July 2, 2008

So Kat finally left today. We figured something was wrong when she never showed up for class today. Cissa called her house and her family said she was in her room and really upset. Cissa then called Orlando (the head of the language department) and then Kelly, the nurse. We continued with our lesson and then went to meet with some youth to see about forming a youth group. After our meeting Kelly called and said the Kat had left. Kat seemed happy about her decision and we all agreed it was the best thing for her.

In the afternoon Kelly came by to interview us about our medical history and talk to us a bit about Kat. We agreed that the problem with the medical portion of the PC application is that all PC Washington sees is what is written on paper and not the person. My interview went fine; all I need to do is have a blood test twice a year.

When Kelly left we went to a hospital to talk to a dentist about his/her work. At first we where apprehensive because we thought it was weird to show up unannounced at a dentist’s office and ask to speak to the dentist. In the end, however, there was no problem. We ended up talking with two. One of them was a riot! He completely cracked us up!

When I returned home I interviewed Juan for my ‘Reloj de 24 horas’ project and then designed a poster for my charla about dental hygiene. Mayra, of course, was underfoot helping. As I was drawing Juan began asking to use my ipod/ computer, so I brought them out so we could listen to music. Just as the adults were coming in, my computer switched to the screensaver full of all my pictures. They then insisted that I show them ALL my photos, so I played music for them and showed them my photos. They loved my photos of Machu Pichu and Iguazu Falls the most.

Once they had seen them all I took Juan, Isabel, and Mayra into the next room and we played/fought, tickled, karate chopped, and screeched for the next half hour until I returned to the kitchen and announced myself as the winner (Mayra disagreed). Then dinner was ready and we feasted on chocolo, pollo, y queso.

So that was my day. Eventful, eh? Hasta mañana!