"Lowra se cayo en los abrazos de un hombre" (sorry Mark)

Dona Hilda said while laughing that "I fell into the arms of a man". Dont worry, I didnt fall in love down here but I literally fell into a Guatemalans arms when we were on the bus on Saturday. We were headed to the waterpark and on one of the buses our driver was nuts. The roads are bumpy and curvy anyways, but he was busting out his moves to get us to Xela faster. I lost a handle on my seat during one intense curve, and flew over into another seat onto a Guatemalan. While doing this, I also pulled the hair of the girl sleeping in front of me. I was so embarassed but I was really just good entertainment for everyone around me: STUPID GRINGA.

The waterpark was so so so enjoyable. We spent the whole day with our host family which was so special. The water park is just like any other waterpark, but I rode about half of the rides with my host mother. And, how fun she was! She was scared and nervous but giggled the whole time and it was so cute. She was partially laughing at me screaming my head off, and partially at how fun the ride was.

Today has been a crazy day in Comi. I got up to a not-feeling-so-hot Franz and Kevin so I started to head to La Reforma on my own. But then I got a call from Charlie who was going to go with me, and he was delayed because of AMMID complications. So we didnt end up setting out for the buses until around 9:30, waited an hour, no buses, so we returned to La Granja to help fix things around the farm. No water deposits today, but hopefully I can help the rest of the week.

Today at the farm, I used my Chemical Engineering degree to dig up poop in our latrine so that we could move the toilet from one side to the other. The way the bathroom works is that while you are utilizing one side, you are letting the other side age into good yummy fertilizer. Dona Hilda insisted on digging instead of me because she didnt want me to get another throat infection, ewww.

So, while I watched her play with the poop, Charlie taught Kevin and I how to sharpen machetes and hoes, which apparently he was trained about from Peace Corps. What an excellent life skill I now can put on my resume. We also wanted to fix our broken shower door, which is outside, so that you couldn´t see naked pale Gringos up at the top of the hill, and apparently Dona Hilda has plans for that, so soon we should get some privacy, haha.

We have also talked to her about fixing the biodigester in her kitchen. She has to spend a lot of money on propane tanks, so if we can get the biodigester working again she can save some money to power her stove. I forget if I mentioned this already or not but a drunk driver ran into their house in December, thus breaking the bag of the biodigester. Hopefully we can just patch up the holes.

SAD NEWS: I dropped out of school this afternoon. I feel like I just went through a breakup. It was pretty sad and kinda awkward to explain to them that I cannot take classes anymore, but the classes cut into our day and we were not able to complete as much work as we had hoped if we try and make it back in time for school. Since ETHOS is our priority, we have to prioritize. I guess theres a reason that I have a diploma. NO MORE SCHOOL.

FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DAY: Tonight is the Seniorita Los Bujes pageant. Los Bujes is the town of Comi that I live in and this week is a semi-festival for the town. They are kicking off the week with the pageant and I think Georgina is entering. Im excited! We also joked at lunch that I should put on the Mayan traje and enter into the contest as well. I mean, I represent the town well, right? Seniorita Los Bujes Laura?

Porque toda chica es una princesa,
Lowra