wild fridays

So its Friday night at 8:45 and I’m already in my pajamas. I made banana bread for my people today and they liked it a lot so that's probably my highlight from this past week. Afterwards we had our weekly Taoist ceremony in the temple below my house. Usually they’re incredibly boring where Melita reads out of two different bibles for at least an hour and half, usually more like 2. But this week was good, we had a guest speaker and for some odd reason I understood about 94% of what she said and it was really interesting cuz she explained little parts of the Taoist foundations and background. I’m going to Wikipedia it more tomorrow. Should be exciting, I’m looking forward to it.

This past week was pretty boring. One of the grants I’m working on has to be submitted within the first ten days of every month and so I spent all day Monday and Tuesday working on this grant trying to get it finished and all the people I’m working on it with have been so irresponsible and it was super frustrating. But then on Wednesday afternoon, after I spent all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning getting it finished, I met with my boss to check things over and he’s like oh yeah, I was talking about the other grant, we’ll just finish the one I was working on in July instead. Augh!! He also said he’d call me today to figure out a time to get together sat am to finish the other grant and he’s yet to call…so I don’t know what that's supposed to mean.

Ha on Wednesday Ecuador played Argentina and they won. It was really exciting to watch and be a part; everyone was very happy and very drunk. This weekend, there are elections so there’s a law that alcohol can’t be sold 48 hours before and 12 hours after the election. It’s interesting and I’m surprised that it works but I’m impressed it does. If you get caught being drunk (which occurs A LOT in public here) your punishment is jail. Ouch.

Oh and let me tell you about yesterday when I was on the verge of tears because melita said she would help me with my Spanish and I got really excited until she started to teach me how to conjugate ser and estar (the verbs of to be, the very basics and what you use everyday).  I know that my spanish isn’t good, but please don’t tell me that you think i don’t even know the most basic of the basics. 

I had lunch with Melita and her cousin and his son on Thursday and before I even had a chance to introduce myself, her cousin announced that both his son and I are single and live alone. Well shoot, let’s just forget lunch and head to the Church and get hitched. Then we’ll have lunch. Ha Ecuadorians are crazy but they do start to grow on you.