I've reached that point in my service where I don't post anymore... Life here just seems like that- life. Things seem normal here and I guess that's a good thing as I've been here more than a year and a half.
So a quick recap of what's been going on since my last post. Same ol', same ol'. Attempted to start an english course and failed. Was in the process of writing a grant for stoves when my community lost intrest. Attempted another english course and then yet another and failed on both accounts. Attempted multiple times to get my sex-ed kids back together and failed- oh but they come over after the meetings were supposed to happen to hang out and reassure me that it's not me. They also reassure me that my meetings are way more fun than the PLAN international meetings. WELL THEN WHY WON'T YOU ATTEND THEM?!?! YOU ATTEND THE PLAN international MEETINGS! My little mystery. Of course theres always the literacy tutoring that I do. still successful. Oh and the 'jam' sessions with the instruments I have and the kids, and the braclet making, and the art stuff, still sucessful. but then came semana santa again and everything shuts down for 2 weeks. The girls get their hair cornrowed (which normally is a haitian style) and everyone breaks out the ron brugal (rum) mid-day and goes to the beach/river. As for me, my semana santa consisted of a full day 12 hour hike in the mountians behind my house with the host family. Don, Dona, 17 yr-old baseball playing brother Uziel, 4 yr-old brother Xabiel, and 2 teenage cousins. It was pretty intense and my feet got sore, but the next day I managed a killer 11 mile run. Yes my friends that is right, the more I try with my projects and fail the more frustrated energy I have going into my running and oh have I ever been sucessful with my running. Marathon running followed by marathon eating of Dona portioned rice and beans heaped up and inhaled with a soupspoon. How I plan on joining Over-eaters anonomous.
Sounds like I'm a very well equipt failure, and it's true I am. Well lately has been a different story. My 2 month of April attempts to start english classes have been successful and I teach 2 english classes now. My month of April attempt to start a book club has been amazingly SUCCESSFUL! Oh and cooking groups with my teenage girls. But now I am stuck in the capital thanks to a 'general' country wide strike. What are they striking about? General life here... Makes sense to me.
Trying to think of a good story to tell.... ehh! got nothin. I feel this post describes a pretty typical occurance in peace corps- rediculous amounts of trying to accomplish things that your site claims to want followed by rediculous amounts of failure. man do i have endurance, but yes finally in the month of april- 10 months in this site- things are looking up.
