Stagnant

Last Saturday, I went to the beach for a friend's birthday. Well, that pretty much failed too. We got there and there wasn't much to do. We went into town and there were mostly drunks hanging out. It was the first time we had been to this beach, El Cuco, and we were unimpressed. It was extremely hot when we got there. Anyway, we finally made it to our hotel which proved to be decent at first. There was a nice pool and a swim-up bar, but the accomodations and food were a little overpriced. Plus, we had made reservations for seven of us and they gave us a room for five people at the most. The first night there, there were only four of us, so it worked out okay; with a few drinks everything was better. The next day we woke up and waited well over an hour and a half for the wrong food. The weather looked like it was turning as well. Unsatisfied with the experience we decided to leave the beach and head for the capital.

I didn't bring my rain gear or umbrella with me. On our walk to the bus stop, which was about a mile, it began to pour rain. I sloshed through the mud, soaking wet from head to toe, hoping my belongings (including my computer) in my backpack would make it out alive. We got on the bus which didn't leave for another hour and began planning for a dry, airconditioned, cheaper hotel that put us near much better food options. Anyway, we ended up having a good time and everything worked out fine once in the capital.

I made it back to site just fine and have been trying to plan out new projects, but this week has been completely frustrating. The kids at school have been particularly obnoxious, some teachers didn't come in this week, the school director was gone, and I couldn't track down my health promoter. Wednesday I visited Jordan's site after school to have a little break and she's coming for the weekend. Moral support I guess. It's been a rough week. I've been exhausted and feel like this week was pretty much a waste. I'm going to try and just mellow out this weekend and start fresh next week.

On the bright side, I booked my flight back to the States for Christmas! I'm so excited! Hopefully I'll have some better stories the next week and some success with my projects. Until then.