Fun Facts About My Life In St. Kitts

*there is always sand in my bed, even if i haven't been to the beach in 2 weeks
*we call tap water 'giardia water'
*our idea of a funny joke always involves anatomical terms: 'i find that humerus', 'smooth obturator', etc.
*i will never again complain about the milk or gas prices in the U.S.
*people ask me on a daily basis if i am selling my dog, if she is having puppies, and if she is a wolf
*a man standing on the road alone at 6am with a machete is not as scary as a man standing on the road alone at 6am without a machete, because you can't convince yourself that he is just landscaping
*roadkill is much larger here (cows)
*if you have a car built after 1995 everyone oohs and ahhs over how 'new' it is
*dogs sleep in the middle of the road, there are often goats in the hospital parking lot, and just in case you were wondering, roosters don't care what time it is... they crow anyway... and they roam free on the island (ie. potentially your back yard)
*on my way home from turtle monitoring at 4am there are still people out and about, just walking around, hanging around, doing nothing
*if you find a classmate rather annoying, it is not unusual to discover that she is a 'horse person' (99.99% of horse people are women)
*you catch yourself drinking a frozen mango colada on the beach and then realizing it's only 10:30AM
*'light reading' is the Guide to the Dissection of the Dog
*Dorland's medical dictionary is also the best method of killing giant centipedes
*regular old spiders are no longer scary once you've seen a donkey spider
*when i say i'm going to hang out with my dog, i need to specify whether i'm referring to Tundra, or my cadaver in the anatomy lab
*i drink 1.5 liters of water a day, minimum
* Tundra gets an entire tray of ice cubes in her water every time i refill it
* a bottle of vodka in the U.S. that costs $28 also costs $28 here.... in EC (Eastern Caribbean dollars) note: $1US = $2.7EC (ie. alcohol is cheap)
* the mixed breed island dogs are appropriately named 'coconut retrievers'
* hurricanes and tropical storms bring the wind and then suck it all out of the air leaving us with stillness and humidity and giant cockroaches
* it's not enough to have a black cat cross your path, in addition you may also have a chicken and giant centipede... all in one day. what kind of bad luck is THAT?
* speaking of chickens, watch out for the hens with chicks... they run at you and attack you, defending their babies!
* we have 'propane babies' here: people walking around pushing baby strollers with propane tanks in them. i guess a baby stroller is a good way to cart things around.... it's hilarious when you lean over to see someone's child and it's a propane tank!