Hey Diane and Michael and Matt and the Blog if you so choose!<\/p>\n
We\u00c2\u00a5ll see how my ambitious plan goes, considering the librarian wasn\u00c2\u00a5t at the library yesterday and today when I went to talk to her she said that electricity had been out. I don\u00c2\u00a5t know if that is a problem with the lines or outlets or what, but I\u00c2\u00a5ll need outlets for the printer.<\/p>\n
My Spanish is already improving. I\u00c2\u00a5m the only english speaker in Achuapa right now, so it makes life interesting. This morning I talked to Marjine, my \u00c2\u00aesister\u00c2\u00ae about all sorts of things for a while. It was really fun. She understood most of what I said and I understood what she said, even if my thoughts were a litte on the simple side. It was still nice. I asked my mother to teach me how to cook and she gave me some dough to make a tortilla with. I suck at it. A lot. Like, she can do this little thing where she turns the dough and flattens and it stays in a circle. Of course I can do it, right? Absolutely not. She kinda just laughed at me. I got a little better at a different stage in the molding, but I still suck at it. We\u00c2\u00a5ll see how it goes. Hopefully I\u00c2\u00a5ll get better. They have baby corn here that I helped Marjine to husk while we talked and made lunch. O man, we had this vegetable (pipian, I think she said?) that I\u00c2\u00a5ve never seen in the States before. And they put cheese in the middle where it\u00c2\u00a5s squishy with the seeds and then put it in a batter of egg, flour and water, and then fry it. It\u00c2\u00a5s so good. I\u00c2\u00a5m going to come back muy gorda! I was trying to decide if there\u00c2\u00a5s another kind of veggie that that would taste good with, but I couldn\u00c2\u00a5t think of any. Any ideas for when I get back and know how to make it?!<\/p>\n
Last year on Matt\u00c2\u00a5s birthday we went out and I got locked out. I\u00c2\u00a5m sure he has great memories of trying to unlock my door and the Dutch woman refusing to wake up Do\u00c3\u2019a Luisa. Grrrr. Oh well.<\/p>\n
Much love, Love and Light, Hilary<\/p>\n
P.S. I\u00c2\u00a5m not sick. Yet. Knocking on wood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey Diane and Michael and Matt and the Blog if you so choose! We\u00c2\u00a5ll see how my ambitious plan goes, considering the librarian wasn\u00c2\u00a5t at the library yesterday and today when I went to talk to her she said that … Continue reading