a week later

This post is dedicated to my grandpa who as I was told, checks my blog every night. Sorry I never post anything, Grampy!

I'm sick again. I have a cold. Nothing extreme, but I guess working in a school in a foreign country is slowly killing me.... At least during this illness, I can stand up and am able to walk so it could be worse.

We still don't have consistent running water. Let me tell you right now, people, like you, I previously took my seemingly neverending supply of running water for granted. When the water comes on now, I was my hands, brush my teeth, etc as quickly as possibly because in a matter of seconds it could be gone. Thankfully, I was able to shower today. Pouring cold bottles of water over each others' heads to wash our hair leaves something to be desired, and by that I mean, a hot shower.

Apparently May is the beginning of winter in Loja. I have noticed that it is getting a little cooler lately and raining a lot more than normal so that must be winter.... slightly cooler, not so sunny, and quite a bit more rainy than normal. Weirdly, I do miss cold weather, but even more weird is that at night when it's below 70 degrees, I shiver and have to put on a sweatshirt. Ay!

Things are okay here. I'm accustomed to being ill most of the time. However, I am pretty excited about going home in two months where I won't be sick all the time *knock on wood*.

Sorry I don't have anything exciting or super happy to report on, but working is the same as it always is.