Quick Update

I am alive, contrary to how it appears in email form. It´s extrememly hard to get to internet right now, so I´m sorry if I haven´t gotten back to your lovely bday emails, etc. I promise to make it up with a personalized visit in May and arroz con leche or chocolate cake or something lol. So, hopefully you still love me and hopefully I can write a lil somethin somethin with some substance soon! In the meantime, thank you to everyone who voted to say I was old. Just remember, that makes you old too...

Party Time!

Feliz cumpleanos a mi! heehe Soy la princesa hoy. =) I am now the ripe old age of 24, but it´s been a great day so I haven´t freaked out about being an "adult for real" yet. For starters, Gabi cooked me breakfast and cafe (so sweet!) and then we went to the market, which is always fun and crazy, and then they had a special lunch for me in the rancho, complete with chicken (which everyone knows is my fav), freedom fries (as they were making fun of here), chocolate cake (my fav thing to make AND eat, as many of you know too well lol) and ice cream. They also had quinceaneros music playing, which is appropriate since most people still think I am 15. AND I got a card with Barack on the front wishing me happy birthday, my man crush heehe. They know me too well. We had fun taking pics, too, so I will try and get those posted on Facebook soon (if we ever have internet again at the center!)

I was excited today too that my cell phone has been blowing up the spot with local and international calls, and I´ve gotten lots of sweet emails. So, gracias to everyone for making it so special...I am overwhelmed. (If you haven´t wished me happy bday yet and are feeling wracked by guilt, we are two hours behind here, so you still have 6 and a half left lol) And tonight Adam comes! It´s a good life, folks =)

Also, HAPPY BDAY to my birthday twin Katherine! She rocks my world =)

I Have Friends!

The majority of them are just not here in Nicaragua unfortunately lol. But in all seriousness, I am now going to recommend that you stalk the following people as much as I do! In no particular order, here they some of my very fav blogs:

-Wuhan, got you all in check
Lee is hilarious. He is also teaching English in China. He writes raps to teach the kids English, which makes me wish I were as cool as him. Plus, his vignettes on life in the town of Wuhan are so funny that if I tried to recapture them here, it wouldn't be as funny. So check him out. Now!

-Far From Home
Krista is a SASer.(Semester at Sea student) So, you know her stories are amazing, and on top of that, she is quite the witty one. Warning to SASers though, it will make you jealous and sad, because, like me, you will probably start thinking, did I really do that, too, or was it all just an amazing dream?

-Picassonica
Memo is a co-worker and friend here in Managua. He describes his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua (his childhood, daily sights, etc) much more poetically/eloquently than my rough and tumble blog. For those of you looking to practice your Spanish, this is the place!

-Perpetually Peregrine
Every 20-something female will relate to this blog, I promise. Whether it´s searching for the right couch, posting awesome photography or discovering Glamour´s political blog, Xarissa is on the up and up like nobody´s business! And you know she has to be cool, just look at her name. =)

-Kendal´s MySpace Blog
You´ve probably heard me singing my praises for Mr. Chispas. Here´s one more: he´s an amazing writer, too! I find myself saying Amen to pretty much everything he professes on his blog about his 20 month stint in Nica. So, dale, dale (go, go) to his site! =)

Update on Speedy Gonzalez

The mouse and I are in a fight. This is not an April Fool's joke. I have a bunk bed in my room with a storage compartment right next to the head of it, and somehow the little sucker managed to climb up there and start nibbling away at the wood. Our little escapade began at 1 a.m., when I went to go to sleep. About every half hour after that, I would turn on the light for 5 minutes, he would get scared and would shut up, and I would return to my tormented sleep and have more crazy dreams while feeling like things were crawling through my hair. Around 3 a.m. I couldn't take it anymore, so I got up to get water and weighed my options. 1) I could move my sheets up to the top bunk and sleep further away from him...but, I am obvi too lazy for that. 2) I could go get the night guardsman and try and get him to remove it...again, too lazy. Then a moment of genius struck and I realized that if I turned on the fan I could drown him out. It worked, but I still had weird dreams for the rest of the night.

Apologies for not updating more...our internet is on the fritz (joy to the world), which also means getting AKF website work done and communicating in general has been pretty much impossible! BUT, belated birthday shout out to the Turkish Delight, Mizz Ayshe Tayfun! College would not have been the same without your amazing and terrifying drill sargeant ways...love you! :) And a thank you to Lee for his shoutout to me on his blog. In my next post, I will brag about all my cool blogger friends in tre chic places :)