Hold On A Little Longer

Hi Everybody!

I know it's been a while since I've posted but ya'll are going to have to wait a little longer for an update. I'm in the middle of what some students call "hell week" for second semesters. In the past 5 days, I've taken 5 exams - three practicals and two shelf exams. I have three more shelf exams to go plus Mini 3 and then I'm done with semester 2!! Needless to say, I've been extremely busy and will continue to be for the next 9 days. But, I promise to update the blog as soon as I'm done with my exams. I have sooo much to talk about so I'm anticipating a very long post coming up. Here's what I'll be writing about:

- How we spent Thanksgiving

- Shelf exams - what are they? are they part of your grades? how do you study for them?

- Books - people have sent comments asking advice for which books to purchase

- Renting apartments - people have also asked about where they should rent

- Power outages - oy! This has been quite the problem lately.

- The Updated Packing List - now that I've been here for a year, there are many things on my 

   list I didn't need and there are many things I know I couldn't live without. So, I'll give you all 

   my opinion about what you should and shouldn't bring from my packing list.

If there's anything else you'd like to know about coming to Ross or living in Dominica in general, just drop a comment and I'll be sure to respond in a post. Some of you have asked for an updated link to that "Guide to Dominica/Ross" so I've re-posted it below. Like I've said before, I put together this guide BEFORE I came to Dominica. Therefore, there are some parts of the quide that are outdated. I never seem to get around to updating it (because it's quite long) but it should at least give you an idea of what to expect.

Well, wish me luck! I'll be free in 9 days and hopefully heading back home on December 20th as a THIRD semester student! As long as I don't BOMB my upcoming Mini, you will all be hearing about 3rd semester soon enough. :)

UPDATED LINK TO "GUIDE TO ROSS" 

~ When you click on the link, scroll down to the bottom of the page. To download the file, go to where it says "Save File To Your PC: Click here." If the link doesn't work for whatever reason, let me know and I'll correct it.

Re: "Jonesy"

I'm not sure where you purchase barrels online. Since I live in Miami, I am able to buy the barrels directly from the shipping company's warehouse. I don't know where else you can purchase a barrel. I'm assuming you will be sending a barrel to Dominica via Amerijet or DHL? If so, try contacting them about the barrel. Perhaps you can purchase one over the phone and they can send it over. I'm sorry I couldn't give you a better answer. Good luck!