Aaaaand, we're back!

Okay. So vacation at home was so great. Loved the cold weather even though I complained about it the entire time, ate some AMAZING food and hung out a lot on my couch with my dog. Two weeks at home was NOT enough, and leaving was way too hard. But I keep telling myself that I’ve got a year under my belt now and I can get through another year of this. Right? Right.

One positive to coming back to el salv was seeing my dog! Little jefe was a little worse for the wear after two weeks in my friend Sam’s site. He had fleas pretty bad, so I’ve had to cut all his hair off, but he’s better now and loving life back on my porch. Thank God I’ve got him to keep me company in the campo.

My pueblo is celebrating their Fiestas Patronales (Patron Saint Festivals) and so my community has been busy partying every night, which has made for some eerily quiet mornings. I’m kind of loving waking up on my own time, and not to my neighbor’s music. Not going to head to the fiestas myself I don’t think though. Not a big fan of being out in the pueblo until 3am. Bailes in this country are kind of my worst nightmare because I spend the entire time having to defend myself from unwanted sexual advances from all the men and drunks. No grac.

Trying to get back into the swing of things “work” wise. Currently working on a grant to set up a computer lab at my school and had pregnancy club this week. Attendance was abnormally low but I’m not going to worry too much about it. I’m working on getting some more invitations out and trying to read up on Lamaze so I can start that soon. Busy busy.

Got a lot planned in the next couple of weekends. Next weekend I’m heading back to San Vicente for the 60^th wedding anniversary of a couple in my old host community, San Isidro. I’m really excited to see all of them again. Always love going back there because I actually feel at home and love my family there! Then after that it’s going to be 1 year in country, officially! And I’m heading out west to celebrate with the rest of my group at a beach house we’ve rented. Some friends and I have also made up a "bucket list" of things we want to do in El Salv before we leave, and our goal is to do one a month so that we always have something fun to look forward to.

Hope all is well with you all back home! And if I didn’t get to see you when I was home, lo siento! Leaving my house for an extended period of time was bien dificil. But I miss/love you all!