General update

Hi!  I'm noticing that it's been almost a couple weeks since my last post.  I can't blame it on being busy really.  I had a rather light week last week which was good because Steph came to visit me, yeah!  I love having visitors.  One of the many reasons is that it's fun to see my islands afresh through their eyes and it helps me to really appreciate what a great opportunity it is to be here.  The only bad part is when my visitors leave, and that is especially true with Steph.  Miss you.

The talk about town now is generally focused on Halloween.  It's a big holiday here.  Any holiday that can possibly involve a party and adult beverages is a big holiday here.  There are costume contests at several places.  Duffy's theme is red, white, and blue for the election.  

I have finally bought an island car!  Yeah!  Greg described it as red, runs well, and holds 5 drunks comfortably.  All true!  I like to notice islandisms, or "only in the islands" situations and decided to start pointing them out on the blog.  In this case, it's that only in the islands does "cleaning out the car" mean removing the empty beer bottles and "to go" shot glasses your friends have left behind...

I also love to notice the language differences here and have pointed out a few in the  past.  One recent phrase that I enjoyed hearing was, "It ain't nothin to hurt your head over, Jenkins."  Which can be translated as, "it's nothing to worry about."

Well, I better get to sleep.  It is a busy work week for me.  I will post again soon.  I haven't snapped the first photo since I've been back (except with my phone), so will have to resurrect an old one to at least post something pretty and keep you all interested.  Hope you all are well...