Christmas in Dominica!

Stop the presses, call the president, and make it a holiday...OUR BARREL HAS ARRIVED! I know some of you must think it is silly to be so excited about our 55 gallon barrel showing up at our house, but around here it is the little things and I feel like our entire lives are in that thing. It really is like Christmas! We are so excited to have our own sheets, towels, pillows, kitchen supplies, and peanut butter. Yes... you can get peanut butter here, but it is expensive (like most of the grocery items) and I thought better to be safe than sorry so I put a big jar of it in with the rest of our stuff. Getting this barrel here was no easy task. Kyle and I have been waiting for about 2 weeks for it to arrive. We dropped it off in downtown Phoenix on New Year's Eve and it arrived in Miami the following Thursday. If it had arrived in Miami one day earlier we would have had the barrel last week. They work on a Wednesday to Wednesday basis. They ship out of Miami on Wednesdays and drop off in Roseau on Wednesday. This means our barrel was here 2 days ago, but with customs and "island time living" we didn't get it until today. They even called us last night and said they had it and would be delivering it within an hour. That was at 7pm and by 11pm we gave up. You learn to not depend on the locals that much around here. Don't get me wrong, they are extremely friendly and helpful, but they move a little slow. So if you will excuse us...we are going to tear through our barrel like a kid opening up a birthday gift.