A day in Dominica wouldn't start right without some morning showers that makes you second guess the activities that you plan for your day. This morning was no different, and with the normal everyday forecast being fair to partly cloudy with scattered showers, no one plans were actually cast in stone.
I got up to the sounds of the rain drops on the roof of the house and i was pleased to smell creole food coming from the kitchen. Nothing energizes you for the rest of your day like avocado pear shakes with fried ripe plantains and some titiri ackras to go along with some nice bouyon music.
This was the day of my first real meeting as a potential member of the Dominica Youth Environment Organization but it seems the rain had other plans for my day. I was given the post of Chairman of the potential members group so there was no way i could miss this meeting. I couldnt let my peers down,nor could i give this poor first impression although alot of the members already knew what i am capable off.
It was now nearing 3:00pm and the rain just didnt want to give up. I had dressed, prepared my notes and walking out the door. I was just about 20 minutes in walking distance from the meeting place and i wasnt about to be denied by the weather pattern. I had now made it to the center of town, Roseau, and while attempting to cross the street, this driver just plashed all the water from a nearby pothole unto my clothes. I was drenched, i couldnt believe it. However she realized she was at fault, gave me a ride back home to change but left before i could have persuaded her to drop me off at my meeting. So its now 3:15, and i'm no longer walking but running through the town. I hate being late, i would rather be the one waiting on people that to be waited on.
I arrived at my meeting at 3:35, there were only 5 other members present but none drenched in the rain or in a similar situation that i had found myself in that day.
The meeting went on smoothly, we were there to develop project ideas, so we could develop them and upon the success of these projects we would be called up to be part of the elite organization that the DYEO has gained the reputation throughout its years in existence. We developed 3 out of the 14 project ideas that we had come up with but not before we took a break for an hour to go to Brizee's Mart to grab a much needed snack.
It was now almost 8 in the night, what a day it was, the task was completed, the rain didnt spoil my plans, though it had made me adapt it a little bit but all in a days work and play.
There are not many days in Dominica where the rain doesnt show its face, its something we live with everyday we spend on this beautiful island.
God Blessed this land, because Apres Bondie c'est la Ter, our creole dialect meaning After God, the Earth (Dominica, land of my birth, my life, and my death).
Thank You for the opportunity to share