May 9, 2009
A.J. Let me describe A.J to all of you. A.J stands about 2 feet and 6 inches tall on a good day. He is about a year old and is still working on his talking. He kicks it with some White Kay Swiss shoes (Like Grandpa use to rock out). He has light brown hair in the style of an Afro. He likes his juice and is ready for bed by 8:00PM. He stole my heart yesterday when I was on the way to the BBQ and stopped by the Shoppe before hand. He was playing with his little blue truck (that he gave to me as a gift- but I kindly gave it back when we were done playing). He is a friendly little kid that gave me a big hug and a two fake kisses that his grand-mother told him to give me. Needless to say he is not as cute as my little Boo Bear Austin, but he sure is a Cutie Pie that made my night.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Eat, Pray, Love...
So I am in the process (a slow process) of reading “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert. I am at about Page 40 but it is an amazing Honest book about a Woman that gets a Divorce and then travels to Italy, India, and Indonesia for a year to rediscover herself. It is a very well-known book. Anyways, I was reading this section about how she is explaining how some individuals are simply amazing travels and others like herself are not so amazing travelers but still love to do it. I just wanted to share with all of you a little part of her explanation that really touched home to me and I could relate to what she was sharing:
“ My Shaky sense of direction and geography means. I have explored six continents in my life with only the vaguest idea of where I am at any given time. Aside from my cockeyed internal compass... My face is a transparent transmitter of my every thought. And when I am LOST, which is frequently, I LOOK lost. I have my own set of survival techniques. I am patient. But my one mighty travel talent is that I can make friends with ANYBODY... even the dead”
“ My Shaky sense of direction and geography means. I have explored six continents in my life with only the vaguest idea of where I am at any given time. Aside from my cockeyed internal compass... My face is a transparent transmitter of my every thought. And when I am LOST, which is frequently, I LOOK lost. I have my own set of survival techniques. I am patient. But my one mighty travel talent is that I can make friends with ANYBODY... even the dead”
Joys 5/09
1.Early Morning Market/Shopping Trip
2.TWO Walks that I dedicated to the “Heart Walk” Jennifer, Andrew, Austin, and Mom did
3.Seeing a NEW part of my village
4.Seeing the cutest little boy with the cheesiest smile EVER while going for my second walk!! It was WAY CUTE!!
5.A little BBQ Party in the Village
6.Losing Electricity (Not exactly a Joy or a Frustration but just something that happened around 6:45PM today and was turned back on around 7:15PM)
2.TWO Walks that I dedicated to the “Heart Walk” Jennifer, Andrew, Austin, and Mom did
3.Seeing a NEW part of my village
4.Seeing the cutest little boy with the cheesiest smile EVER while going for my second walk!! It was WAY CUTE!!
5.A little BBQ Party in the Village
6.Losing Electricity (Not exactly a Joy or a Frustration but just something that happened around 6:45PM today and was turned back on around 7:15PM)
Joys and Pictures 05/08
1.VOLLEYBALL with two of PCV
2.Getting a new Internet Box that does NOT need a transformers
3.Night Time Market Time
4.Sleepover Party with one of my PCV
5.Eating Dinner with someone else instead of by myself
6.Ice Cream by the Bay Front
Friday, May 8, 2009
Hope this brings a little JOY to YOUR Life..
A Little Story For You....
I was just hanging out in my apartment around 8:00PM and just got off the phone with my Mother. I was making some Cocoa Tea in my kitchen minding my OWN business. When I looked down on my Living Room Floor to only his and my surprise, a cockroach is looking right at me. Well you can only imagine the panic that ran across my body as I let out a little scream (the Cockroach did not move when I screamed- I think he was in shock) and ran to my bedroom to grab my tennis shoe. Luckily the Cockroach was still there when I came running back, I let out another little scream and hit the the Cockroach with ALL of my strength. Needless to say the Cockroach is now in Bug Heaven and did not survive the impact of the hit.
My funny story for the Moment. I hope you enjoyed and it made you laugh because after the fact I was laughing about the whole event.
I was just hanging out in my apartment around 8:00PM and just got off the phone with my Mother. I was making some Cocoa Tea in my kitchen minding my OWN business. When I looked down on my Living Room Floor to only his and my surprise, a cockroach is looking right at me. Well you can only imagine the panic that ran across my body as I let out a little scream (the Cockroach did not move when I screamed- I think he was in shock) and ran to my bedroom to grab my tennis shoe. Luckily the Cockroach was still there when I came running back, I let out another little scream and hit the the Cockroach with ALL of my strength. Needless to say the Cockroach is now in Bug Heaven and did not survive the impact of the hit.
My funny story for the Moment. I hope you enjoyed and it made you laugh because after the fact I was laughing about the whole event.
Joys and Pictures 5/7
Joys of May 7, 2009
1. Wearing first time wore cloths- You think that is not that cool but there is something with wearing cloths for the first time!
2. My Grade Four students telling me, “I Like Your Weave.”
3. Bright and SUNNY day!
4. Lot of Hugs and Smiles during break time from the youngsters!
5. Being able to sit down and work with students one-on-one with what they were struggling with
6. Having an AMAZING best friends that sent me my Horoscope from my FAVORITE magazine and it was on point to my life at the moment!
7. Two Cards! (Thank You Mom and Dad and Aunt Rose/Uncle Greg)
8. Not having to wait for a bus on my way up! (That always makes me happy because sometimes you have to make for a while for the buses to fill up before they will take you up to the village)
9. Another successful day of “Big Readers, Little Listeners”- I even got to read to the little ones!
Normally, I just do Joys but today I am going to do a frustration because it just happened. I just blow out my little box for my Internet because of the difference in Electrical currents. I know more about Volts and Watts then I ever thought possible. It is hard to kept track of it and I plug in the wrong cord to my surge protector and before I knew it, there was a little bit of smoke (very little), and my box for the Internet is DONE. I do not understand why everyone and every country can just run on the same current or make the stuff so you do not need all of these transformers and extra little things in the outlet. I am over it- I feel better now- it really is not that big of a deal- I will just have to get a new one and I am glad it did not harm my computer or cause a fire. Now I can focus back on my Joys!
Also- Referring back to the previous Blog- for those of you who do not know, DMB stands for Dave Mathews Bands.
My Picture of the Day made me smile. It is a picture of the famous KFC in town right next to the fresh market where people are starting to step up for the three days of selling. (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) It is just a unique image of Dominicans living the life they have always lived by selling their fresh fruits and veggies in the Market and then a little piece of America came and brought a KFC.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Joys and Pictures 5/6
Joys of May 6, 2009
1.LOTS of Cocoa Tea in my life today
2.A random phone call from my BESTEST
3.An amazing HONEST mother- THANK YOU
4.Meeting some of the other PCVs for Lunch
5.A little DMB in my life while I am typing up a report for the Peace Corps
6.Project Finished!
The picture was taking by one of my co-workers by my work site. It is just a pretty little view for ALL to see
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