Sorry for my delay in posts lately.. second took over my life. I am pretty sure I have never been more exhausted in my life. March crammed us with exam after exam and as of today we only have only 10 days until our first final. Study time is running out so I wanted to post now before all hell breaks loose. Not only was March crazy busy with one week having 3 exams in it at once but I always find myself volunteering myself for all sorts of things during these time frames. This week me and my 3 friends made 50 lbs of pulled pork for our semester bake sale and in the same day I fed over 150+ people for the Josh Project Cook Off. I literally cooked for 24 straight hours. Each was a success and I even took home the first-runner up spot in the cook-off. I try to balance school work with other things so my brain won't completely crap out on me. I even was elected fundraising chair for next semester so I am super excited to help my class raise tons of money for our 7th semester banquet. For those who don't know what that is, it's a huge party each semester has right before they leave the island. It basically celebrates the end of their time here and we spend all 7 semesters trying to raise money for it by selling shirts and doing bake sales so I am excited to be in that position for my class.
I have been so swept up in this semesters I can't even believe how quickly it has flown by (which I am happy it is). In just 3 weeks, I will be home! Without my pups though :( my friend is pet sitting and I will miss them terribly. But I am kind of glad to go home especially after what happened 2 nights ago. Before coming to St. Kitts I had heard stories about break-ins and robberies and definitely was scared of getting my stuff stolen. I had heard that St. Kitts has an issue with petty theft and people trying to steal stuff just to make a quick buck and most of the time that stuff ends up coming from students. What I have come to realize is that your stuff can all be replaced but your life cannot. Around 8 PM on Thursday our friends who live up the road called us screaming that someone had been shot in front of their house. Now being so close to them I heard a few loud shots go off a little before they called but living so close to the Marriott I just thought it was fireworks because they shoot them off sometimes. What I did not realize at the time is that those were gun shots and not fireworks. Completely panicked my roommate and I locked all windows and doors until we got some more info on what was going on. Living in Manahawkin stuff like this just DOESN'T happen and with a murder taking place right up the road from us I was a little terrified. When my roommate and I were picking an apartment we just wanted to feel safe and I really did feel safe in our area. I would walk outside at night with my dogs and no one ever bothered me; I always felt safe. Now these last two days I feel just an overwhelming sense of panic but do feel a little better with the amount of police and Ross security who are patrolling our entire area. The sad part about this all is that a man lost his life that night and although I only saw him when we stopped by our friends house because he lived next door his kids will no longer grow up with a father and his wife will have to raise their kids alone. The investigation is ongoing right now but as far as I am concerned I won't feel better until someone is caught. Here is the article about the murder:
http://www.sknvibes.com/news/newsdetails.cfm/86457
