Peter
celebrates his successful completion of Term 2!
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| May7
- May 13, 2007 |
| This week, we had to renew our vehicle
registration. I thought I'd take you through the process, so you
can see that bureaucracy is everywhere, though it can take on many
different forms! First, you have to get your vehicle inspected. Vehicles are assigned an inspection and registration time based on the license plate numbers, which stay with the automobile and not the owner - as in the States. I went in hoping that Crapzilla would be approved to continue bounding and sqeaking along the streets. I even spruced it up a bit, as appearance is everything. As I slowly rolled along in the que of cars outside the inspection location, I passed one vehicle that must have expired as it waited its turn:  When
it came to be my turn, an officer checked that my blinkers blinked,
headlights and brake lights shone, wipers wiped, and the tires were
treaded. Finally, he looked under the hood. I was advised
to get a
proper bracket to hold down the car battery (apparently wire isn't good
enough,) and that there's an oil leak in the engine...but he'd let me
pass anyway. We made it! The first officer handed me the
following document:
 Which I then took inside so that
another officer could plug the scribbled information onto a printed,
carbon copied form: Finally, I had to
take my copy of the printed, stamped form back outside to the fellow
who inspected my car so that
he could sign it. Done! Now, I could go downtown, offer my
paperwork,
pay for the registration, and get the required sticker! It turns
out there was a delay in actually acquiring the sticker, so we were
without Crapzilla for a few days...which forced us to appreciate our
contraption a bit more!
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Peter
and I opened up the cocoa pod I brought him over the weekend so he
could experience the subtle
smell and taste and gooey mess inside...mmm! Peter soaked in the
new experience,
and then we moved on to a new experiment: ice box cake made out of oreo
cookies (as chocolate wafers are unattainable here.) A bit sugary
- even for me, but Peter will eat oreos in just about any form -
cookie, cake, or ice cream, or all three at once!
 Doling out the goodies. |
On Thursday, we
CELEBRATED Peter's successful completion of another term! Peter
excelled in term 2, which was a tremendous challenge in and of
itself...not to mention all of the work he put into student government
and his dissection selective. Way to go!  Dinner at the Coyaba. |
Friday evening, we
celebrated Peter's completion of the BSCE, an exam testing him on all
of the material he has learned since last August. Whew! We
enjoyed Pizza at Prickley Bay Marina with friends, including first
termers,
who just finished their last final.     After pizza, some folks came over to our place to chat. Then Peter, Josh, and I headed out to an end-of-term party. It was great to see lots of people, many of whom were just showing up as we were getting ready to leave so we could get up early for a full day of birthday fun!  Josh blends in just about
anywhere.        Peter had a great
time getting his silly on after so long of having to be serious all the
time! Here he is posing with his favorite enigma:
  An example of a Grenada roundabout...the one leading into our main road. Two truck tires and a gas cylinder are all it takes! This one got its fancy paint job just before world cricket came to Grenada. |
LIZZY UPDATE!
Peter was delighted when Lizzy introduced him to a new friend! Peter's view.  Heather's view.   Lizzy Lizzy's friend, Lizzy. |
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