Some pictures

As promised, here are a few pictures. They are random!

This is a view from St. Peter Greathouse (see below for more info), which is on a high point and provides fabulous views of St. Thomas and many other Caribbean islands. To the left of the peninsula there is Hull Bay and to the right is Magen's Bay.



This was taken at St. Peter Greathouse, which was a private residence and is now the local botanical gardens and site for weddings and other fanfare. You can tour the house and gardens, which are great, and since this is St. Thomas, they also have free rum punch. :)



This picture was taken during my BVI trip with the nurses. Foxy's is a famous bar on Jost van Dyke and is home to one of the biggest New Year's Eve parties in the world. Foxy is an actual person who, of course, everyone knows!



This is a picture of some of the shops and such on Tortola at the West End. The thing that struck me about Tortola (one of the British Virgin Islands) is that it is hands-down the most brightly colored island I've seen around here yet!

Howdy, People!

Hello! I hope that you are all well and have had a good few weeks. Things have been going well here. My first travel nursing assignment is over. :) As most of you know by now, I have decided to stay on in St Thomas for another 3 months. So many times I would catch myself thinking, "I just can't leave yet." Of course there is a lot of pressure to stay here also, from folks at the hospital, friends here, and locals who truly want visitors to enjoy themselves. I am taking a few weeks off, will resume working early March and my second contract will be over May 31.

I'm not really sure what else to update you on. My last night at the hospital was Friday and I ended up getting sent home early due to overstaffing. Darn! :) Of course I went to Duffy's upon my dismissal and have been mostly relaxing ever since. This is such a party place and it can make for some fun and plenty of good stories. One of the greatest recent pleasures is that I am starting to see familiar faces and acquaintances as I am out and about. People generally spend the evening going from place to place (well, bar to bar) and it's so funny to run into someone at Caribbean Saloon and have them them ask, "So how has it been going since I saw you at Iggie's a few hours ago?" I have met so many nice and interesting people.

So now I have to start thinking about how to spend the second half of my time here. I know that I should go to St. Croix, the only US Virgin Island I haven't been to yet. And of course I will go to Jost van Dyke as many times as humanly possible. Hopefully I will have more visitors from the mainland (hint, hint!). Any other suggestions are welcome!

Well, I need to go tend to laundry and my computer battery is dying, so I will sign off for now. Will be sure to post some pictures asap as requested by Dave & Peter over a week ago... Thanks everyone for checking the blog and for staying in touch in other ways as well. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it and how much it helps.