A Better Day

This morning I got up at 10:30 and had...FROOT LOOPS! They certainly aren't the same; there are only four colors of loops and one of them is barf green. But they were good. I also had apple juice...FAVE. Anyway, it was a pretty lazy morning. Around noon Suzanne and I went to the corner store because we needed smaller bills for the taxi. I just picked up some crackers and a fizzy lemon-lime water (which was amazing). I've actually been drinking the water here. MB says it's chlorinated (and you can certainly taste it!). She has always been drinking it and has never been a problem, a Suz hasn't had any issues with it either. Ilga (a German exchange student from Germany who was originally studying at the university here but not volunteering with MB) has been drinking bottled water from the start. I guess it's just personal preference. I'm fine so far...knock on wood...

I've also been eating fresh produce, usually also a no-no, but Ilga eats a lot of veggies, and so if she won't drink the water but will eat the veggies...I'm guna assume they are alright. (MOM/ROB/GRANDMA don't worry, I'm fine)

Today at the center things were much calmer. I ran the computer room. There are eight computers, seven which run pretty well. The sad thing is that there are 14, 15, 16 year old kids who come in to use the computers and all they will play is Elmo or preschool franklin. Most can barely read, and so they don't even try the other games. The kids who are 6, 7, 8 years old have to work on the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom alphabet game, because they don't even know their alphabet all the way through. Basically I hate running the computer room because I get no other interaction with any of the other kids.

There is a woman named Tara who comes every day with a guitar to sing. Apparently she has had the hardest life imaginable, but you would never know it. She is so happy all the time, and so hardworking. Besides volunteering at the center singing with the kids, she also performs at a place that raises money through an open-mic type situation with poetry and music.

We left the center a few minutes early because it looked like it was going to down pour. It didn't until around 8:30, and then it was raining crazy hard. The roof even leaks in MB's house when it rains!

We had past with meat and tomatoes for dinner. I'm really tired and we have to get up super early for soccer tomorrow...and you probably know how i deal with early mornings...

miss everyone! a lot!
xoxo