why i hate tania

hey i just got back from a really fun yoga retreat for peace corps volunteers. we went to an self statainable organic farm. it was so pretty and peacefull.

i was accidentally in nicaragua the other day. i missed the bus to a little kids birthday party a couple of towns over so i decided to walk. along the way i got a hitch hike from a little kid on a bike and then 2 trucks. it was so much fun! then we were swimming in the river and someone told me i was in nicaragua! i walked 20 minutes into nicaragua and i found the closest volunteer to me! it was so weird seeing this random gringa walking to a small li'l dusty street.

why i hate tania

ok my friend tania's peace corps location is in a very touristy beach town on the north coast called ceiba.

part 1
after having climbed a mountain just to get the slightest li´l ray of cell signal: (to everyone in her phone book) ¨please save me from this never ending pit of bordem.¨

the first 2 responses:

sean: ¨I know, i kinda feel like dying sometimes¨
tania: ¨Come to ceiba. now going to roatan [island off the coast where movie stars and rich people have their houses] tomorrow all free. my friend has a yacht. staying till mon.¨


part 2

(us having a phone conversation)

me: (putting drops in her infected ears and rubbing cream on her arm after getting it stuck in a ceiling fan) "oh i'm just kinda upset because there aren't any houses in my site for me to live in....what?? i cant hear. my baterie is running out because the electricity has been out for 2 days."

tania: (laying on the white sandy beach drinking out of a cocanut) "well i was saying that last week i only made it do copan instead of guatemala, but now i'm thinking of going to cuba with my friend that owns the club bamboo...oh yeah did i tell you i just got internet in my house and i have a USA phone line?"

Things That Are Starting to Seem a Líl Silly

Having an eternal summer, time doesn´t seem to be passing as it used to with seasons. I´ve supposedly had summer for the past 9 months and will continue to have it for the next 18 months. I´m sitting here sweating my balls off and its OCTOBER. cannot believe it. in a month i´m going to have my very first summer birthday and in 75days i´ll be headed to the great ol´us of a. the thought of going home has made me nervous and excited, but also a few things have started to seem a li´l silly. for example,

1. seedless oranges
2. seedless grapes
3. water from a fosset
4. drinkable fosset water
5. lawn mowers
6. garages
7. raking leaves
8. recycling
9. 4 beef patty burger at burger king
10. garbage men
11. and, my personal favorite, the garage door opener

but then there are also a few things that used to seem a li´l silly that aren´t so silly anymore for example,

1. snot rockets (shooting snot out of your nose by covering one nostril...if you have any questions just ask meredith s. simpson)...done by everyone and anyone
2. earning L133 a day...or $6.50 (got a raise!)
3. having 60 yr old fat men, well....all men...and women, telling you how beautiful you are, all the time, and inviting you, total strangers, to fancy reunions.-you know they are fancy because everyone is drinking pop.
4. taking an hour to walk a block becuase you have to (get to) stop and talk to everyone....luckily my town is only a couple blocks in total!
5. lieing...a lot
6. hammocks in living rooms
7. reading at least 2.5 books a week
8. and finally, beans for breakfast