Dear Diary: Jackpot!

Okay so it has been a few days since I've been on, but well... things have been busy around here and I've been having FUN!

Moving Day- Happy as a clam.
Tired of my living conditions, i.e. sparse running water and electricity, one bathroom for eight people and a bed that is really a love seat on the porch, I took it upon myself to move to a new location. Melissa has been living at a house up the road that is twice as nice and twice as cheap. For a now whopping $10 a day I have my own room and American style bathroom. Clean towels, a mirror and shelves to put my belongings. My eyes turned into saucers when I got the tour. For $3 I pay a taxi man to haul my belongings over to the new house, and my old landlord Sara grudgingly gives back the money I pre-paid for the rest of my stay. I don't feel bad though because the house is over full and she has three more coming today.

Estan Infermas
Everyone got sick. Except for me. I was tired of rice and beans and the occassional fish staring back at me... so tired... that I decided to quit eating at the house and have since went elsewhere for my daily cuisine. Breakfast: bananas and a granola bar. Lunch: salad, veggie sandwhich, and an iced green tea from the Gato Negro book/coffee house. Dinner: pizza or cheeseburger at one of the American style joints. I digress... back to the point. The point is that everyone is falling apart from both ends. Gil and Gretchen were in bed all day, and Scarlett may have something viral she picked up from the clinic. I'm glad now that I moved on to Spanish classes and afternoons at the surf beach. Life is good in comparison.

My new friends
My buddies here in Nica include a wide variety of humans from all over the world. Every night on the town is an ad for United Colors of Benetton-- save for colorful sweaters. California. North Carolina. Canada. Germany. Australia. Black Nicans. Tan Nicans. The Argentinian twins. One Dutch girl named Ilka. It's a crazy mix that has somehow worked out nicely, and we have become a nice little family unto ourselves.

This weekend
Ometepe. Definitely not going to miss out this time.

I'm having issues uploading pics today, and I'm hungry... I will write more later... about the culture and such that is around me, but for now, HASTA!