My life in the past 2 weeks has been not stop action - part of the reason I have not blogged in so long (the other being laziness on my part). Now that I'm finally feeling settled, I only have 3 weeks left before I once again uproot myself and finish up my time at Houghton. But until then, I'm here in the present. So I will tell you a funny story.
I have been running up here, and yesterday I headed out for a pre-Thanksgiving run. The park I like to go running at is right by a super-market, so I figured that after I ran my loop at the park, I would pop in to the store and pick up the last part of my contribution to the Thanksgiving meal. I had put my money in my bra while I ran, to keep it safe and secure, not thinking that running=hot=sweat. So I get to the check out line, and whip out my dollar bill, and it is sopping wet with sweat. And the woman checking me out CLEARLY saw me pull it out of my bosom. She said "It's wet." And sometimes I lie compulsively. This was one of those times. "Um. It's water." She had a look of utter disgust on her face. She knew I was lying. I knew I was lying. Then I got the giggles, right there on the spot. And she stared. And I laughed, feeling like a jerk, but thoroughly enjoying the awkwardness of the moment. :)
I've been spending a lot of time socializing with friends - both American and Ecuadorian (maybe too much time). Last weekend I went to Ambato to my friend Carlos' house. We made a day trip to Banos (I don't know how to make an enyay). You can see pictures of this on facebook. This past week at school was a 3 day week, for Thanksgiving. Yesterday I spent the holiday with some wonderful people I work with at school, and today I am going to another Thanksgiving gathering hosted by the school director and his wife (the Wells).
Perhaps the biggest piece of news is that my cooperative teacher's father passed away this past Wednesday. So he has gone to the states for the funeral and such, and I will be left with the classes to teach alone for the coming week. This will be great practice and experience for me - a challenge, but a good one.
That's all I've got. I will try to do better with this. Love.
bahahaha! nice katie!!! good luck with teaching, i'm sure you'll do great, ya sweaty liar! peace and love :)
ReplyDeleteHA HAHAHAAH. I think this is going to be one of those stories I tell to my friends who don't know you, just like the bonfire story when you booped that guy's nose who proposed to you. "One time, my friend Katie paid for something in a store with a sweaty dollar she pulled out from her bra, and the cashier SAW her pull it out but she told the her it was water when it obviously wasn't. hahaha." Ok I'll keep working on the delivery but you keep on having an awkward life so I can have hilarious stories.
ReplyDeletehahaha I LOVE THIS STORY! I played it like a movie in my head :D :D <3
ReplyDeletehahaha oh katie this is such a great story! i can see you doing that :) i hope your week of teaching is going well!
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