All Geared Up For Tomorrow

Hannah and I went to Hiper Pais today which is the equivalent of Wal-Mart. They had the GV brand that is in Wal-Mart so I'm pretty sure that it's one and the same. We loaded up on water, granola bars, gummy bears, and Gatorade. We're leaving at 5 in the morning to get to the bottom of the volcano and should be home around 1pm! She isn't feeling well at the moment, so I'm hoping that a good night's sleep will do wonders and she'l be ready to go tomorrow. I'm excited though.

Work was good today. I had a really fun time playing with socks and pretending they were puppets. The kids really enjoyed that. I have a short video of me talking to Jenny and her laughing. :) It was so cute though because she would take the socks off my hands and imitate my sock conversations, saying, hola, hola, hola, and then she'd give them back to me. One of the most rewarding things in the placement is listening to the kids laugh. You can't help but smile! It does make me a little sad to think that at then end of the next two weeks there won't be anybody in the nursery with the kids to play with them and hold them!

Jenny and my sock puppet and silly sock puppet voice. I watched this about 5 times already and got a big smile each time! My goal each day is to get her to laugh!

Jenny giving the puppet a hug!

Oliver and Marita vying for the same 'lota' as Jenny likes to call it.

I had to laugh today because I got wet on 3 different times and had to change 3 poopy diapers. I think that's the record for the trip. Oliver had such a messy diaper we had to give him a bath. The workers weren't very happy because that meant more laundry for them. I find it amazing though that the kids don't complain about having a dirty diaper, they are simply used to it.

Nelzo wasn't there again today, and I haven't seen Helen in a couple of days. Manuel wasn't in the nursery today, he was back with the other kids and ready for school, so he must be all better!

I didn't sleep well last night, so I was ready for a nap after lunch today. It felt amazing! Emily and I ventured down town to go to the post office and walk around. We ended up going to a coffee shop for a bit and I got chocolate con leche and shared a couple of bites of Emily's crepes with nutella. The chocolate con leche is the most amazing cup of hot chocolate I have ever had. It's definitely not made from a pouch of powder!

It was a pretty uneventful day. I'm thankful that the internet is back up again, and I'm ready for dinner and bed!

It's been officially two weeks since I left for Guatemala! Time has flown, and I am excited that I have another two weeks to go.