A Rainy Wednesday

Today was the first day it has rained since Saturday. It's looked like it's going to rain every day but then then it passes. The rain for a much colder evening. Chloe, Hannah, and I went to watch game two of the soccer match. We didn't play today, but it was really nice to get out of the house for a little and to have some good laughs. The CCS team lost again, but they've definitely improved.

Work went well today. I spent the couple hours in the morning with the kids in the nursery. There was another girl, Iris, in the nursery today. She's been in there a couple times before, but she's been going to school in the morning lately. She's always a challenge though! I don't know if there is a possibility of special needs involved or if she just has more emotional baggage that leads to more outbursts than the other kids. I was thankful for my special ed classes and the protective physical intervention classes I had last year because today I was trying to avoid being bitten multiple times. Iris calmed down after being held for awhile, but I don't know what set her off any of the times she had an outburst.

I finally figured out that Nelzo is going to school in the morning with a couple of the other kids. Apparently he and Oliver had not been in the same orphanage until recently. The other volunteers were telling me that he had been in an orphanage in Guatemala City and it's only within the last couple months that he was transferred here.

I only have a couple more times in the kitchen with Paula. I asked her today if I could bring my camera in on Tuesday and get a picture with her because it will be my last week, and she gladly agreed. I washed about 2 hours worth of dishes today, grated carrots, and helped unwrap the tamales.

After work I was able to take a little nap, I went to the gym, and some of us stopped at Hiper Pais (Wal-Mart) to get bread, peanut butter, apples, and granola bars for our overnight trip. We got the tickets today so we'll be all packed and ready to go at 2pm tomorrow. We get into Guatemala City around 7pm and leave at 9:15 pm to arrive in Tikal at 6 am Friday morning.