Crunch Time

Wednesday was a bit of a stressful day. It’s seriously crunch time with our presentation on Friday and our paper due. There is definitely no time to go to the beach, which is really the saddest part of all seeing as it’s only a few minutes walk from where we are staying. This morning we were supposed to meet Urias for a historical tour of St. George’s, but because of the tropical storm it got cancelled. We did however still have to go to the US Embassy midday. We walked about 15 minutes to get there and had to go through security to be let in. Inside the building was pretty small, but it was strangely comforting to see a large picture of President Obama on the wall right next to an American flag. It reminded me that even though we’ve been pretty emerged in Grenadian culture, there is still home waiting for us on a foreign land. After looking around for a few minutes, the US Ambassador for Grenada showed up and sat us down at a large conference table. He told us a little bit about what he is currently working on in Grenada as well as some of the hopes and aspirations that he has for the country and America’s role. It was really interesting to hear him talk about what it has been like for him to live in the country. I don’t know what it would be like to live here full time since it is so different than the US so it intrigues me to hear people’s stories. He was also interested in us and what we were studying in Grenada, so we got to share a few of our favorite moments here on the island so far.

After the US Embassy we headed back to the apartments to get to work. The rest of my day has been spent editing papers and working on our final presentation which is slowly but surely getting to where it needs to be. Last night we went for the last time to Dodgey Dock, a bar right on the water, which was a little sad because it was a reminder that we are leaving in four days.

Today I slept in for one of the last times and went to the beach for an hour. The beach was awfully disappointing today since it was windy and the sand kept blinding me the entire time. And on top of that it was pretty cloudy. So, overall not the best beach experience that I’ve had here thus far. Returning back home meant more work all day. I did get to take a quick break to make some chicken and potatoes with Maggie tonight, my sous chef, but then right back to group work. Tonight we worked on our final presentation for tomorrow including some drumming that we will be doing. Our goal is to finish a 15 minute documentary by tomorrow and then drum to four different songs. We’re getting close, so hopefully we can pull it all together by tomorrow. I’m sure I’ll have a video to post to show our final product (unless we fail miserably, then I might not want to post that anywhere).

The rest of the night will be spent relaxing and preparing for tomorrow’s adventure. Wish me luck! Let’s go Celtics J