I am 6

So to go through the pictures for you. That is our ambulance which I had to take a pose with with. The next one is with me and all of the neighborhood kids. I shared with them some Barbie Dogs which are now called Barbitos. So Dad next time you make Barbie dogs please call them Barbitos and think of me. The bottom two are from a dance party we had at my house. I love the last one of my counter part trying to be Michael Jackson.

So the other day my office had a huge laugh at my expense. TO say that you are doing ¨just ok¨ you can say ¨dos que tres¨ which means like two or three and I´m not doing good or bad. The only problem is that I said ¨Dos por tres¨ which means I said ¨I´m 2 times 3.¨ so now the big joke in the office is to say ¨Estoy seis¨ I´m six.

I am really starting to meet a lot of great people. The neighborhood kids are nice kids so I spend a lot of time playing soccer in the street with them. I taught them all the ¨Scooter Handshake¨ so that was my way to build up a lot of confianza with them.

Being in the Peace Corps is such an emotional roller coaster. I seriously have days where I am like – I need to get the hell out of here. I miss my family, friends, home, dog, car, carpet, clean cities, not running into street dogs, not having to travel everywhere by bus, and most of all speaking English so I don’t always sound like an idiot. However, I am very glad to be here at the present time seeing the world, helping people, and greatly improving my español. It is just truly amazing the ups and downs that you go through that simple can’t ever be compared to in the states. I truly believe that when I get home life will be so much more relaxed for me. I have come to the realization that problems I used to have as an American are so petty when compared to the challenges people around the world face on a regular basis. My site is very developed and I am thankful for that, however, every time I go out into the ¨aldeas¨ villages it is a completely different world and brings me back to reality. Sometimes it breaks my heart to see children and people so poor and malnourished. I guess the purpose of today’s blog is to try and put the luxury of being a gringo into perspective. Next time you run into a problem in the states stop for a minute and think to yourself ¨Is this really that big of a deal.¨ You might be surprised how often I realize that it just isn’t.

Take care and I love and miss you all,

Drewski