6:00am - church bells go off
6:15am - church bells go off
6:30am - church bells go off
I think my boyfriend is not enjoying the churchbells anymore.
7:30am - our house mom, Irma, cutest woman ever, makes our breakfast and brings our packed lunch to her "nino´s" complete with a napking in the bag.
8:45am - we pile in the back of the trucks with Isais and Abei to head up into the mountians. Riding in the back of the pickup is a little unnerving for some.
9:15am - arrive at jobsite saying our buenos dias to the familia, and tiredly put on our sunscreen, and gloves and get ready to start the day.
12:00 ish - we stop for lunch and eagerly unpack our lunch from Irma never quite sure what she has made us for the day. Usually it consists of bread and ketchup...I´m thinking my ketchup intake of late is more than the last year? Than usually I find Abei or Isais sprawled out somewhere taking a nap. The white girl from Seattle can not take a nap ANYWHERE on the josite. Sweet lord it is about 1000 degrees up there...thus I tease them and then head off to find one of three things; the tortilla lady, the dulceria or the tiends that has ¨Gatorade frio" meaning it will be luke-cold. Cool with me.
(Isais taking a nap)
1:00 ish - back to work. Hard work. Hot sun, concrete mixed by hand and hauled by bucket. It hasn¨t been easy work, but we are a pretty strong team minus the couple of days Jeanne got the Latin American stomach revenge. Thus we have kept up being a member plus short. We have a schedule to keep and a house to build...
3:00ish - start cleaning and locking up tools, climb back in the truck and head home. Always a little tired, a little sore and a little sunburned.
4:45 ish - head home for a much needed shower and possibly a nap. However, the soon to be bride has a lot to plan for her Guatemalan wedding thus many an afternoon is spent walking the streets doing our wedding stuff.
7:30pm . dinner with Irma. Last night, por ejemplo, we had black beans, chili rellanos, and bread. Mmh. Went well with my stack of tortilla,s I bought for 1.50 quetzals...about 20 cents usd.
10:00pm - fall asleep
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