Small Up Yuhself

A follow up to my prior blog.  I begin by showcasing one of my favorite WalMart items - the plastic drawers.  I LOVE plastic drawers for organizing everything.  So, naturally, I went to get some when we arrived.  The conversion rate here is about $127 Jamacian dollars is $1 US.  So that equates to this small stack of drawers costing $45.70!!!   So I decided not to organize my stuff. Let's move on to the fun stuff.  About once or twice a week, I get to drive the windy jungle road to our surgery center.  I had the privilege of operating with a wonderful corneal specialist from Columbus, OH - Dr. Schumer - who taught me the ins and outs of pterygium surgery in Jamaica.  (For those of you that don't know, pterygia are grows on the cornea caused by UV light - so wear sunglasses!!) Driving through the sugar cane fields Small town I always make a pit stop at my favorite "Rasta man" who sells me the best...

Welcome back!  We have now officially been in Jamaica for 1 week.  The first week was crammed with activities.  We started out by lugging our 9 tubs full of stuff to Portland.  I had called the airport ahead of time to confirm the cost of our baggage - Jer gets 3 free bags for being military.  When we went to check in, miracle of miracles, the boarding passes all printed out and said they were free!  What a blessing!  Our kids were awesome on the flights, although not much sleeping happened.  Once finally on island, we spent 2 days recovering from a sleepless night and my parents arrived to help out.  We quickly realized that living in Jamaica is not going to be cheap.  I went to get a set of plastic drawers - the kind usually sold in Walmart.  They are charging $80 USD for them here!  Maybe I can do without...  Work started bright and early Wednesday with a 1.5 hour drive out into the jungle.  On the way, we picked u...