this computr suckes

THe computer that i am using in the cyber cafe in Dolores circa Jinotepe (the city we are doing our study term in) is super sucky, so pardon this one being short, to the point, or with numerous spelling mistakes that i have not bothered to care about.

ÇWe arrivd in Jinotepe on sunday, after 2 days of service in barrio grenada, a very poor neighborhood of about 800 some people, where we helped build two houses with an ngo group in managua. So far, we have done little other than studying, reading for classes, and awkward interactions with our host families. It is kind of strange, and very hot down here. you cannot go anywhere without sweating, and the houses of course, when the fans are not running, which is often because of the price of electricity and such, it is very hot.

I have two host siblings at my house in dolores (where 4 other ssters are staying as well, which is a 20 minutes walk to jinotepe), hector age 10, and thelma 23. Hector is very shy and Thelma is eithrer never home or with her rather large novio Roberto. I will probably write more, but the c omputer sucks.

For details of what we have been doing or stuff like that, go to the SST blog.

personally, my feelings so far are very mixed. I really dislike the heat down here, and the language barrier is very tough. the showers are super miserable in the morning, and i have already gotten lost in the city once. Don´t ask. Food is decent though, and the variety of juice sand fruits are very good and large. People are nice, but there is a lot of random drunk people, or very grabby folks who seem like they are not of good will.

finally. most everything is really awkward. I really miss things like music without spanish autotune vocals, and things such as the ability to wikipedia random things. also people back at home.

Oh, and there are seriously like no cats here. Everyone either has birds or dogs. I do not approve.

tune in.