Since my last post- a lot has happened.
Last week Lauren, Nicole, Corie, Jemima and I took a week off from school and headed to Peru via bus, plane, train, and taxi. We saw Lima, Cuzco, and Aguas Calientes which led us to Machu Picchu. I could never explain the Machu Picchu trip in a blog post, so I'll have to tell all of my stories later in person....
but I will say that Peruvians have super powers, Incans were unreal, and hiking is officially harder than running.
Today was funny-
The weather was great but super windy, however when the sun finally shines like it was today, you cant let a little wind get in your way. I walked to school and enjoyed the normal amount of beeps and whistles (when will this END), saw the usual dogs relaxing outside of their claimed territories, and even stopped and had a little chat with one of the security guards from a nearby apartment building.
Class was boring, but thats alright. I walked home and dropped in at the camera shop to check in on my camera (it mysteriously had a technical issue and had to be repaired). The camera is fixed! And the camera man and I shared memories from Peru.
Lentils for lunch- I knew it was coming sooner or later. Lentils for lunch means one thing and one thing only: potential lentils dinner.
Okay, maybe one more thing but you don't want to know.
I decided to take a short trip to Lider for some body wash and other items that I have run short on. I caught a bus, made it to the mall in no time, and just in case lentils were for dinner, I decided to stop by Burger King (McDonalds line was way too long) and get a small order of fries. Good thing I did because sure enough- I came home to a bowl of slimy soupy lentils with a hamburger patty plopped right in the middle. Bleh.
But before dinner-
I caught a colectivo home from the mall and what do you know- my driver was the size of a sumo wrestler!!!
His jolly chuckle didnt get old- in fact I was sitting in the back sit squished between two chubby ladies trying to dodge the rear-view mirror. I was cracking up the whole time.
I made it home and ate dinner- not the best but acceptable.
I got to talk to Meghan on skype! But as usual, my computer started to die. I went to plug it into the wall and BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
There went the power. Balti came running out of his room yelling WOO HOOO!!!! and put on his monster slippers (that another gringa gave him).
Priscilla quickly passed Octavia off to me and ran outside (its 10 PM) into the wind to fix the breaker. HOW EMBARRASSINGGGGG!!!!!!
Oh well, it was a bonding moment :)
I think Octavia pulled out a chunk of my hair- shes strong for an 8 pound person!
Later,
Lesley
