Merry Christmas and Happy 2009!! Big exciting news is that I’m finally in my own house and all settled in… and I LOVE IT! I think I have the nicest house in the whole community (which makes me feel a little guilty sometimes, but only a little J ). With a lot of help from my architect Ramon I think we finally have all the finishing touches and it’s better than I ever imagined. I’ve got a giant bedroom, a kitchen complete with running water and stove, an enclosed bathing room connected to the house, a large porch with a bench for visitors and of course a hammock. It is so great to finally have my own space (except for having to kill all the scorpions by myself) and finally being able to cook for myself after 8 months with host families is AMAZING! I’m getting into baking because once it’s dark and everyone heads home, there’s really not a whole lot to do but make brownies, lemon bars, m&m cookies, banana bread, or, sometimes I read. I’ve been in my site for almost three weeks and am just now taking a computer and electricity break.
I was invited over to a neighbor’s house for both Christmas and New Years and they were both very mellow but good. It didn’t quite feel like Christmas without the snow and cold. But I certainly still got a lot of presents when my parents came to visit.
Work wise, things will really start to pick up again starting on the 12th when English classes begin again and I’m starting a girl scouts group, and of course always throwing around ideas with the women’s group. We’re starting to use a “control de ventas” aka a spread sheet where they write down sales and expenses for the day, so we’ll see how that goes.
Well I think that pretty much covers everything. I hope everyone reading this had a wonderful Christmas, hopefully I’ll be able to make it home to visit for the holidays next year!
I was invited over to a neighbor’s house for both Christmas and New Years and they were both very mellow but good. It didn’t quite feel like Christmas without the snow and cold. But I certainly still got a lot of presents when my parents came to visit.
Work wise, things will really start to pick up again starting on the 12th when English classes begin again and I’m starting a girl scouts group, and of course always throwing around ideas with the women’s group. We’re starting to use a “control de ventas” aka a spread sheet where they write down sales and expenses for the day, so we’ll see how that goes.
Well I think that pretty much covers everything. I hope everyone reading this had a wonderful Christmas, hopefully I’ll be able to make it home to visit for the holidays next year!
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