Ay! It´s been raining for the past 2 weeks straight, today was the first day without rain until now. You should all be happy that I´m taking the time to write this and will unfortunately suffer while walking home in the downpour. I can officially say that I do not like rain and have been in a funk because of it. The other day my host sister asked me what I like more rain or snow..... and I was literally speechless. I didn´t know what to say; therefore I´ve decided I might have to live in an arid, desert like climate in order to be happy year round.
All of this rain has got me thinking about the comforts of home that I miss. After walking around in the rain and sitting in wet clothes all day (if you can tell me what´s worse than wet jeans, let me know) all I want to do is curl up in a comfy chair, with a delicious pumpkin spice latte, a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie and mindlessly explore the internet on my laptop with free wifi access...I´m growing more and more nostalgic while writing this and reliving my dream. Unfortunately I haven´t been able to find any of these comforts here. Instead I curl up in my canoe shaped bed under my mosquito net, read Bossypants by Tina Fey (Great book, I highly recomment) and eat Oreos.
Why oreos? Because that´s the only familiar cookie they sell here, and I don´t even like them that much especially because it´s missing the obligatory ice cold glass of milk; yet I´ve eaten more Oreos in the past 7 weeks than I´ve eaten in my entire 24 years before Nicaragua. The Peace Corps gives us Oreos at every training event, which occur 2-3 times a week, and I think they´re performing their own version of Pavlov´s drooling dog experiment because we all devour the Oreos once they´re put out, and if they´re late in arriving we all get a little tense and on edge. I´m afraid that the day the Oreos are missing is the day a riot will break out among the Peace Corps trainees.
I´ve completed my last class in training. Unfortunately my last two classes weren´t as stellar as my first one. Probably because I got a little cocky from the grand success of the first one and thought that I didn´t have to plan and practice as much. Oops! And obviously I didn´t learn my lesson because after my second class was less than stellar, I still didn´t prepare more for my last class today. I´m going to go ahead and blame my laziness on my funk caused by the rain. I learned that I should be scared and fully prepare and practice my lessons in order for them all to be successful, or maybe I just had beginner´s luck?!
I´m going to find out where I´ll be living for the next 2 years tomorrow!!!! I was excited to find out, but after today´s discussion in Spanish class I´m now rather terrified. Apparently there is a rat plague taking place in one of the departments (I´m picturing rats literally raining from the sky) and with my luck I´ll probably end up there and die from some awful disease that is rampant and it´s cause is from rat urine. Por ejemplo, you should wash soda cans before drinking out of it because if a rat peed on it and you drink from it, BAM you´ve contracted the disease. Mom - if you get a phone call with someone hyperventilating and crying hysterically it´s probably me, which means that I´ve been sent to the rat haven....I´m hoping that doesn´t happen. I´m also getting quite worried because our Spanish teacher keeps talking about the instability of laterines and the dangers of possibly falling into a latrine pit.
My worst nightmare: falling into a latrine pit filled with rats! OMG I need to stop, I already won´t be able to sleep tonight from worry, I don´t need to add nightmares to my fitful rest.
What else....I received a lot of mail yesterday!!! Thank you so much Mom and Grandma Vick I received the packages, and I´ve already enjoyed some granola bars and candy and I´ve shared the wealth with other trainees, students and my host family. Also, grandma I´ve received three letters from you, thank you! Red and Jan I got your card, thank you so much! I appreciate it all so much. For those of you thinking about sending stuff....The packages were sent September 27,28 and I received them October 19; so a little less than a month. The letters are all different, but at least a couple of weeks.
Well, I´d better start my trek back home. There´s a lapse in the rainfall and I´m going to try to get home dry. Please pray that I don´t end up in some Rat infested town! Thank you all for reading my blog. Miss you and love you!
All of this rain has got me thinking about the comforts of home that I miss. After walking around in the rain and sitting in wet clothes all day (if you can tell me what´s worse than wet jeans, let me know) all I want to do is curl up in a comfy chair, with a delicious pumpkin spice latte, a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie and mindlessly explore the internet on my laptop with free wifi access...I´m growing more and more nostalgic while writing this and reliving my dream. Unfortunately I haven´t been able to find any of these comforts here. Instead I curl up in my canoe shaped bed under my mosquito net, read Bossypants by Tina Fey (Great book, I highly recomment) and eat Oreos.
Why oreos? Because that´s the only familiar cookie they sell here, and I don´t even like them that much especially because it´s missing the obligatory ice cold glass of milk; yet I´ve eaten more Oreos in the past 7 weeks than I´ve eaten in my entire 24 years before Nicaragua. The Peace Corps gives us Oreos at every training event, which occur 2-3 times a week, and I think they´re performing their own version of Pavlov´s drooling dog experiment because we all devour the Oreos once they´re put out, and if they´re late in arriving we all get a little tense and on edge. I´m afraid that the day the Oreos are missing is the day a riot will break out among the Peace Corps trainees.
I´ve completed my last class in training. Unfortunately my last two classes weren´t as stellar as my first one. Probably because I got a little cocky from the grand success of the first one and thought that I didn´t have to plan and practice as much. Oops! And obviously I didn´t learn my lesson because after my second class was less than stellar, I still didn´t prepare more for my last class today. I´m going to go ahead and blame my laziness on my funk caused by the rain. I learned that I should be scared and fully prepare and practice my lessons in order for them all to be successful, or maybe I just had beginner´s luck?!
I´m going to find out where I´ll be living for the next 2 years tomorrow!!!! I was excited to find out, but after today´s discussion in Spanish class I´m now rather terrified. Apparently there is a rat plague taking place in one of the departments (I´m picturing rats literally raining from the sky) and with my luck I´ll probably end up there and die from some awful disease that is rampant and it´s cause is from rat urine. Por ejemplo, you should wash soda cans before drinking out of it because if a rat peed on it and you drink from it, BAM you´ve contracted the disease. Mom - if you get a phone call with someone hyperventilating and crying hysterically it´s probably me, which means that I´ve been sent to the rat haven....I´m hoping that doesn´t happen. I´m also getting quite worried because our Spanish teacher keeps talking about the instability of laterines and the dangers of possibly falling into a latrine pit.
My worst nightmare: falling into a latrine pit filled with rats! OMG I need to stop, I already won´t be able to sleep tonight from worry, I don´t need to add nightmares to my fitful rest.
What else....I received a lot of mail yesterday!!! Thank you so much Mom and Grandma Vick I received the packages, and I´ve already enjoyed some granola bars and candy and I´ve shared the wealth with other trainees, students and my host family. Also, grandma I´ve received three letters from you, thank you! Red and Jan I got your card, thank you so much! I appreciate it all so much. For those of you thinking about sending stuff....The packages were sent September 27,28 and I received them October 19; so a little less than a month. The letters are all different, but at least a couple of weeks.
Well, I´d better start my trek back home. There´s a lapse in the rainfall and I´m going to try to get home dry. Please pray that I don´t end up in some Rat infested town! Thank you all for reading my blog. Miss you and love you!
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