Bermuda Day and Beach!

Hello all!

Sorry I haven't updated in a little while. I've been busy and relaxing all at the same time. So, since I last posted, I was on my weekend! (Meaning, Tuesday-Wednesday) Tuesday was Bermuda Day, so that was exciting. Basically Bermuda Day is the celebration of the end of the unrest in the 70's in Bermuda. They have a big parade in town and a lot of people spend the day out on their boats. It's fairly similar to the Fourth of July, minus the fireworks. Since I didn't know somebody with a boat, I headed into town to watch the parade. I must admit, the best parts about it were the soca music and the people watching. Before it started they had people dancing the Electric Slide in the streets. I was dancing on the sidelines because I didn't have anyone to watch my stuff, but it was still fun. Then the parade started and it was pretty similar to parades in the US.

Dancing to the Electric Slide

Playing soca music!

I didn't stay for all of it because it was really hot and I had spent 3 hours sitting in the sun. Got some awesome tanlines from that- not. So I caught the ferry back to Dockyard and watched some movies until my roommates got home. The next day I went to the beach and just relaxed. It was a great day, minus my amazing sunburn. I nearly fell asleep lying on my stomach and I'm paying for it. (Note: don't fall asleep or nearly fall asleep laying in the sun!)

So today was my first day back from my weekend, and I almost feel like I'm behind. I was the first one to have a full weekend off so I'm going to kick my butt these next couple of days to catch up to everyone. BUT I did learn A-to-B's today. (I'll just call them ABs from now on). So ABs are how we send a dolphin to another person and receive a dolphin from another person. To send a dolphin, you do a slow, deliberate point away from you, and the receiving individual slaps the surface of the water to call the dolphin to them. Sounds minor, but for us interns, it was really fun, and it's an important part of sessions. It allows us to effectively rotate animals and call them to different areas in different pools. Also, I fed Challenger again. He's growing on me. He doesn't have as much personality as the dolphins do, but I kind of like bonding with him. Except it gets really hot laying on the dock holding the lettuce for him so today I had to lay on a towel. I foresee 'dock hotness' becoming an issue this summer. Stay tuned for that.

Since we live in a private hostel, we have other students coming to live with us. A group of archeology students are moving in this weekend, and I may just go insane. A room. With 12 bunk beds. 4 DQ interns. 8 archeology girls. 4 archeology guys next door. Yeah, I'll probably go crazy. We think they're going to be here for 6 weeks. You'll probably get updates on my annoyance at that as well. Woo.

COCKROACH UPDATE: Had another epic battle last night. The door between the boys and girls' rooms was open, and one scurried in from there. Unfortunately, it took refuge under my bed. We came up with titles for this one. Liz is the sniper, Melissa is cockroach killer extraordinaire, I'm eyes in the sky, and Lindsey is support. So yeah. We scared it under a dresser and Liz got it with the swiffer, which is our designated cockroach killing tool. Nasty.

Anyways, I hope this is enough to satisfy you all until something really exciting happens. I'll try to update more regularly- I just get caught up in my new island life. :) So, if you see my dogs, hug them. I miss the buggers. Later days!