Post #40

Thank you so much to everyone who wished me congratulations!! I am so excited to be going to UCF and it really means alot that I have so many who read my blog-I am glad that it is has been a good outlet for me to tell my stories to many people at once!!

Yesterday was pretty uneventful and quiet as my boss is on vacation for the week. It was Audrey and I's first night at home just the two of us. Her friend Dominique popped in a bit later to have dinner as well and chat for awhile. Although she is Mauritian by birth-her family moved to Australia when she was 2 or 3. She moved back to Mauritius in 2000 for remax-had no idea that this was a world wide company! I got to speak english with her as she speaks french like I do-well but it is definitely easier to express ourselves in english.

I have had a busy day today-I usually post early in the morning but I had my first meetings with prospective clients today so I have been out of the office.

I was somewhat worried at first because not only was I low on gas this morning-I had to drive further south to go north. Luckily my coworker Pamela was there with me to help with directions as well as knew the answers to product questions that I didn't know. At our first meeting, the woman was very nice and gladly filled out my questionnaire. We had some time to kill in between as we had a 10:00 and a 1:00. Luckily, we were in the same area that I was in over the weekend so I was pretty comfortable in navigating my way around. We saw passed by so many beautiful resorts but had a hard time finding a place to grab a quick lunch as there wasn't even a supermarket around. Pamela knew of a KFC nearby and so we drove around until we found it. I told Pamela that I never ever eat KFC home because I find it downright disgusting-I prefer Chik-Fil-A.

Here, surprisingly, it tastes pretty good. After lunch, we went to our second meeting. Unfortunately, I had to leave the survey there because the guy didn't have the time to fill it out. Meanwhile he had talked our ears off for 20 min!! So frustrating....Oh well such is life.

It took about an hour for us to get back to the office. It is so hot outside and I am completely exhausted from all of the driving...but have some data collection to do!!

Some little things:
-I never thought that I would be so fascinated by industrial kitchen equipment
-I saw my first mauritian cow today and her calf
-About roundabouts-when I need one I can't find one and when I just want to drive straight ahead-they pop up everywhere
-I still turn on the windshield wipers from time to time when I want to use the turn signal
-I was convinced about 5 times this morning that I was going to be killed by a car that was overtaking on the other side
-still don't understand why the mauritians don't spay and neuter their pets
-saw a tricked out green taxi this morning-hilarious

Exhausted...