Primavera Azul!

Ok guys, i finally figured out how to do the whole photo thing, so here are a few. i´ll try to post a few every blog from here on out. ¡Disfrútenlas!

(una foto de mi cuarto en la casa de mi familia anfitriona en Masaya)
¡Qué linda!

(una foto de unas casas que están ubicadas en la carreterra entre mi pueblo y la cuidad)

(una familia que está alistándose entrar el bus. sí, el barrón está llevando un pollo en el bus)

(la parada de buses en el mercado viejo en Masaya, look at those beautifully repainted school buses from the states! the smaller ones are called microbuses and they are really not all that safe but people manage to fit about oh 15 ppl in a micro)

(el altar que mi prima hizo, ella pasó como 5 horas haciéndolo)

(la promoción del sexto grado (lo que discutí en la ultima blog)

(Beautiful Granada)

(esta foto es de mis amigitas. de la izquirda: una amiga de mis dos sobrinitas, mi sobrinita Mayoling y mi otra sobrinita Josmely)

(esta foto es de una baile que se llama "el viejo la vieja" y las personas que están bailando son dos muchachos! hahaha ellos eran alumnos del instituto de mi pueblo en Masaya)

Hey everyone! I hope things are going well in the snow-covered land of Indiana, and the oh so warm and sunny FL! It´s hot here, as usual. but now is the fresco time if i haven´t already said that. All that really means is that you don´t sweat.... as much, but you still definately sweat. the shade is a beautiful thing though, so are hammocks, maybe my two favorite things in nica (besides the beautiful views of course.) But all in all there is little to complain about. I know i was a little upset about my new cucaracha friends but well, that happens. and while i wouldn´t say i am acostombrada, i´m getting there) things are slow now so i am going to hopefully be starting a community english class with my sitemate (who teaches english at the highschool) and probably in two other communities as well. we´ll see. she isn´t gonna be here much for the next month, so in that case i will be doing them solo! (entonces, wish me luck!)

So the graduation ceremonies have come and gone, and so has the purisima, oh how fun that was. lets just say its sortof like halloween, but without the costumes, and instead of saying trick-or-treat, people sing hymns to altars of maría that people put in their front porches and then the people give out candies, and tupperware, glasses, plates, ya know the typical stuff ;-)

But after the graduation ceremonies and for the purisima, there was fiestas/discos in town. the fiestas were after the promociones and they were free. i had to pay 30 cords to get into the disco after the purisima. and it was fun but i was a little disappointed in music choices. i mean you know how much i enjoy dancing, but i am not a fan of merengue AT ALL, machata i love tho but when i go to a disco i want some reggeaton! and instead oh about a good 30% of the songs they played were horrible 80´s songs in english! (of which i am not a fan).

But i was called up on to the stage infront of everyone by this guy that used to be the mayor and lets just say, i was extremely embarrassed and didn´t know what to say, i swear the moment i hit the stage i forgot every spanish word i know, luckly i remembered no se :-) those nerves. hahaha well i am going to try to put up some picks now. i hope people are doing well back home. things are a little boring at times, but i make it into the city once a week on the weekends, and i am con suerte in the sense that i do have someone in my site that i can communicate with fully.