Only in Dominica Moments

We've had quite a few Only in Dominica moments lately- to recap:

1. On Friday Nicole (Relief Society President) and I went to do a few visits of sisters in our ward. We did one earlier in the day and just walked there, arrived totally sweaty and gross, it is so hot in Dominica right now! The other sister we wanted to visit is a local sister who lives down in Portsmouth and said we could come later in the day. So after Chase got up from his afternoon nap Nicole, Chase and I headed down to Portsmouth. I put Chase in the moby wrap and we caught a transport. Her house is maybe 3/4 mile from where the transport drops you off, so we walked the rest of the way. We had a nice visit with her, and I only inwardly freaked out when a rooster walked right into her house and Chase was kind of interested in it. Those talons could do serious damage (I think, I actually know very little about rooster behavior). It is truly amazing to see how the locals live in little shacks, most without running water, wood floors. Our apartment looks like serious luxury after that! After the visit we walked back to the bus stop to catch a transport home and it was HOT. We waited for awhile to catch a transport, along with a bunch of teenagers- I think school must have just gotten out. The teenagers pile into the transport and there is only one seat left- shotgun by the driver. So I hop in the shotgun, with Chase strapped to me in the Moby, and Nicole sat on my lap- totally hot and sweaty from the walk and we laughed the whole way home. Remember carseats and seatbelts and safety? Not so much a thing in Dominica!

2. The power went out last night around 5 pm. Our place, in all it's glory and cleanliness, has one major fault: No Generator. It went out just as I was trying to look up the recipe I was making for dinner, creamy tomato basil soup. No power, no internet. I thought I could make the soup from memory and thanks to our propane stove, I could make dinner without power. I had to pull out a lantern so I could see what I was doing, but I started making dinner, thinking I was remembering the recipe pretty close. It was going great, until I realized that after the soup simmers, you have to blend it to mix up the tomatoes and onions. No power, no blender. Oversight on my part. So I have this mostly finished soup that we can't really eat for dinner. I started to freak out a little bit out of frustration with the inconvenience of it all. My always calm husband reassured me that we could eat something else for dinner and it would be fine. Not wanting to open the fridge too many times (we had no idea how long the power would be out and didn't want the food to spoil) we decided to make crepes. I whipped up some crepes and we ate by lantern light, which Chase thought was thoroughly entertaining. The cute little guy kept pointing at the design the lantern made on the ceiling and thought it was hilarious when Ben made little shadow geese for him. Almost the minute we finished our dinner the power came back on- perfect timing right? Nothing like 90 minutes without power to make you appreciate it!