Monday, July 03, 2006

oh yeah...

here's some more stuff i forgot to write. number one, now my voice doesn't sound like a man (i previously sounded like a man both during and after puberty) but i still have a pretty persistant cough. argentina (that's dulce's mom's name) has been very concerned about my cough and on saturday night we were all sitting and watching tv and she brought me a blanket and a cup of hot water with honey melted in it. it didn't change my cough that much, but it did make me feel like there was a mother who was taking care of me, even if it's not my own mother.

also... oh, i had ice cream in mcdonald's yesterday, because i was in the mood for it and mcdonald's seemed the least likely to make me die a slow and horrible death of intestinal parisites from bad milk. a regular vanilla soft serve cone was a grand total of 3 quetzales, which comes out to like 40 cents. also, the mcdonald's had an armed guard outside, but i think that might be because it was a cyber mcdonald's. yes indeed, with every happy meal or cheeseburger, you get 30 minutes of internet free. this place proves to be weirder and weirder every time i do something new.

dogs. i didn't see any for the first week and a half, but now i see them everywhere, sometimes in mean-looking snarly packs. some of them are really cute, and i saw one who reminded me of my dog gent, who's a cocker spaniel, and i really wanted to give it some food or something, it looked miserable and dirty and hungry. but i didn't, because i didn't have any food and i also didn't want the word to get out to the dog population of xela that i'm a softie, because then they'd never leave me alone. also, these dogs really can do some damage, some of them, i know because for the last two days there have been dead cat bits on the corner by my house. apparently tail and feet aren't good eating...

i also found out last night that i don't really like indian food. kirsten and some other students and i went out for dinner, to what is apparently a really good indian restaurant, but it was all too spicy for my liking. i had fun anyhow, though.

i really am having a pretty good time, no matter how complainy i sound about all the stuff i miss. i think i'm going to a natural sauna thing tomorrow to celebrate the fourth of july (not) so i don't know if i'll post or not. hasta luego!

Posted by Sarah @ 2:21 PM