a carrot party

So Sunday night I was reading in my room after a long day´s work of making foor with my family all day, when my grandfather told me someone was at the door. Naturally, I thought it was one of my friends coming to hang out but when I opened the door, it was instead my friend Krista´s little nine year old host brother Mario. This kid is hilarious and his sun rises and sets with Michael Jackson. He handed me a piece of paper and it proceeded to say (translation): ¨You are invited to a carrot party at my house this Sunday. ¨ He actually used the words ¨fiesta de zanahorias¨which is hilarious. All I have to do is bring one carrot and a lime with me. Which I have no problem doing and I can´t wait to find out what a ¨carrot party¨ is all about.

Also today while walking to the carreterra to catch a combi, I saw a monkey. A legit, real monkey. There was a van selling olives outside my house and riding shotgun and sitting on the window was a real, live monkey. It was ugly. But nevertheless I loved it. Speaking of animals, two weeks ago during the ¨roof party¨, I was hanging out with my nextdoor neighbors and their month old brand new puppy. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. It´s furry, black, cuddly, and with white spots and paws. While playing with him, I asked the family if he had a name. They replied that they hadn´t thought of one yet so on reflex, I called him Charlie. Today I saw my little neighbor carrying the puppy around (the girl is like four) and she told me that the dog´s name is officially Charlie. How cool is that? I was so stoked I ran home, called my real mom (Emmy Lou) and told her.

Lastly, I would just like to take a moment to tell you all how much I love Kevin Costner. My friend from Peace Corps heard that I had never seen it and lent it to me to watch yesterday. For all of you crazies that say it´s slow and boring, I totally disagree. I can´t wait to get a dog here and name him ¨Two Socks.¨ I was so into the beauty of the movie (and of Kevin Costner´s face) that I forced my language professor to watch twenty minutes of it during language class (with Spanish subtitles, of course). But in all seriousness, it is a really powerful movie and it defintely stuck a chord with me with being in the Peace Corps and everything. Especially about the whole ¨trying to understand and live a different culture while dealing with a language barrier¨sort of thing. I recommend it to all.

This post really had nothing to do with anything, but I figured I should keep you all updated on my life, whether it seems exciting or not.