and I found a crab who puts his claws pinchers down and slowly scoots sideways. Pretty awesome. I love simple pleasures they always make more fun than elaborate plans. Now I can cross wind up toys off my list of things to do before I die!

Jazzy Fireworks

This is the 4th of July not in the US. Totally not as good, but life goes on. I decided to make burgers and potatoes and pie and then we walked around Port Lucaya. When we got there they were shooting off fireworks and they were pretty sad puny fireworks. We were not impressed. and then we went in to the band stand and it was crowded and they were playing crazy annoying Caribbean groove music. We walked and finally ended up in front of a hotel that looks in to the port full of boats. And lucky us we found a really good classy jazz group playing. They were so good and after they played they set off an actual fireworks show. very pretty and no bad for out of the country.

The Timid Asparagus

So yet another sunday goes by and this time we found this awesome abandoned house. That seems to happen a lot here. since the hurricanes, a lot of houses were left unfinished and there are a lot of damaged roofs. I also noticed that near our house there are tons of coul de sacs that have nothing in them just a dusty overgrown nothing around those circles. This is such a pretty building here.

We found a giant asparagus. I really haven't the slightest what this thing is but it is a really weird lookin' plant to be that big.

I realized that when I posted pictures of our apartment that I forgot to show the outside of our building. Its kinda funny cause the whole place sucked us in. We thought it was going to be so great and nice. We got here and it was really run down and under construction. They are repairing all the balconies. This week they got to our row. So I hate talking to workers. They always always try to hit on you and stare a lot. so today they came to our balcony and the windows were open. They stayed there for a really long time. And one of the windows doesn't have a screen and they were on both balconies and so I was stuck at our counter hiding behind the wall cause I was still in my pj's and I didn't want them to stare or chat. It was awkward and I guess I could have left but the windows were open I started to get paranoid about sttealing even though its unlikely. All in all it was such an awkward morning and stuffy and uncomfortable. Next time I'm invisa-girl.