Travel, School, and Silliness

just in case it didnt get forwarded to you..
here i am ...
read on.


Send this to anyone who wants to hear about my chili adventures...
2 days in .. and ive learned a ton of spanish and tons about my group.
a bit about myself. a bit about patience.. stuff i thought i had down pat.
what a job too.
Its rewarding .. absolutely...

love ya , love chili too... good PPP purchasing power too....
oooooooooooohhh


To everyone..
The community that we are building in is so phenominally different than what i am used to .. but its awsome to see its like a real ... COMMUNITY..
so wierd.. the kids .. like 12 ish ... they can be reallly really childish ... and annoying ... teens... they just get in the way mostly... but if your really nice .. they can be fun too..

i give them my hacky sack everyday and tell them to bring it back to me by 5 pm .. so its all good. they bring it everytime..
each kid is different... real people... same slightly deprived story tho sometimes... they even try some english ..
my spanish learning was not as strong today...
we really got pissed at one point at the builders...
so much to say but hard to describe.

MY team
Elizibeth
Lindsay
Nan
Melissa
Alex

Marky
Phil (loser... but my apprentice.
Kevin (strong big guy
Freddy the anti anti racist... but a cool guy
Rich .. who i always mess up and call freddy.. my roomie ..


Its funny because .. honestly i get along better with the girls..
too much estrogen .. but they are calmer.. more realistic workers.
and they care more about the people...
sometimes everybody rushes for no reason .. so i just get them pissed off when im unwilling to keep up with thier breakneck pace...

plus i move around in jobs a lot ... keeps me sane.
keeps me in touch with the temp of the people.

sometimes u just have to give others space too.
so much random stuff to learn in this unique situation ...


we built the side frame to a 2nd story house today....
im doing a lot of nailing.... nailing and moving stuff... labour..
im pretty handy with the hammer..
I get along with the maestros pretty well too..
the builders like me because im curious.. and a bit lazy too ...
lazy meaning i find easier ways to do redundant or annoying work..

so many building secrets that make your life easier .. i dont know why they hold back sometimes... we would be so much better off with a better interpreter who actually helped .. but then again i still think regardless he does a good job and still helps a fair bit..

We lose our advisor .. fanny... shes gone tonight.
our interpreter juan ustes... helps a fair bit with the labour too..

the 10 of us as a team suck.
as smaller groups we kinda rock.. depends.. on the stars..

marky