Pensamientos (Thoughts)

Buenas tardes-

Don´t really have anything specific to tell you but thought I´d post anyway! I´m not sure why your comments (mom and Em) are coming through as anonymous but I´ll try to look into it. Although, given my level of technical knowledge, that might be fruitless.

The weather here has been RAINY ALL THE TIME. Boo. This is the coldest and rainiest (is that a word?) "winter" they´ve had in a long time..maybe ever. However, I laugh a little in my head everytime an Ecuadorian is complaining about the cold. I keep trying to tell them that they have no idea what cold is. But I guess there´s a little justification to the complaints, because houses don´t have heat..so it does get pretty chilly at night. But I won´t complain, because I know what it´s like at home.

Random fact: Chelsea is really hard to pronounce here. I get a confused look everytime someone asks for my name. I usually have to say, "como el equipo de Ingleterra" (like the soccer team from England)..then they get it. Maybe I´ll just cut out the confusion and start going by Juanita. Any other suggestions?

Also, my host mom loves dogs. We have 2 in the apartment. Well, one has to stay outside and is a huge Great Dane looking thing. I´m not sure what it is..Megan, I´ll send you a pic and you can tell me :). The other is this super old, really ugly (sorry) dog that is constantly trying to cough up hair balls. I think it wants to die. Hahah, maybe I´m a bit morbid. I think the rain is getting to my head. I´m pretty sure the dog was a stray, and my host family took it in (years ago). It´s name is Crispy, which I find very entertaining.

I´m going on Friday to visit Tocachi, the community I might work in for my internship. It´s about 1 1/2 north of Quito and potentially colder. I´ll let you know how it goes...And I promise I´ll try to get some pics of my house family and the apartment.


¡Chao!