Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Whats up Homeboy?

Alright, so it's been awhile since my last entry and I apologize for that. The title of the blog, well I have taught a bunch of buddies in my site how to say, "Whats up homeboy?" It's awesome, I'll just be walking through the caserio and suddenly someone will yell out from a milpa (cornfield) "Whats up homeboy?" So it's a piece of home I brought down here with me and everybody gets a kick out of it... I have been somewhat busy, and to be honest it isn't so easy anymore to sit in front of a computer and type... So what have I been upto lately? Those of you who read the previous entry about the cows eating the garden, we have now re-done the entire project. We cleared out some new land, put in some posts and fenced it off with chicken wire to keep out the cows, rabbits and "garrobos'(iguanas), and whatever other types of animals are too big to fit through. We have planted greens beans, radishes, and cucumbers. And the timing is perfect, because rainy season is slowly starting to creep in, and so we have been getting rain once or twice a week. The sprouts are already starting to peak out of the soil, its awesome. What else?... Oh soccer, so as you who have kept up with the blog know, I had previously had problems scoring goals in soccer. Well that has changed, I went on a streak of about a month or so of scoring in every game, I even had a multiple goal game. So now everyone says that "esta famoso de golear" (famous for scoring goals). So yes my luck has turned, and we'll see how long that lasts... About a month or so ago I did some translating for a military medical campaign. It was a great experience, I met some four star general from the United States who came down to "check out the project". He was very pampered, he didn't want to be driven from the airport so he was flown in by helicopter. I wont say anything else about the good general because who knows who may read this blog. The unit that came down was great, they were cool people based out of New York City. In fact, on their last night in the country they invited all of the PCV's to stay a night with them at the lavish Sheraton of San Salvador. We stayed five to a room, and cleared out the hotel of every single compimentary gift that you could possibly imagine. Each of us also took 30-60 minute showers, taking full advantage of the hot water and the fact that it was an actual shower. So good times with the U.S. Army and friends... As always, I have more than a handful of projects going on right now but I dont have the ganas to write all about them. I'll write some more on this entry a little later, but PEACE!