Im so sorry that all of those that have been following my blog with any interest have been sitting around and waiting… and waiting…. and waiting.
I am less sorry about not updating photos, there is some money involved with pushing those kinds of bits and I am very cheap nowadays.
Lastly I am somewhat sorry for the state of my english presented to you here today. As my Mother or Sean can attest to you, it aint what it used to be. These paragraphs may read well, but it will have taken waaaay longer than it should have to write. The direct consequence of “complete immersion” is that while my spanish has improved, my english has raced downhill to meet it. I´m not worried, Im just trying to be cheeky so stop biting your fingernails Mom.
So here is the update that everyone has been waiting for.
I have a house.
After the stressful building process. After the unfortunate timing with the installation of the doors and my visitors having to sleep in my cramped room. After two volunteers coming to visit to help me move all of my stuff….
I have a house.
It´s a great feeling to finally be living solo. People have actually changed their behavior to me since I am not depending on a family. Ive cooked all of my meals so far (excluding my corn flakes ok?) and some of those have been some traditional Nicaraguan dishes (to the delight of palettes everywhere, you listening family?… you´re getting tongue again.)
Naturally, all of my shit is everywhere and being the rainy season everyone has tracked dirt in onto the floor. But in time all shall be clean and all shall be put into its own place!
Of course, we can´t have all of this euphoria without a catch. I have no power yet. I couldnt affort the line and I`m waiting `til this weekend to go to Chinandega to save some money as well as go to a meeting. It`s not too bad going around with candles, though. I just cant organize as easily so its taking longer than usual. For those who aren´t in the know, Nicaragua is rationing power. The demand is greater than the output for some crazy ass reason so power is intermittent anyways. La Pavana gets it from about 3PM to about 7AM. Good thing I have a gas stove.
As of this writing the new group of Environment Volunteers from Nica-45 should be meeting each other in D.C. going through the same steps of awkward anticipation that we felt almost exactly a year ago. If any of you are ready this, I`ll see you soon.
This should wrap up the English portion of this entry. I`ll be including passages in Spanish for Mrs. Hook`s class.
¡Muy buenas tardes clase! Espero que tuvieron una buena vacación. Como siempre estoy en Nicaragua aprendiendo español y cultura. Yo vine aquì hace un año y tengo quince meses mas. Disfruto mi servicio aquí, pero hay dificultades. Enfermedades son muy común y la integración con la cultura puede ser difícil. Me siento bien cuando estoy dando clase y los alumnos entienden la tema.
¿Ustedes tienen interesa a vivir en otra pais? ¿Donde vivirán?
Señora Hook era mi profesora y me llamaba Manolo. ¿Què es su nombre en español?
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