School has ended, though the kids are still going this week to have different parties and end of the year activities. They’re being kept in school this week because some kids haven’t paid their monthly dues, and they have to stay until they do!
This week was my girls camp. We made arts and crafts like bracelets, picture frames, and Christmas cards. When it wasn’t raining, we played volleyball and other games outside. I finally got some use out of the World map mural, quizzing the girls on countries for little prizes. It was super fun for all of us!
30/November/2010
If you’re not paying attention, TOMORROW is December.
Thanksgiving was spent with some other volunteers at a volunteer’s home about 3 hours away form me. I started off the day (don’t judge me) trying to slip my cat a bit of an antihistamine to make her sleepy, so she could come with me, and I could give her to my friend Meg, to whom’s house we were going. The cat was not having it. She ran away and I thought she wouldn’t be back it time before I left. But she did come back. I tried to lure her into the big duffel bag with some food. But since I’m still a little afraid of cats, I really didn’t try hard enough because I was afraid she’d lash out at me. It was a no go. She stayed at my house and I left. Thanksgiving dinner was humble, but lovely. We had stuffing and pumpkin bread mix sent form the states, cranberry sauce, veggie chilli, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. We all shared funny stories (there really is no end to how many weird stories we all have) and had a great time.
Joc and I went to Carla’s new house to sleep. She lives in a freaking chicken coup. We are all used to an unbelievable amount of noise in this country by now, but this was at an all new level. The chickens might have well been in bed with us. Their godawful noise started at about 4am, so there was just no sleep happening for us. Then we went to the most wonderful laguna and had a nice hike and swim. On our hike up, we tried to hitchhike because it’s a long haul, and we were pressed for time to make it to a bodybuilding competition. Yes, that’s right. After a few cars pulled past us ignoring our thumbs, we lost hope. We trudged up the hill and all of a sudden a car pulled up, and this guy was like “Hey, do you girls need a ride?” We were all stunned. We got a ride where we needed to go in order to catch the bus from this guy who spent almost 20 years in the states, And he actually knew another volunteer of ours!
The bodybuilding competition was….ridiculous. We are all so used to getting catcalled and harassed everywhere we go. But walking into this competition, the 3 of us were giggling idiots. We were so surprised that the audience was pretty serious. We thought everyone would be whooping and hollering, as they do on all occasions, but they weren’t. They were applauding for the super beefy guys, and staying quiet when the not so beefy guys came out. Well we ladies didn’t stay quiet much. We were giggling and laughing and letting out little hollers here and there. It was so much fun, and topped off what was one of my most memorable days in Nicaragua.
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