The closer November comes, the faster the time seems to be attacking me! I have decided to move back in with my host family, Marlon and Chepa, for the last bit of time that I have left. I want to get in as many good convos with them as I can before I leave. Yesterday we decided to clean out the spare room so I can move all my stuff back in… well apparently I wasn´t the only one that had been thinking of moving it… we came across a nicely settled family of mice! It was hilarious, I watched as two grown men, an 8, 5, and 3 yr old all ran around the room smashing the mice with metal rods, not to mention the occasionally squooshed under the foot mouse.. and then we found the 5 babies.. yup… the got squooshed too… yes it was definetly as entertaining as the the day we killed the chicken, maybe even more so!
I am trying to finish with building all of my stoves, I have taken all the extra materials to the neighboring community were I am doin a mini project,similar to what I did in La fuente. Its going good, except for that will all the rain I arrive covered in mud and a 30 min journey takes me an hour… well.. i am definitely going to be in tip top shape when i arrive back in the states!
I am trying to coordinate a Billard tournament in my town with a focus on AIDS awareness. If I can hurry and get things together that should be going down with in a couple weeks. The main prize will be a fan.. which EVERYONE wants!
Just wanted to drop a quick update.. hope you all are dryer and less muddy than I am!
I hope you have a good couple months with your host family – though I am a little disturbed at the thought of smushed mice and metal rods. I’m sure it was hilarious to watch – I love how you described it!
By: Katie Connors on August 29, 2010
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