Job hunting, Container and Networking

To think we've already been here over a week now! I wish I had more pictures to post at this stage, but we just missed a hurricane and have had nothing but rain, rain, rain, (and a tonne of thunder/lightning), and as a result havent done any sightseeing.

We had our rental car until Friday morning, and spent 3 days over the weekend at home, twiddling our thumbs and powering through the 2 books we had. On Sunday we spent almost all afternoon at next door, playing pool and getting to know some of the locals. The bar owner was so excited to meet a Canadian/Australian couple that enjoyed playing pool at his bar, that he immediately insisted we try his famous BBQ chicken, johnnycakes (a first for me!) and some famous Cruzan rum.

After 3 days of well, pretty much boredom, we rented another car yesterday as I had my second interview at Carambola, and we needed to take care of the container paperwork as it is arriving today! My interview went well I think, and I'll get the result on Friday, at the latest Monday. Fingers crossed!

We're so happy to be getting our container today, but not happy that our roof is leaking... yes, we discovered over the weekend with the heavy rains that we have about 8 leaks in our roof, and although we're not getting flooded (like 2 of our neighbours), its still not fun (or safe) having puddles on our floor. Not just that - half of our house is without power, and thats not due to weather causes.. to cut a long story short, the washer and dryer is our house was never connected, and when the handyman tried to connect it (mind you, the w&d are outside on our porch, completely exposed to the elements), he got zapped and all of a sudden power was out - in our bedroom, lounge room and the other bedrooms. Thank goodness our fridge and bathroom lights are still connected, and that our stove is on gas. Not only that, the poor chap that lives directly behind us suddenly lost power in his whole house - and hasnt had it back since. We've drawn our conclusions and now its just a matter of getting the issue rectified..which is taking MUCH longer than expected. In the meantime, we're going to have a 40ft container stand in our front yard and continue to be without furniture until our landlord decides he wants to fix our leaks.