Hola

I’ve been trying to be really good about posting more frequently—it was actually one of my goals this year—and I was doing well until this weekend got the best of me. I got really sick again, this time with the stomach flu. Sunday I was feeling awful and basically just spent the day sleeping and trying to stay reasonably hydrated, Monday I felt a bit better and was able to start eating bread. Tuesday afternoon I made the trip back home to Cazuca and was eating fruit. Wednesday, I was back to work but still pretty weak and only eating soup, and today although I am not quite up to a big glass of milk, I’m feeling much, much better. No one likes vomiting, and I especially hate being so sick to your stomach that vomiting is the only choice. Anyway, just another ailment to add to my list.

Here is what I meant to post from last week

We had a going away party for an MCC friend moving away from Bogota, piñata and all!

My kids are doing well. We all dressed up two weeks ago to celebrate Labor Day; we had doctors, a nurse, a tailor, and a contractor in our class. Thankfully the kiddos are finally picking up classroom rules (and consequences) after three months of class. Last Friday, I braved parent teacher conferences alone, because my boss who was supposed to be helping me, went into labor--two weeks early! Side note: David and Marina had a baby girl! I’ve only been able to see her in pictures though, because Marina is staying in Bogota for the first month post birth for health reasons.

Last weekend, before I got sick, I spent an afternoon with some friends and we made fabric flowers. Look how pretty!

Enrique Grau Araújo
Nancy

I was perusing around on the national art museum’s website last night (unfortunately you have to go through a 3 month course to become a volunteer and it’s already halfway through) and came upon some paintings that I really liked in their online gallery. This is one of them. I love how her big eyes convey her expression.

This Sunday I am going to play soccer with a group of females from a Mennonite Brethren Church here! I am really excited! I hear there a lot of women who are so bad that they shouldn’t be playing, but we’ll see come Sunday afternoon. Haha, it should be an experience to say the least.

Chao