Lice and Flees

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I called the doctor yesterday because I thought I had flees. Turns out I have lice AND flees. My Peace Corps lifestyle is so more hardcore than yours. Are you jealous yet?

On the plus side, look at all the things I've been doing. I've been working with this group and we do things to make the school better. We carried a new swing set up this mountainside, we made a small green area, and then we've been working on building this wall to keep the dogs out. Also, once a week I go to Riobamba to work in this garden project at a Juvenile Detention Center. This kids are so awesome. And when I'm not working in my community I'm making things. Things like food and art.

Also, I went to a party in my town for graduation. More like I went to 9 different parties, one for each student that graduated from high school. And at each house they had to serve everyone a full meal with a first and second course. So much food. But in the country side its very common to take a plastic bag of the food to go. So I have a house full of potatoes right now. So much food.

Lots of photos, not that many words.

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Photos

Watch the Wall
First the hole

Watch the Wall 2
Then the sides of the foundation.

Watch the Wall 3
Then we put stones inside.

Minga Work
This is how we carry the stones. Good old fashion manual labor.

Minga Work 2
We also had to carry over a bunch of pebbles using the sacks.

Minga Work 3
Mixing equal parts of cement, sand, and small pebbles, we make the concrete.

Minga Work 4
Mix everything!

Minga Work 5
Once mixed we carry everything over in these little buckets.

Watch the Wall 4
Lastly, we put the cement mix inside. A days work.

My Boys at the Center
Garden Project at the Juvenile Detention Center in Riobamba

Me and My Boys
Garden Project at the Juvenile Detention Center in Riobamba

Art Project
A match box gift box for my friend. The art on top is a mimic of the Ecuadorian artist Guayasamin.

My living room
I started my Escher mural. Its hard to see, I know, but just you wait.

My living room 2
Other angle of my wall.

Pancakes
What a nightmare. I am a horrible cook.

Finished pancakes
Pancakes or chunks of food? Nobody knows!

Pancake Perfecto
Like most things in my Peace Corps experience, fail, fail, fail try again. Prevail!

Yogurt
I made that yogurt from straight up cows milk

Cake
Its chocolate and super delicious. Way easier to make then pancakes.

My backyard again
See those lambs, they're my neighbors.

Food Disaster
Huge party in my town. This is the pile of fundas (plastic bags) that I took food to go in. Very common in the campo.

Food Disaster 2
These are the containers after consolidating the food from the party in my town.

Food Disaster 3
Seriously, how could they expect me to eat that much food.

Food Disaster 5
See that cuy head.