In a tight spot!

You'll understand the title of this post after you've read the entire thing.
I got back to Dominica Saturday night after a wonderful 9 day vacay in Barbados! We went to a surprise birthday party for Justin at a new restaurant in Portsmouth. It was really good to be back to Dominica and see Ryan and all of our friends. We had a great experience at the new restaurant, and a little excitement at the end of the night! We were all up at the counter paying when something big, like the size of a shoebox, caught my eye. A huge crab had wandered in off the street and was slowly crawling into the middle of the group. You always wonder how you will react in a stressful situation...well, I froze. My eyes kept getting wider and wider, but I was speechless. I was slowly backing up and taking one long, loud, deep breath in. Finally I screeched "Crystal"!!!! But that was it, so she didn't have a clue what was going on, but the crab was standing in between her feet!!! A person from the kitchen trapped the crab with a big box and took it into the kitchen. We don't know if they let it out the back door, or if crab legs were the special after that!

The sweaty tank top is one of my friend's. I stole this picture from her blog to show you how hot it is here. This was taken after she went grocery shopping! And just so you know, she is also a Nashville girl, so she's used to heat, but nothing like Dominica heat!



The purple shack is Can Cut. This is where Ryan gets all of his island haircuts.
This is the cake from Saturday night. I was so impressed! They're from Arkansas and are Hog fans, so one of our friends made this cake for them.
The girls: Crystal, Sarah, Ashley, Liz, Kelsie, Allison, and Ralna


The boys: Craig, Dave, Ryan, Justin, and Billy (some boys are missing b/c they were in the library...boo)
A few more pics from Barbados...
Watching the sunset and noticing that we stand the same way.
Walking along the beach.




This was the place my parents declared their "favorite spot" about 2 hours after we checked into the resort! We had family church here on Sunday. Anytime we're on vacation on a Sunday and we can't find a church, we have our own. Usually they're pretty short and sweet. This one, though, Dad talked about 15 minutes! He did a really good job, but he sure had a lot to say!

One quick story for you...Today Ryan had ICM and he had to give a rectal exam to the patient (which was a mannequin). Well the mannequin is rubber and he was wearing a rubber glove. Normally, when performing a rectal exam the doctor would put a lubricant on their glove, but I guess since lots of people use this mannequin to practice, the lubricant might damage it. Instead of lubricant, the students were using water. So Ryan is doing this exam in front of his whole group and his hand gets stuck! His hand was stuck in the doll's butt! HAHA! I wish I could have seen that. Everyone was cracking up, even the instructor. Needless to say, he was in a tight spot! I think the instructor had to rock the doll to get Ryan unstuck.