I'm sorry I didn't have my camera on my yesterday---I often carry it down here just in case something interesting or strange happens (which is often down here in the Caribbean). I guess I should start at the beginning.
We had a HUGE exam on Monday. Excluding our finals and standardized exams, this exam covered more information than any other exam I've ever taken. It was a battle, but happily, I think it went okay. I'm never 100% happy with my scores (one can always do better), but all and all I'm proud of my performance, especially in my arch nemesis: Pharmacology.
This semester, we have clinical medicine laboratory days on Tuesday and Thursday and luckily neither Farley or I were scheduled to be in the clinical medicine laboratory or working in the hospital on Tuesday. We had a great day off. There is a new coffee shop that opened a few blocks from campus so we strolled over there to have some ice coffee and read novels. That's right, we got to read for fun rather than school. Next we ran some errands and relaxed at home for a while. It was a hot day for March, even by Caribbean standards, so we decided to head to the pool for a while. Everything was fairly normal on this beautiful day--children were playing, adults were reading novels, listening to I-pods, and talking amongst themselves--then everything changed. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a cow walking around the fence surround the pool. I said to Farley, I sure hope "Betsy" doesn't decide to come in here. I didn't think she would actually be able to get into the pool area because I didn't think she could get through the gate (it is at an odd angle for a cow); however, I was wrong. She easily moo-ved right into the pool area and casually walked right up to the pool for a drink. I don't think she should be drinking the chlorinated water, but heck, I'm not going to argue with a very large cow with horns. Some dumb guy in the pool decided to swim over towards here, which did NOT make Betsy very happy. Now, I don't know about you, but if a large cow with horns (probably weighing over 1200 Lbs) was taking a drink of water, I wouldn't go get in her space. She wasn't too happy and he managed to move our of her way before she showed him who is boss. Next, she decided to go check out the area within the fence (there is a little bit of grass within the fenced area, and she decided to get a snack). This was the time that I said to Farley, we are leaving NOW. By the time we walked the 100 feet back to the apartment and climbed the three flights of stares, she was heading out of the fenced in pool area. I wish I could have taken a picture of her drinking out of the pool. She looked so peaceful and up close, bovine have the most beautiful eyes. However, I wouldn't take her picture that close up--what if the camera flashed and made her mad. I know that cows are rather docile creatures, but I'm sure as heck not going to make a huge animal with horns mad--I'm not that stupid!
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