End of the second week!!!! I can’t believe how different
this week has been compared to the first week. The first week just dragged on
and on. Even though I was sick most of the week it flew by!
I felt my first
tremor today, don’t worry folks it was minor apparently people who were in cars
didn’t feel it. I got my first letter from home today, it was magical, it was
like getting a care package from home when you’re in college, but actually
feels a million times better because I’m so much farther away.
Last weekend I tried guinea pig, it honestly tasted like chicken.
Tonight I was chatting with some other volunteers and we
were talking about fast we get close here; it’s only been two weeks and we’re
comfortable enough with each other to talk about our bowel movements, it took a
long time for me to get that comfortable with my friends back in the states!
One gal said how crazy it is that the government basically gives you friends
and then they are your friends for life, which I feel will be very true. I
don’t feel that close to everyone but I got close to a couple people really
fast here just because we are going through the same things and we are all away
from home, missing American food, and having diarrhea together. Don’t take this
the wrong way friends I of course miss you all very much and still feel very
close to you J
I’m going to do some letter writing tonight and send them out soon!
If you’re wondering about a (week)day in the life of Ali, it
is as follows: The rooster wakes me up around 5:30am, that is EVERY morning, I
can usually fall back asleep until the rooster calls again around 6:30…then I drift
in and out sleep until 7am. Now I’m going to be honest, I’ve been here two
weeks and my 4th shower was today, the water is flippin cold and I
just can’t do that shit every day. When I do decide to shower it is one body part
in at a time, it’s kinda like the hokey pokey. Then I eat some bread and
usually have a cup of tea. Then I walk to class with my fellow volunteers from
Huascaran, it’s about 1 km away. I have
class from 8-5pm. The schedule isn’t the same everyday but usually I have 4
hours of language class, and then the other 5 hours usually include A LOT of
power points going over many topics ranging from youth development to STDS to
classroom management. Some days when all our brains are all fried we go to
Greggorio's for a few cervezas. Greggorio is the awesome owner of a bar in town
that is super chill, whenever we come in he pulls practically all the tables
together and he takes very good care of us J
When I get back to mi casa I usually watch a little tv with my host family. Let
me tell you about my new favorite TV shows, Combate and Yo soy. Combate is
basically a ridiculous competition show, there is a green team and red team,
they wrestle, eat weird foods, sing songs, have relay races, it’s awesome! Yo soy (translated to I am) is a TV show in
which a Peruvian person comes on to the show says “Yo soy <insert the name
of famous American or Peruvian singer” and attempts to sing like them. It’s
like watching the first try-outs for American Idol, it’s quite magical. Dinner
isn’t usually until 9pm so I try to fit in some interaction time with my family
but after dinner I go up to my room to unwind and have been watching an episode
of Friends every night, it’s very comforting!!!!
Tomorrow we have a trip to Lima, I’m super excited!!!! We’re
basically going to go sightseeing with our language classes and then get to
hang out in the city for the afternoon, I’m sooo looking forward to some
American food, the other volunteers In my language class agree that we are
going to try to hit up several American restuarants like McDonald’s, Pizza Hut,
and possibly a Chili’s. I’m hoping to find some siracha, I need to dress up all
the rice I eat, if I don’t find any I’m going to have to beg one of you to send
me a bottle. I’ll definitely post some more pictures after the trip tomorrow.
Love you all, thank you to all who read this xoxo
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