Some one has to tell you about our home away from home during our Carribbean vacation.
We are sleeping six to a room. Our room looks like a Girl Scout camp. We have two
big fans overhead, but it never gets cool. On arrival each of us was issued a pillow, towel, top and bottom sheet. I haven't seen anyone under the sheet as it is just too hot.
The first night we were here we realized why we were warned to bring earplugs. The dogs start barking around 10:30 each night and the rooster crows around 4 am, along with the donkey who brays in a typical donkey fashion. The electricity goes off during the night to help conserve energy. We have a shower in each room. There is no hot water, but surprisingly I haven't minded this at all as the cold shower is very refreshing when you are so hot. What is a little frustrating is that if you try to wash your hair there is hardly enough water coming out of the showerhead to get the soap out of your hair. There are two toliets which our big group is constantly stopping up. The best part of the house is this huge screene
d in porch with a long table and fans overhead. This is where we eat, plan our day, and play chickenfoot. We have WiFi, but it is incredibly slow and it takes a very long time to do anything online. We also lose our online connection all the time. If you aren't sleepy you have to learn to do things in the dark. There is not a single
room without people sleeping somewhere including the screened porch. In fact, I am sitting in the dark right now as I type this. In a minute I will creep into my dorm room trying not to fall over another bed and crawl into my squeeky bed. Kathy is my next door neighbor and she says that based on the squeeking I toss and turn all night.
Occasionally I come across the street to the hospital late at night to check on equipment for the next day or to check on our BAR patient, Junior Joseph. You MUST have a flashlight as all electricity to the hospital across the street is tur
ned off around 10 pm (except for the OR). The whole town is dark. There are no street lights. Houses are all dark. Even the OR which is supposed to run on it's own generator goes completely dark at 4 am. You can really see the stars here. Even during the day you need to wear a headlamp in the OR because the fuses blow regularly and you never know when you will be operating in the dark. Fixing the breaker box in the OR is on our wish list.
You never oversleep here, in fact, we (Martha and I) won't be sleeping at all as we have recovery room duty for the midnight to 4 am shift.
We are sleeping six to a room. Our room looks like a Girl Scout camp. We have two
big fans overhead, but it never gets cool. On arrival each of us was issued a pillow, towel, top and bottom sheet. I haven't seen anyone under the sheet as it is just too hot.The first night we were here we realized why we were warned to bring earplugs. The dogs start barking around 10:30 each night and the rooster crows around 4 am, along with the donkey who brays in a typical donkey fashion. The electricity goes off during the night to help conserve energy. We have a shower in each room. There is no hot water, but surprisingly I haven't minded this at all as the cold shower is very refreshing when you are so hot. What is a little frustrating is that if you try to wash your hair there is hardly enough water coming out of the showerhead to get the soap out of your hair. There are two toliets which our big group is constantly stopping up. The best part of the house is this huge screene
d in porch with a long table and fans overhead. This is where we eat, plan our day, and play chickenfoot. We have WiFi, but it is incredibly slow and it takes a very long time to do anything online. We also lose our online connection all the time. If you aren't sleepy you have to learn to do things in the dark. There is not a single
room without people sleeping somewhere including the screened porch. In fact, I am sitting in the dark right now as I type this. In a minute I will creep into my dorm room trying not to fall over another bed and crawl into my squeeky bed. Kathy is my next door neighbor and she says that based on the squeeking I toss and turn all night.Occasionally I come across the street to the hospital late at night to check on equipment for the next day or to check on our BAR patient, Junior Joseph. You MUST have a flashlight as all electricity to the hospital across the street is tur
ned off around 10 pm (except for the OR). The whole town is dark. There are no street lights. Houses are all dark. Even the OR which is supposed to run on it's own generator goes completely dark at 4 am. You can really see the stars here. Even during the day you need to wear a headlamp in the OR because the fuses blow regularly and you never know when you will be operating in the dark. Fixing the breaker box in the OR is on our wish list.You never oversleep here, in fact, we (Martha and I) won't be sleeping at all as we have recovery room duty for the midnight to 4 am shift.
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