Highlights from the week:
Finally getting into the routine of working out and it feels great. Running by the beach every afternoon is something that's going to spoil me this semester. Also I didn't have to kill my toad in my physiology lab (which was postponed for an hour and a half because of a random power outage? ridiculous) - I only dealt with the dissection on a leg nerve after it was removed from the body, so thank god for that. People here really don't know what they're doing in lab, which is kind of crazy. We had a report in my marine biology class due this week, and out of the 50 people in the lab, only 23 bothered handing in the report. For my invertebrate lab we spent 3 hours outside chasing after and catching bugs. The last two nights we've spent late out at the bars and it's been a whole lot of fun. We found a hot dog stand that sells amazing hot dogs (They taste american! No lamb!) that's on the street outside all of the bars and is open until 3am, which was a huge find. Tonight we're having a bunch of people over to our house for a party which should be great too. I also made a balsamic reduction with steak tips and it is extremely delicious and I'm probably going to eat it for every meal from now on.
Lowlights:
Pineapple season is over! They've all disappeared from the market within a week. I found a fat one tucked away in a corner and bought it for F$6, which is ridiculous but I figured I would pay about the same back home for a fruit that doesn't taste nearly as good. Maybe I'll just have to get my fix with pineapple fanta, which I'm growing more and more obsessed with - specifically being drank out of a can using a straw. Anyways, passionfruit are also gone. So these are sad things, but on the upside, mango and guava are now in season, so I've found new things to be obsessed with.
We're on a cyclone warning for the weekend, which is a little scary but I don't think it's sinking in fully - kind of like with the tsunami, it just doesn't seem like a real thing to be concerned about. We went out this morning and bought some basic food stuff just in case we lose power, but hopefully it won't come to that. We moved all of our mattresses into our living room last night and had a sleepover, and we'll probably do the same thing tonight if it starts pouring rain with violent wind outside. It's been extra humid for the last couple days (I didn't think it was possible), but other than that it's been bright and clear and sunny outside, which is a little disconcerting given that we're supposed to have a hurricane descend upon us at some point in the next 48 hours. We'll see what happens.
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