Week 26

I’ve been in Dominica for 6 months! This is the longest I’ve ever been away from Buffalo.

Reunion is still happening. I worked from 6 am on Saturday until 7:30 am on Sunday- almost 12 hours of that was serving drinks at a day-break (an all-night long party.) That was the first daybreak I made it through. On Monday we had our first emergency drill when Tropical Storm Emily passed us.

I have so much more to share but not enough time. Look forward to a mega-post next week!

For your Dominican phrase book:

“Teefing” is stealing. It’s a derivative of thiefing (which I’m pretty sure is not a word). “Teef” is the noun, a stealer. Also involved with teefing is “touching.” Touching is not quite stealing but taking what is not yours without asking and giving it back eventually, maybe. Touching seems to be a less bad thing than teefing. People who teef and touch are not ostracized from the community which is fascinating to me.

Dominican lady: “He always touching things. He touched DaDa’s ring and the DVD. Every time he come by me he touching tings.”

Dominican man: “He a teef. He teefing my partner’ computer but da police not doing noting about it. He getting thumped (hit).”