The last week and a half...

Hello everyone! Well, the good news is that Ryan and I have MADE IT to Grenada and have found a great apartment. It was sure a pain getting here tho. We have officially decided to never move to Grenada for the First Time ever again.

Tuesday night to Wednesday morning, I had a nasty reaction to my Lortab medicine that I got from the periodontist--vomit, throwing up, puking, dry heaving; I did it all! So poor Ryan was on his own finishing up loose ends.

We made it to New York Wednesday night with out any problems, and I was feeling much better. However, on the flight to the island of Trinidad, the Caribbean Airlines staff wouldn't allow Chewey on the plane. I had neglected to send/file/finish the proper paperwork; it was all my fault. (Mistakes were made, and were all by me.) So Ryan stayed behind in NYC to figure out "Operation Transport Chewey" while I went ahead to Trinidad to meet our 5 suitcases that were already checked. The best solution possible was for Ryan to leave Chewey at a pet boarding place and fly down to Trinidad a couple of days later. So I lived in a motel for a few days living off of dry cereal, Christmas chocolates and caramels, cranberry juice, and KFC. (There was one across the street of the motel.)

Finally, we arrived in Grenada on Sunday. Customs were a (your choice of explicative here) and we were so exhausted by the time we got to the beautiful hotel. We slept from 8-2pm Grenada time, which meant 5-11 am our body's time.

After we found our apartment, we began to hate everything less, ha ha. On the last night in our hotel, we took a walk on the beach at 1 am. It was gorgeous and quiet and private. The ocean is very warm. We laughed, got stung by a little who-knows-what on our feet, and talked about how different the stars were here than in Sugarhouse.

This is such a great place for the senses. The sun is very hot. It rains off and on, and it is soft and short. The soft ocean waves are so relaxing. There is a cricket here that sounds like a fire alarm out of battery, so that is less relaxing. :-)  The orange juice comes in cans, the cheese is rich, and air smells spicy and pleasant. Sigh, it's been quite an adventure!!

Happy Holidays!!

Less Than 3 Weeks Left...

I was walking Chewey yesterday, when I realized that I only have a few weeks left of freezing weather. That was kinda nice. :-) We finished the last episode of Dexter Season 5 last night. It's nice to watch a TV show that takes place in sweltering Miami during December in Salt Lake City.

Well, Grenada (Gren-AY-duh) is an independent country, after the Spanish, English, and French fought over it for years until the English got it until the 1970's. Grenada is a British Commonwealth Nation, which means the island is responsible for its own internal affairs, but Britain will be its defense. It's an island 100 miles north of Venezuela. It is 21 miles long and 12 miles wide, and 133 square miles. The temperature ranges from 75-85 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. It is known as the Spice Capital of the world--they provide 20% of the world's nutmeg. Grenada has great scuba-diving, great snorkeling, and mediocre surfing. The population is 110,000.

A medical degree is 4 years. The first two are academic. The third year is when the students begin their hospital rotations (remember the movie "Patch Adams?") St. George's University cannot support a 3rd-year student population that big, so students are shipped out to affiliated hospitals, most likely the east coast of the U.S. So that's why Ryan and I'll be in Grenada for only 2 years, and then will bounce back into our home country!

We're Moving To Grenada!!!

(Not Spain, the Caribbean Island)

Ryan got accepted to the St. George's University, also known as SGU Caribbean Medical School!! :-) Classes start in January.

"Kiss it Better" really works for me!!

I know it's a placebo effect, but it's funny the things that stay with you entering adulthood.

Ryan and I were goofing around and he accidentally bonked my nose. I knew the bonk wasn't that hard, but MAN! I couldn't believe how sensitive it was! So I instinctively made Ryan "kiss it better," and my endorphins relieved the severity of the pain immediately.

Does anyone else have something like that? Or am I the only weirdo? (Wouldn't be the first time.)  :-)

I think I can officially say this--Ryan is baby hungry.

He has made numerous comments about how cute our babies are going to be, found an online picture of a baby in a Halloween costume and sent it to me, and even became a little choked up once about how he can't wait to have babies with me.

And I said that's great hun, but I don't get it.

(Plus, for those of you who were worried about the dime-sized red-&-swelling spot on my nose's tip, I haven't been drinking too much, haha. I've concluded it's a bug bite.)

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. - Herman Cain

Well Done Sister Suffragette!!

Even though my vote, in the big scheme of things, doesn't do much, I'm sure glad that Susan B. Anthony and all those kick-ass women suffragists changed things to make me able to!

From Wikipedia:
On January 9, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson announced his support of the amendment. The House of Representatives narrowly passed the amendment the next day, but the Senate refused to debate it until October. Because of this, the National Woman's Party urged citizens to vote against anti-suffrage Senators up for reelection in the 1918 midterm elections. Following those elections, most members of Congress were pro-suffrage. On May 21, 1919, the House of Representatives passed the amendment by a vote of 304 to 89 and the Senate followed suit on June 4, by a vote of 56 to 25.


On August 18, 1920, the Tennessee General Assembly, by a one-vote margin, became the thirty-sixth state legislature to ratify the proposed amendment, making it the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On August 26, 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the amendment's adoption.



1920!!! That's only 90 years and a couple of months ago. It's amazing the progress our society has made since. And, those of you who know me, know I'm a huge fan of men, so I'm not going to start man-bashing like some all-too-emotional feminists do. President Wilson declared himself a fan of Amendment 19. It's not men who block our progress, but a strange way of thinking and a refusal, subconscious or no, to be unafraid and think outside the box.

So, I'm also grateful for those who stand up for what they believe in and have the tenacity to see their goals through to the end.

Sister Suffragette Song to Slideshow

Mary Poppins' Sister Suffragette Song with Lyrics