Male Iguana on Campus

Male Iguana on Campus
He stopped by the Anatomy Labs for a brief photo-op.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Logistics




My job at Planned Parenthood ends on Monday and I'm looking forward to having some time to prepare for my life as a med student on Dominica.

What I have accomplished thus far:
  • buying a plane ticket to the island and a return ticket for December back to the States (very comforting to know that I have a way back in a few months)
  • mailed a deposit for my new apartment at "Lucy Villa" which is about 3 minutes away from campus...the only apartment that was available was on the ground-floor. I was apprehensive about this at first given the flooding situation but from what I have heard these apartments do not flood and rainy season will be mostly ending by the time I arrive. Also I have an agreement with the landlady that she will let me move into an apartment on a higher level as soon as it becomes available *fingers crossed*
  • mailed my VISA application (compling all the documents and medical records for this took me months so they better not gripe about some minor discrepancy and make me redo it)

  • bought the essential school supplies including my brand-spanking-new laptop which should be shipped to my house soon (!)

What I have a month to accomplish:

  • LOANS (evil but necessary)
  • class registration

  • textbooks

  • hurricane gear including but not limited too: a nice rain coat from REI, a headlamp and iodine tablets

  • packing all of my necessary possesions

  • opening up a new bank account with Citibank (the only bank on the island)

2 comments:

  1. haha citibank is my bank :) and fml that they dont have it in boulder :(

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  2. Yea? Turns out there are NO U.S. banking affiliates on my lovely island. Which means...hooray local bank account in a different country.

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