A much less depressing post...

My pace of life is a lot different here. No things that generally are fillers for life. No work. No internet. Even no snacking. It is refreshing and what I wanted. Most days go like this while I am taking classes...

6:30- wake up. Run or read or take shower.
6:45- make my bed, get dressed, generally contemplate the world, look out the window at the view or the clouds (usually the clouds)
7:00- Sit with the kids on couch before they go to school
7:30 or 7:40- eat breakfast... quickly because they make it pretty late. Usually consisting of eggs or pancakes. And usually with beans. I´m having to learn to like beans.
7:45-walk to El Nahual for classes. About 10 minutes
8- one on one Spanish class until 10, then a little break when I talk with the other English speakers, then class again until 12. It goes by surprisingly quickly!
12- check email, walk home or do activities with the school like salsa or cook for the potluck on fridays
12:15- watch the kids play video games at home. Watching Donkey Kong is becoming my newest most exciting activity of the day
1:00-eat lunch with house mom, 2 kids, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, and 2 ¨cousins¨. It´s a family affair!
1:30-more video games. or read. or nap. or again generally contemplate the world.
2:30-walk back to El Nahual to plan for classes for the kiddos.
3-class with ¨pequeños¨ (the littlest ones.. between the ages 3 and 6). We draw a lot and go over the alphabet. Most of them do not know how to write, but they don´t seem to care that I don´t know much Spanish. They like playing a game with me where I pick them up and count ¨uno... dos... tres!¨ and dip them.
5-walk home or go into town to buy stuff (takes about 30 minutes, and I can´t walk alone when it is dark because it is unsafe and very creepy)
7-Eat dinner with the family then watch TV with the kids and do my homework. The kids like iCarly and other American tv shows. There don´t seem to be many Guatemalan tv shows.
8:30-everyone else goes to bed, so I read and fall asleep soon after.

Yes... lots and lots of sleep and no work except learning a language... which is fun for me anyway. It´s a pretty good life.