I went to school kind of tired after only getting around 6 hours of sleep. However, walking with my iPod energized me a little bit on the way to school. When I was nearing the school, Angie and Monica saw me and had their host dad pull over to give me a ride the rest of the way. Their host father, Frank, is quite possibly the craziest and funniest person I have ever met. He never seems to take a second off to chill out. He is always talking and making jokes. I will have to admit, all of them are smashing successes. The sad part was that he got pulled over for not wearing seatbelt even though he was wearing it. It just goes with the theme of Peruvian driving, I guess. There really aren't many rules here. Other than the occasional stoplight at some intersections, you just have to look out for yourself. Amazingly, there are not many accidents here! I have never seen one, and the last one that a volunteer supervisor can remember was a couple of months ago. It really is a miracle.
After our break in morning, our morning class went out with the professor to the market close to Plaza San Francisco called "Mercado de San Pedro". Let me tell you, it was super packed with little shops and lots of food places. Our professor chose to get some fish while she was there with us which was an interesting experience as they cleaned it right in front of us. After investigating some of the food and clothing areas, we walked to the back where there are the insides of animals out for people to buy. While passing by, I saw the head of a bull with its horns for someone to purchase. I am not sure if that would make a memorable present for myself or someone else back home. As we walked out of the market, I saw two kids playing soccer. It made me want to play so bad! Part of my expectations of coming to Perú was playing a lot of soccer. I heard that there are soccer games all over the place, but not once have I really seen one. It is kind of sad for me, because I so desperately want to play.
At lunch, my host family gave me avocados to eat and I quickly figured out that I don't like those at all. I had trouble eating half of one...especially towards the end. However, after I told them I was not comfortable eating the avocado, they were cool with it gave me food I liked a lot. Then, I went back to school, did tongue twisters as well as solved riddles in Spanish. Today was actually kind of fun in class. We listened to a song in English and then Spanish and it is true, songs in Spanish are sadder in comparison to those in English.
Tonight was our service orientation, so we all walked to ProWorld office and got the run down of service project "clean burning stoves". We start tomorrow, and I cannot be more excited. We got a little bit of an idea of what we will be doing and all of the benefits the families will receive. This is definitely something I love about being here in Perú, the opportunity to give back. The only bad part is that I will be waking up at 7 am to eat breakfast and get to the office in time. My parents told me they are packing me a lunch of hamburgers, french fries, and rice. I am stoked for that!
Talk to you all tomorrow!
Buenas noches!
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