some back logs

Here are a few things that I haven´t had a chance to post yet...

From July 12th
Thursday 4:50 pm
So it seems like things here are as confusing as ever. I get back from America for my mid-service medical stuff and am supposed to go back to Maio on Friday with some trainees who are coming to see what we do in Maio. Unfortunately, the medical people and the others that work in the office assumed that the other has booked my ticket. So, no ticket. I learn today that the flight is booked which means I may not be able to go back until Monday. In the meantime, I learn there is a new boat to Maio that only takes 45 minutes and suggest we look at that. The schedule says they have a boat on Fridays so that should work but when they called for me, the boat place says there's a problem with Maio's pier so we don't know if the boat is going or not. So tomorrow I find out if/when I am going to Maio. If I am staying, I also have to switch hotels because the hotel I am staying at now will be full because of a basketball tournament. (Maio's team arrived at the hotel yesterday). Anyways, thats the excitement for now...

So the saga continues... I'm going to the airport in a few minutes to see if I can get on the plane to Maio. I have an open ticket but not a ticket on the flight so we'll see what happens. I just got a call from our acting country director saying that they are still in Assomada which is over an hour away and I was told to be at the airport at 12:30 to see if I can get on the flight. (its currently 12:12). This means they probably wont get to the airport until 2 ish and the flight leaves at 2:20. This is really good...

On top of that, the hotel I was staying in was pretty awful. There are a bunch of basketball teams staying there which equals urine all over the bathroom, load talking and music all night, and no towel to take a shower. So I'm in a pretty annoyed mood right now.

Back to reality. I´m in Assomada now. Dymistification went well once I finally got to Maio on Monday and I had a lot of fun hanging out with the new trainees. Stephanie´s birthday was Tuesday and there was a big grilhada at her house with plenty of pinchu, wine and beer to satisfy everyone. It was a good time.

Yesterday we had the first technical training session and I am really excited to be working with the new mobilizers. I went on a hike today with part of the group from one Ribeira to another, basically from a high up point to the beach where we ate grilled fish for lunch, swam in the ocean and hung out. So that´s life in ´ssomada for now. Ti logo...