Well here we are again, week 10 of me being down here according to my Hello Kitty planner. My life here has slowed down quite a bit, which is hard to imagine. But this free time has had some benefits, I actually watched the American news today for like 30 minutes(but do they really need to keep cutting into normal shows). So right now I am, by far, more informed about both Nicaraguan and US politics than I have ever been in my life. Our elections here were on Sunday and results came in yesterday. Daniel Ortega of the FSLN, Sandinista party won. Last time he was in power 50,000 people died and people had to wait in lines to get soap. Obviously he ran a different campaign this time, and these same problems are not supposed to occur. No one will actually know until January when he takes over.
This morning I went running, it was my first time running here by myself. There is a road right next to our complex that has a new housing complex at the end, the guards are nice so they open the gate. It's no "tree city USA" but it does the job. Then at ten the two girls from across the street came over to learn. Yeah, they only pay attention for like 30 seconds even though I've been coming up with some really entertaining activities. The longer I stay in this country the less likely I am to ever have children of my own. Today my afternoon time with was canceled but that is OK because yesterday our worksheet had questions with the words do, does, and did. But not the regular verb "to do" but the one used in questions like "do you like puppets?" The question "do" doesn't translate to Spanish, and that is just confusing.
Last week I made cookies, real ones just like home. But then on Sunday I decided to make Nica food, I made Gallo Pinto the national food, beans and rice. I had never even made beans before, let alone mix them with rice. The beans were a little on the hard side, but Leo said some time this week we can make it together. So people be ready for me coming back with my cooking repertoire expanded to contain Nicaraguan foods.
My brother came down this weekend, not actually to see me, but my mom sent me down some new Khakis with him. Hopefully I'll have better luck in these ones, but since I don't have school again until February we will all have to just wait in suspense. Actually if anyone remembers this incident next year I'll give you a dollar, or a memento from Nicaragua.
So what's going down on the home front?
Love, Joy Joy
"Cause me to hear Thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in Thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto Thee." -Psalm 143:8
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