A Series of Unfortunate Events

Today has seriously been one disaster after another. (Exaggeration, yes, but still.) I woke up early this morning to take a shower and head to my Spanish class. I could not take a shower because the water was out here. It came back on 5 minutes before I had to leave. I left dirty and took two buses to get to where my Spanish class is. When I got there the building was dark and empty and after waiting for 30 minutes for anyone to show up I left, Spanish-lessonless.

On the way home, I experienced my first Bolivian blockade- a political demonstration which is conducted by a group of people blocking a major road while holding signs. A police officer redirects the traffic from a block away, ensuring that no one can get close enough to actually read the signs. The bus I was on was forced to take an hour long unmarked detour which included a scenic tour of some of the poorer streets in my neighborhood here on cobblestone and dirt roads. We even got to drive backwards on a bridge with no railings.

So...When I finally got home, I discovered that while I was gone, my room had flooded somehow with stinky water from an unknown source. Well, as it turns out, the water was coming out of a pipe that has always been in my room, but I never knew what it did. (Now I know what it does- it fills my room with stinky water.) Well, some of the ladies that work here helped me figure out where the pipe led to (a sink outside) but none of us could figure out why it happened to leak, or pour rather, into my room on this particular day. (It has never happened before.) I had to move all the furniture in my room, mop up the floor and wash the rugs. I'm not sure if the room still stinks or not- I have a pretty bad cold right now and can't smell a thing.

Anyways, so just when I figure this day can't get any more troublesome, I get online and find out there is a virus on the house 2 computer. Some of you have been fortunate enough to receive infected emails from me today. (Truly Sorry.)

In conclusion, I've decided to lock myself in my room for the rest of the day. Not sure if I should risk trying to cook dinner or not.

Nope, I think not.

The pesky pipe in question which seemed harmless enough at first.

First Pictures

Well, we got a computer here at the Home where I am staying so I finally have a place where I can upload photos. Which is cool. Although I haven't really taken that many yet. But well, here's some anyway.

This is the sock tree. It does not in fact grow socks, but it is an excellent place to hang wet socks to dry.

This is one of the many, many spiders I have found in my room. These little guys are anywhere from the size of a nickel to the size of a half dollar. They're semi-creepy but like I said before, they are not nearly as bad as a tarantula. Not even close.

And these are the three youngest kids in House two. I made them homemade playdough. It was a difficult thing for me because they were watching me make it so I had to set a good example and not eat any of it.

This little guy was very shy when I first met him, but now he gets all excited when he sees me and gives me lots of hugs. He is absolutely wonderful. He has some speech delays, so I was thinking he was the one person at House 2 who spoke worse Spanish than I, but he is getting better every day so I am not sure how long I will be able to claim that.

And... that's all for now. Thanks for reading.