I sat down tonight and figured it had been at least two weeks since I last updated...and then realized it was only last Tuesday...yes, the week felt that long. It wasn't like the week dragged by, it was more that so much happened in the week.
Wednesday we were able to go into the city, which was definitely needed. We got groceries, had pictures taken for residency cards (kind of like passports, you need to turn in pictures of yourself with your application). Hopefully that gets taken care of sometime this week because I'm running out of days on my tourist visa. Hard to believe I've been here almost 90 days already, but it's true. Anyway, we made it in and made it out of the city and back to the Ranch. After Kim dropped Melody and me off at our house she got stuck and couldn't make it up the hill again. A lot of mud and muscle later we had pushed the busito to firmer ground and it made it up the hill, but that was a funny and tiring proposition. But a successful trip nonetheless. Wednesday also stuff from home showed up, so I have my drivers' license, some sweatshirts and sweatpants here now. I've been very comfortable the last few days. :-)
Thursday after school I decided I wanted to make rolls because I'm getting tired of the bread down here, which seems to be half stale by time you buy it. So I made rolls...there are two left. They turned out well. I did share them, so the fact that 22 rolls disappeared in 3 days doesn't indicate anything about how many I've had. ;-) I probably will make more on Tuesday.
Friday I continued the desire to bake and I made cookies...chocolate chip cookies. Some of you know what recipe that is. Now, I'm doing both of these (bread and cookies) without the help of a Kitchen Aid (which is very helpful)...so my arms were a little tired by Friday night. But the cookies were worth it...and there are more of them left. They turned out pretty well for using unfamiliar brands and ingredients, no stand mixer, no cookie scoop, and only one air-bake pan. It does make me appreciate all my kitchen gadgets so much more! But I still will keep baking down here I'm sure...
Saturday started out really productive...I had an empty house and worked for about 6 hours straight and got a lot of "chores" done...cleaning, laundry, etc. Baking does accumulate a lot of dirty dishes...and I washed as I went along for the most part. But that's only the "most" part. I made myself pupusas for lunch, they turned out pretty well (and there are more dishes). About the time I finished up all of that, the guys next door got back from the city, so I went next door to see what they were up to. We ended up watching a few episodes of House (Jason has season 1) and then there was a "bonfire" w/ smores up at the kiosk. [It can't hold a candle to Nate's bonfires back home...but it was fire...] Oh, and I've probably watched more TV and been exposed to more TV shows and movies down here than I ever was in the States...more because there's not much else to do. So we all share our stuff...well, those who brought stuff down here with them. I'll probably be bringing a few of my favorites down here after Christmas.
Then today...wow...well, it started out when my alarm didn't go off and I woke up 15 minutes before we leave for church. I did make it to the busito on time, albeit with wet hair. It had dried by time we got to the city. I had blood sugar problems for most of the morning, probably because my breakfast was two rolls I grabbed as I walked out the door. After lunch it started to get better, I was mostly good by time we got back to the Ranch. We went shopping, got groceries, and managed to get back to the Ranch without getting stuck. This morning was rather sunny...but while we were standing outside PriceSmart waiting for everyone to finish up shopping and get to the busito we heard some really impressive thunder (and if I had been looking in the right direction, based on the flashes of light I could see, I'm guessing the lightning was impressive too!). It was raining for much of the drive back, but again, we still made it without a problem...Bienvenida spent much of the ride back praying as we approached hills (she was sitting next to me). That may have helped. :-)
And I get to go to school tomorrow, while all the teachers back home get Monday off. We are celebrating the "519th Anniversary of the Discovery of the Americas Day" next week Monday. To those in the States, that would translate into Columbus Day. We get it, just a week after you all. [Evidently I'm hanging out with too many people from the southern USA...because while I wrote "you all" what went through my head had a different accent on it...at least I didn't say all y'all. I am surrounded by a lot of southerners down here. It makes for some interesting conversations.]
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