Friday's accomplishments consisted of sleeping in til 10:30 (the latest we've slept here). Next we set up a hammock in our kitchen/garden area which then inspired our roommate Sally to go out and buy herself one for another area in the garden. Turns out hers is waaaaaayyy better and for only 30 cordovas more (about $1.50 more). Live and learn. It still added some color and comfort to our house andwe don't mind sharing. ;) And you can never have too many hammocks.
After hammock time, we went to Junior's Gym for a salsa/merengue/bachata/cumbia/reggaeton aerobics class! WHAT A WORK OUT! Matt being the only man besides our flamboyant and awesome instructor. Turns out we need to step up our game in the booty and shoulder shaking arena. We left with shirts drenched in sweat, and a satisfied feeling in our gut.
Saturday we devoted the entire afternoon to painting an awesome semi anatomical/sacred heart with wings on our bedroom wall. We roughed it by making our own paint with pee and burnt shoe soles. Jk, we found a small amount of red and blue paint and one very large paintbrush in the back of our house which we skillfully blended to make a third color - (I'll give you one guess) - and then we took our roommate's advice to use Qtips to do the smaller, more precise areas. No wonder it took 5 hours. We were damn impressed with ourselves though and so will you be too once you check out the following photo.
Our 2nd day here we drew this guy.
Saturday night we celebrated Caroline's (a British volunteer) 21st birthday with Flor de Cana (Rum), cards, and a pinata. Matt and I could barely keep our eyes open past 11:45. Oh the days of youth, where have you gone?
The party enabled us to check out the last of the 4 volunteer houses for La Esperanza Granada and we have thus come to the consensus that ours is by far the best. I mean, not to brag, but we're the only ones with a live, beautiful garden, none of our rooms smell like pee, and our mice don't have a rat problem. Our mice also only live in the ceiling and do not come down to sleep with us or poop on our kitchen plates. They stick to pooping only on the floors.
Finally, Sunday was spent devouring a most delectable breakfast of huevos rancheros Nica style (which we assume is made with the elusive French baker's bread since everything else seems to be white bread, so basically sugar) and banana pancakes at Kathy's waffle house. Perhaps the best breakfast in town, as we have yet discovered. Later we did some yoga and then prepared art, reading, and math projects for the kidos.
4th week, here we come!
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