i take it y'all haven't heard about the massive tropical storms hitting guatemala ( Read more... )

so i´m moving into an apartment with this canadian girl named amy and her three year old son. it should be pretty sweet. we have a terrace on the roof top where you can see a 360 degree panoramic view of xela. the rent is under 60 bucks a month ( Read more... )

so last night, my family got home from celebrating at the feria and asked if i wanted some cake and coffee so i went in and sat down at the table with them and they started asking me about if i had a boyfriend, if i wanted to get married someday, what i thought about love, etc ( Read more... )

i don't even know where to begin ( Read more... )

wow, crazy shit happening in the states right now. if it makes you feel better, katrina and new orleans are front page news all OVER guatemala ( Read more... )

bah... so i got sick this weekend and i stayed in my bed for like two days straight. sleeping, not moving, not leaving my house, not eating ( Read more... )

i love xela ( Read more... )

i am so awesome and about a thousand times more competent than i was when i first showed up in guatemala last year ( Read more... )

i hate bank of america

i saw a gigantic praying mantis today!!!! it was so freaky!!! it had huge freaky wings!!!

i love being in the land of fireflies and luna moths and gigantic freaky praying mantises.

but i'm still in NC, not guatemala, just to clarify.

so fedelma and i finished our work with floc as of saturday and this week i've been hanging out at her house in greensboro and helping her and her housemates deep clean. its been hard work, but a good kind of hard work. its been way to hot here for all the hair i had so i cut most of it off. i'm a lot happier without it ( Read more... )