LUGGAGE!

Wednesday:
So my luggage arrived!!
but before i get to that i'll tell you about my day

Again, wake up early... i haven't woken up this early for anything besides Ultimate since high school. I wake up so early that the sun hasn't fully risen and I there is a great view of the surrounding mountains/volcanoes.
Walked to the Bus station with Ari... I know how to get there now, which is awesome. I'm learning the city, slowly but surely. Then headed to my volunteer placement. The bus ride wasn't as scary this time. It's actually kinda nice to watch the country side. Today at the school I swept sawdust, moved some scrap wood, raked trash, and moved some plants. I haven't really been enjoying my placement. I know I should try to give it more time, but am lonely there. I have no one to speak to because no one speaks English, and I cannot really speak enough Spanish to have a conversation. During some of my breaks I played with the directors twin daughters. They are so cute and just enjoy life. I've been having them help me learn Spanish, particularly colors. I point to something and ask "que color" and they would tell me. I forgot most of them, but it was still cute.

After that I went back to the house for lunch and short nap before I headed to Maximo Nivel for Spanish class. When I arrived, I was EXTREMELY pleased to find my luggage. I'm now in a class alone, and I'm learning really quickly. I also talked to the volunteer coordinators and starting Monday, I will be teach English to children. I'm excited. After Spanish I hung around a bit before our meeting about Tikal and Rio Dulce. We will also be going to Flores and Livingston on the trip. I am extremely excited and cannot wait to go. I then took a tuc-tuc (a motorbikeish taxi) back to the house because I had my suitcase. That ride was nuts. So bumpy, it was nuts. I then had dinner and started to unpack. And here we are now... again I have to wake up at 6:15, but I won't have to on Friday because I don't have work- which will be extremely nice.

Thursday:

Same morning schedule as the past few days. Today at work, I moved plants but for the most part played with the girls- their names are Carly and Georgese, i have NO idea if they are spelled correctly, but they are adorable as I have said in every previous post. They had me practice my colors again and then they had me read to them. That was an interesting task. I had no idea how to pronounce most of the words or what I was saying but they were content and kept turning the pages having me read more.

After work I had lunch and then took a nap before Spanish. After Spanish, I went to change some money and as I was walking all of a sudden someone starts to talk to me in Hebrew. I cannot remember the last time I was that confused, I still do not know how he knew I was Jewish. I found out that he was Guatemalan but for his job has a lot of Israeli tourists and has learned hebrew that way. It was really cool. Me and my roommates went to get some dessert before heading home. It's always a task to try to buy food. I point to something and ask "que?" and hope that their explanation has enough cognates in it to be able to understand what I am buying. It is usually a shot in the dark, but so far everything I've bought had tasted good. So after that we headed home to have dinner, and now are just relaxing. Tomorrow around 2 a group of about 10 of us will be heading to Tikal for the weekend. I will have an update when I get back! Monday I will also have news about my new placement teaching English.

Buenos Noches