Sooo, I just wanted to start by saying I have a typo in my last entry that says "here" instead of "hear" and it bothered me...but I'm blaming it on trying to think in 2 different languages.
That being said, I'm a little frustrated on how much trouble I'm still having with the Spanish. When I first arrived, I tested as an Intermediate Low Level and now I'm Intermediate Mid. I guess thats good that I rose a level but I would have liked to be high.....But now that I'm moving and will be without any other gringos, I'm hoping my language skills will improve fast.
Anyway, Saturday we had our Family Fiesta. All of the volunteers' host families came to our training center for a day of fun activities. It was a last goodbye and thank you for all of the help they provided during these 2 months of training. My Mom and 2 brothers came and I think they had fun...although Gerardo was torturing me a little as usual.
After the party we headed to San Salv where we did a little shopping. I needed a dress for Swearing In. Our "graduation" ceremony is held Friday in the US Embassy so we need to look all perty. Then we all headed out for the night...our SECOND night of fun since we've been here :D We found a really awesome bar that had a Red Hot Chili Peppers cover band and they were really good. It was a fun time. But as I'm usually in bed and asleep by 9 and we were out until 2 ish... I was exhausted. Not to mention I woke up at 5:30 because we were playing our soccer game at 7.
That brings me to the games. It was awesome. We got to play in The National Futbol Stadium- Cuscutlan. It's known as the best stadium in Central America and it was really really cool that we got to play in it. It was really fun and beautiful. We played against JICA, the Japanese 'peace corps' and it was cool to meet them too. I had a lot of fun playing, even if on 2 hours of sleep, and ended the day with a nice sun burn. Now I'm home and exhausted and a little melancholy about the fact that I only have 4 nights left here.
Time has really flown. And while I'm itching to get to my site, I can't believe how much has happened and how much I've been through already. I've been here for 2 months and it feels like yesterday that I was crying at the airport. I actually had a dream the other night that I hadn't left yet and I woke up really confused as to where I was. I think I'm a little homesick... I dont think that part will ever get easier. But I'm having an amazing amazing time.
Things I've Grown to Love
-Cold Showers
-Refried Beans
-Fried Platanos
-My dog (with or without fleas)
-Telenovelas
-Sweating
-Soccer on a dirt field
Things I Am Now Able to Deal With
-Spiders and Ants, everywhere and in my room
-Sweating
-Packed Chicken Buses
-Rats on my roof and chickens and dogs squawking at all hours of the night
-Walking through cow poop on the street
Things that Still Aren't My Fav
-Hand Washing Clothes
-Scorpions in my room
-Really slow internet, esp when posting pics
-Piropos (cat calls)
-Dirty feet all the time
-People asking "how much did that cost" for everything you own/buy
-Sweating
-Clowns coming on the buses
-The Predominance of Gangs
I love how sweating has fit into all 3 of those categories lol Sorry to hear you are a little homesick.. I remember getting like that after a couple of weeks too. Your house sounds like it will be a good change though! and im SO jealous you will eventually be fluent in spanish, you're getting there! at least its not french or whatever language you were trying to learn when I first talked to you about everything. good luck with the move!
ReplyDeletep.s- saw your mom driving the other day... I waved. I think she noticed me within the last .2 seconds as we passed each other.... just picture it.
hey jaimmm
ReplyDeleteawesome, you played in a stadium???? thats reallyyy cool. remember to take a lot of pics. omg! i cant believe ur moving out already...i feeel like when i talked to u on skype last u were saying how u didnt even unpack and are living out of your suit case. hahaa. i like how you keep posting your day on the blog daily. i loveee reading the new ones. INTERESTINGG!! :-)
heyyy 2 in the morning!that's late for getting up at 5:30. oh an remember that time u came home at 3 in the morning and i was sleeping in your room and i woke up and saw you eating chips, so i got up (half asleep) and just sat on the bed eating them. i remember u laughing and being like what. and after, i went to the bathroom, and got right back in bed. and the next mroning u asked if i remember and i said yea..kinda-it was all kinda a blur. lol. srry, i had to tell u that...i almost forgot about it! haha. keeep updating ur blog! and i hope u keep getting internet. loveee youuuu
talk to you soooon. <3amanda xoxoxo
Hey!!!!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta mucho tu Blog!!!! Estas aprendiendo mucho de la vida en latinoamerica verdad??? Veo que te va muy bien!!!! Pense escribirte en ingles, pero vi que quieres mejorar en espanol, entonces queria ayudarte un poquito! :). Vas a mejorar mucho ya veras, solo no te juntes con los gringos hahaha y solo trata de hablar espanol :).
Mucha fuerza para seguir adelante!!!!
Sabes q puedes hacer con las hormigas?? mi mama siempre ponia sal en los lugares donde salian, asi se van ellas, con lo demas no creo poderte ayudar...siempre vas a sudar hehehe.
Fuerza, alegria! y sigue entreteniendonos con tus historias!!!! :):):)
Un abrazo enorme y dime si necesitas ayuda con algunas paginas de espanol ok???
Marlene
Hey Jamie,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is great. Sorry that I haven't posted before but school is definitely keeping me out of trouble. When you move, will there be other PC volunteers in your area? Sounds like you are fitting into El Salvador well despite the rural conditions. I will write to you sometime this week but wanted you to know that we are thinking of you and miss you! lots of love, The Sobeckis