Tuesday 11/11/08

Happy birthday Wes! I celebrated the day by waking up at 4 am to the sound of someone vomiting. Although I’ve mentioned in earlier entries that I love the fact we don’t have ceilings in each room, this morning was little different. My room is right next to the bathroom and so I got to hear my middle brother, Andres, puking his poor guts out. I eventually got out of bed at 5 and headed to the soccer field for some sprints and running. When I came back around 5:40 the door wasn’t open as usual (meaning Maria must have slept in a little than usual) so I wondered around until about 6. We all ate a nice breakfast of gallo pinto, eggs and homemade bread and headed out the door in time to make it to the school by 7. Today I worked on zoo animals with the kids and apparently my drawings were “muy bonita” and way better than Junior’s (my co-teacher) according to the kids. We’ve been working on all different sorts of animals because the kids have an upcoming test and animals and nature. Today was a long day, as I started at 7 and didn’t end until 4 (with just a short break for lunch). I came home and switched modes from teacher to student and worked on my paper I started yesterday. Maria headed out with my stepbrother, Marlon, to the “clinica” (small hospital-like clinicts) and my 3 brothers and I spent the night alone (as Licho was still in route home from work). The oldest, Miguel, impressed us by cooking us a nice dinner and we all just hung out. Licho, Maria and Marlon all eventually made their way home around 9. Since our stepbrother Marlon was staying the night and had bronchitis, Jose Manuel got booted out to the living room. I thought this meant he was going to simply sleep on the couch, but all of the sudden he began setting up a small tent in the middle of the room. They explained to me since the living room/kitchen does not have glass windows (simply open air windows) the bugs and mosquitoes at night are unbearable so the tent is a necessity. Nothing like camping out in the middle of your living room!