´hey heidi, it doesnt seem too hot today - whats the temp?´ heidi: .. its 34.

hey everyone-
i know i just blogged about two days ago.
but i think im going to write another one, just to make up for about the 3 weeks that i didn´t write a thing.
plus.. im kind of just procrastinating. because i have to do my big PMR (where i write out on excel every boliviano i spent for the month.. and.. well its kind of like pulling teeth).
oh, and my blog title is just because i couldnt think of anything else, and really found that a funny exchange between heidi and i the other day after work.
anyways, cool happening today- i was strolling back from buying my lunch (an chocolate icecream bar with almonds on the outside - delicious.. and almonds? helloo, thats nutritious) when i see a white woman in professional business attire looking like how we all look when we go to a new country and are trying to find things on our own-
she was standing outside of a house, staring alternatively from her map/address back up to the house with that, slightly worried, nervous, ´i think im at the right house but they arent answering and now have no effing idea what to do´ frustrated look on her face.
i kind of found all of this amusing, but more interesting by the fact that she was outside the house of one of the families here (from bleumenort (sp?) manitoba).. and the fact that she was holding a ziploc bag which contained boxes of sourpatchkids, nerds, and mike and ikes. lol.
anyways. to make this pointless ramble shorter, we made eye contact, and she kind of shouted over `hola.. do.. youspeakenglish?´ lol. i assured her that i did, and she gave me that instant ´thankgoodness sigh.`
anyways. now for the interesting part. shes a reporter from CBC doing a documentary on the old colony mennonites here. very cool.
seems like shes a pretty high up reporter - shes from winnipeg originally (so we got to bond over that which was fantastic) but now lives in the states. She also tosses out in regular conversation things such as,
´well, when i was at a newsconference last week with the minister of defence of the united states..´
and im like, ahhh, yes of course.
anyways - i invited her into our MCC abode here and we just hung out for an hour chatting - we talked aobut the old colony mennonites lots, and she was just very interested in our whole process, life here, just everything. very cool person, and made my day alot more interesting.
we also invited her back for pizza later on with all of us tonight (were having a ´lets make pizza and watch juno´ party with all of us.. and since one of our other SALTers is in from Conception, and thats always exciting).
anyways. im going to be interested to see her documentary if i can when i get back. maybe ill get a few more details about it, so i can post a link to it later or something.
since the old colony mennonites here are fasinating. ha, since shes with CBC though she had to get one interview in french here - which, well obviously, almost proved to be impossible. but looks like she found someone. we just found that funny though, i dont know why, but a french person here in bolivia just is kind of a funny concept to me. maybe just because i dont think you can be farther seperated culturally from the culture of bolivia, to the one say of paris france.
i very much like both, but just very different vibes.
anyways. moving on.
yesterday night heidi and i had a really nice time with agroup of girls from our work. theres an indoor gokarting track here - so we went to it -and my word. we got to wear like, belaclava masks, helmets, gloves, vests with like racing stripes and stuff on it. just hilarious. i was so bummed when i turned on my camera and there were no batteries. but it was just ´a hoot´ as my mom would say, and its so much fun to get to know the girls of our workplace better.
however, unfortunately, coming around a corner i was going pretty fast and i kind of spun out and crashed into a corner (which isnt a big deal).. butt, unfortunately plastic curve of the seat jammed right into my ribs/ab on my left side. ughhhhhhhh. that felt like an explosion of.. goodfeelings.
i wonder when my abs on my left side will ever heal (i tore them in march) - i think they were doing really well for awhile, but now that im working with kids all day long - well. yes, i know mom, i can tell them not to jump on me. but they remember that for about 3 seconds, and then jump on me again.
and when babies/toddlers stick their arms up to be held (from the other classrooms, when i stop by to say hi) .. i mean i just cant turn them down.
anyways. just a hard thing not to be frustrating now. its hard not to feel like all that time i put into not lifting things and being really careful with my body (which i hate) is potentially now for not.
not to mention that well, plain and simple, it doesnt feel wonderful when they are hanging off of my left arm, and i dont really have the muscles to be holding them up. Its just kind of like sometimes, ´no, really, GET OFF!´ lol.
but. this is all teaching me patience, especially with my body. a lesson i need to learn. ive never had an injury that takes 6 months to a year to heal, and its proving to be fairly frustrating for me.
but hey, ive heard that you cant win em all. :). and especially now that my left side feels like someone was doing boxing practise on it for a few hours (after last nights gokarting fun), i think ill have a little chat with my students and really assert into them that you know what. maybe for a bit, lets just CALMDOWN. lol. and i have a month off soon, so that should be great.
ohk. well, gosh, i was going to do kind of a list of things that i love from here and things that i cant get used to - but turns out i have to go. laura needs some help buying ingredients for the pizza party tonight.
basically, i guess ill just say two.
I MISS warm showers. with every essence of my being. have i typed about this yet? shoot, sorry if ive already typed this. but goodness, yes its nice when its like 38, but, i shower early morning or late at night, and by then its cooled down - and that freezing cold water. i still have to pep talk my self and do a countdown before i JUMP in and feversishly try and scrub my body and wash my hair. im pretty sure id do good in a race now.
i think thats one thing ive realized about canadians. you know, we will NOT really complain that much about the cold weather. whatever, we have so much of it, we have to deal with it, unless its over -25, were not really going to say too much. .. unless its - 20 in april.
HOWEVER. our showers, are supposed to be warm. that is one part of our day, that is supposed to be warm. if we do not have warm water in the winter, we would deefinitly go shower at a neighbours or friends lol. now, i know its not winter right now, actually polar opposite from that. but still. i dont like it. its really cold. lol.
second thing i miss. lazy mosquitos. who would have thought i missanything about mosquitos. but the only thing more annoying than a mosquito, is one that you cant kill.
i have killed i think only like.. 5 since ive been here (in three months). they are SO quick, they are like our flies. and they are out to get you. i swear i let out a huge cheer everytime i kill one, and carla just laughs. but.. i guess the good thing about this.. when i come back to winnipeg - the mosquitos dont stand a chance.
last thing because i really have to go now.
odd thing i will miss.. subtitles. the tv screen just feels naked without them now.
ohk, laura is bside me with bags raring to go.
see you all later. love you tons.
kathleen