September 23, 2008

These last few days have been very eventful. On Sunday I invited my host brother and sister to the circus that was in town. I have never been to a circus and I wanted to see what it was like. We didn’t know what time it was so we decided to just go and if we needed to wait we could wander around the shopping center which was next door. When we arrived the first show was scheduled to start in 1 l/2 hours, so we went to the arcade and hung out there. When we returned for the show, there was a huge line and the show we wanted to see was sold out. It was disappointing, but there were also a lot of fair rides, so we weren’t sad for too long. I bought some tickets and we checked out the haunted house, bumper cars, and this ride that goes round and round in circles till you get sick. My host sister was scared of the last ride, so we sang the song ‘10 Little Monkeys Jumping in the Bed’ which I had taught her to keep her mind of the ride. When we were done checking out the fair rides, we returned to the shopping for a quick snack and I bought a huge ball to play with.

I spent Monday hanging out with my counterpart and we continued to visit families in my community. I went running in the afternoon and the little boy next door came with me. He was pretty fast for 10 and kept up with me the whole time! In the evening I met one of the youths that I had befriended during my site visit and he informed me that he and his friends were still dancing and I agreed to check it out. They were learning a new dance to Rihanna’s song ‘Please Don’t Stop the Music.’ I couldn’t help laughing whenever the instructor tried to sing/mumble the words. No one else saw the humor.

Today I ran again with the same little boy, only this time he brought a friend. I am well on my way to starting up a running club! I then talked to the principal of one of the schools and asked if I could sit in on a class next week. He said absolutely. Yay! In the afternoon we had Adventura de la Vida. It was fun, but I did have a really embarrassing moment. We were playing on the teeter-totter when I fell over backwards. My legs went flying over my head as I crashed to the ground and I had the unfortunate luck to be wearing I skirt. I flashed everyone! All the little kids weren’t sure whether to laugh or be concerned. One of the other volunteers, however, was there and she had no qualms whatsoever about pointing and laughing at me. It was absolutely hilarious and I quickly joined in, followed by a chorus of laughter from the children. I am sure it won’t take long before half of my site knows about my little fall.