The next decade....what's in store?

This is why I love Grenada

I had my day off today. Couple of things were on the agenda.

1. Watch Rosie O'Donnell on The View
2. Watch Days of our Lives, to catch up on what is going on
3. Watch Katie Couric for the first time in the evening
4. Exercise, of course!
5. Buy a pair of Levi's jeans

I started out late because last night when I was leaving work, I forgot to take the snapper and parrot fish that one of the employees had brought for me. Knowing that I wanted to cook it today for dinner, I had to get it early so it could thaw out. That meant a walk to the hotel first thing.

Massi Kingdom, the sun hot, it hot, it hot. And my umbrella broke so I had no shade. Walked to work, a bit slower than I normally do, wondering why my head was feeling like it wasn't attached quite correctly. Got the fish, got a ride back up the stretch to lessen my exposure to the sun, headed home, took off three of the fish and put that in the fridge and the rest in the freezer.

Now it was jeans shopping time. But time was a factor. It was now about 10:05am, and I wanted to get back to see some of The View to see how Rosie was doing (I'm happy that Star got the boot....well not happy, but I am not sad, let's put it that way!). Well this is Grenada...nowhere not too far, so I was confident of reaching back by about 11:30.

Hopped on a bus, reached to town in a few minutes, went into the jeans shop, newly opened and run by two of the hotel's former employees, asked for the 550 in size 14 (I had researched it on the internet so knew exactly what I wanted.....sits on the waist, relaxed fit, boot cut). I told the girls it was incentive and that it wouldn't fit but they said they were sure it would, so I tried it on. Well, it went up, and it buttoned without feeling like my body was being cut in two at the waist (trust me, I had that feeling in January 2004 in Orlando!). So that was pleasing, but I wouldn't wear it out in public now cause it paste on on my booty. So 10 more pounds will do it.

Next it was a walk up Young Street on to the street with Cablevision, the island's lone cable company. Paid my very overdue bill (they're nice here, they don't cut off your utilities if you don't pay on time....of course that only encourages us to delay payment, but anyway, I aint complaining) and heading across the top of the market square to buy some speakers so I can play the music on my computer properly.

Next it was in the market to see if there was any lettuce. Didn't see any, but bought two bags of lime (I always have lime in my house), heading to the apple stall but they didnt have fresh apples so didn't buy. Then it was to LA Purcell across the street to buy an umbrella.

Now this is one of the reasons I like Grenada. The town seemed eirily (I am sure that is spelt wrong) quiet. There were snippets of conversation which shed light on the quietude. The Ministry of Works had ordered the police to move all the side walk vendors, so there was no activity there and people were talking about it. As I walked to the bus stop, exactly one hour from when I left my house, I saw a few vendors with placards. Essentially, they feel that if the government had to move them, they should have found alternate locations for them. One placard mentioned the fact that there was no dialogue held with them prior to the dismantling of their stalls. But everything was peaceful. No "we want justice" screams, no noise. They just quietly making a statement. Not much of a statement I daresay. I saw on the news tonight that yesterday they were more vocal.

Back on the bus in the new terminus, I was saying how great it was to go about one's business in Grenada. Reached back to my area at 11:30am, stopped at the supermarket (no lettuce and some green tomatoes....grrrr!), rushed home in time to see Rosie. The View needed Rosie for sure, and it doesn't miss Star.

So all in all, it was a good day out. I just wander how I can get my head screwed back on properly so that I feel normal again.

Posted by yamfoot at September 7, 2006 08:08 PM