Wow! Its almost the end of AWESOME AUGUST. I still can´t believe how time flies here. Seriously, before I know it the month is over, my bank account is once again full (not for long!) and my service seems to be flying buy. No worries though, SUPER SEPTEMBER is bound to be just as super as AWESOME AUGUST was! Not only do the newbies (the next group of enviro trainees) arrive next week, but it also marks my group, Nica 51, 1 year in country! I absolutely can´t believe that one year ago I was still not packed for Peace Corps, was helping Moniquey move into her new apartment, and didn´t have any idea what I was in for (or speak any spanish for that matter too!) It seems so crazy to think about now, since life in Nicaragua is pretty much the norm now a days!
Lets see, so the past few weeks have been incredibely busy and filled with tons of Nica fun! A few weeks ago I was up visiting Geory in her super campo site on the side of a mountain and I was just amazed that I was still in Nicaragua. This country is so freakin diverse. I mean, me, I live truely live in the "Land of Lakes & Volcanos" and up north in Mataglapa..its like "land of the mountains". No volcanoes! Anyway, while I was in the "land of the mountains, I was staying with Geory´s host family and litterly the first night, while we are eating dinner, her host sister comes in to the kitchen hold something. She starts talking to both of us and telling us to look at the "thing" in her hand. I was totally confused because it looked like a bird, but it was all black, and definately NOT MOVING. So Geory, askes her what happened and her sister tells us that the bird flew into HOT OIL that morning while her mom was cooking. So litterly she was hold a fired parakeet!! Geory and I start laughing and so does her sister and then we turn to our food that we are eating and only one thought goes through both of our heads......Was any of this meal fried??? ;)
Also, this month I began co-planning with my teachers. This way rather than just me teaching overly exciting science classes, the teachers will also be learning fun games and activities to spice up thier teaching. I was extremely nervous at first, that my teachers wouldn´t understand the topics, or they wouldn´t want to co-plan. However, everything has actually been working out wonderfully and co-planning has been proclaimed a success for now! My teachers are very excited about working with me and I´ve found it actually makes thier lives easier! YAY! So hopefully, they will still enjoy it for the next few months! Along with co-planning, I´m finally getting some stuff done with the NGO in town (tree planting project..YAY!), the sister city (compost project!) and the alcaldia (begging them to do trash collection at one of my schools!) WOO!! It defintely has been an AWESOMELY busy august!! :)
So whats up for the next month. Well, definately, more teaching. And of course fiestas patronales! :) Oh, and of course the premire of Survivor: Nicaragua. Which by the way should give you a pretty good idea into to my life as a Peace Corps Volunteer here...yeah. just kidding. :)
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