It has been three months since my last blog update. Again, I am such a procrastinator or I do not think that what is currently happening in my life is worthy of an update. I live a pretty normal, boring life. Well as normal as you can be as a Peace Corps volunteer living in Guatemala. Since my last update, I have moved and am now living in a much bigger place. I now cook all for myself. It makes me realize how much I wish I had a fridge, oven, and microwave. I am also a poor person, so I don't have that much money to buy lots of food. Meat, for example, I don't cook for myself. I don’ cook meat for myself for three reasons:
- It’s expensive.
- It’s very difficult to buy in a portion for one person, and not cost conscious to do that.
- It is sold just out on slabs. Not refrigerated, at all. Which really doesn’t matter if you cook it correctly, but it still grosses me out.
Back to what I eat. I eat about 4 eggs a day, with bread. Sometimes I have pasta, beans, or rice. As I have stated before, I live a pretty boring life. I go to school and teach, and I come home and usually watch some television program or movie.
Then again, it is exciting that I only eat certain kinds of food and work in Guatemalan middle schools. I only have cold showers, which is always a challenge to experience, and its always exciting. It is exciting learning a new language, being Spanish or Kiche, which is the Mayan language Santa Clara speaks. I am challenged every day, whether it be by my students and their lack of discipline, a student raising an interesting point, trying to communicate with older Mayan women, who only speak a little Spanish, or just trying to comprehend the transportation systems of Guatemala (all those camionetas, micros, pick-ups, and tuk-tuks).
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| My family came to visit me in Guatemala!! Here we are at my mirador, trash dump, and my favorite place in Guatemala. |
Paz y Amor
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