Yea, sorry it´s been so long. I´ve been doing stuff... It´s just all been pretty routine. Not to say that I haven´t had a good laugh here and there, just nothing that deserves a full entry of it´s own. So, instead, I´ve decided to make a post of all the things that have made me laugh, say ´huh?´ or just made me smile. Here goes, in order of them coming back to me. Enjoy!
1. Seeing a little old lady bent over scraping the dirt road with her stick .
2. The next day seeing the water that runs down the hill running into another little old lady´s business across the street rather than hers.
3. Having my host parents´ grandson try and feed me his ´teta´ (milk bottle).
4. That giving my host father a good laugh.
5. Seeing my host father standing, pretending not to actually be watching the telenovela that my host mother is addicted to.
6. Remembering how my dad pretends that he doesn´t actually watch
The Gilmore Girls and yet he knows all the characters´names.
7. Having the lady that runs the
Cyber ask me what a computer error in English meant, and when I told her that I didn´t know, her looking at me incrediously and saying, ¨But you´re a gringo?!¨
8. Having a glass beer bottle explode without warning on us since we´d brought it from sea level up to Mt. Altar with an altitude of 6,000 meters. (approx. 19,500ft) (No one was hurt.)
9. Campesinos telling their friends that a bunch of alcoholic Americans brought a beer bottle up the mountain and it exploded.
10. My friend Jordan´s mule farting with each step that it took whenever it sped up to pass mine.
11. My friend Tim hollering all the way down the hill when his mule decided to make a run for it.
12. My French friend Jeremy getting a 40/40 on our first Socioecon exam and having to read all of his answers to the entire class.
13. Me being glad that I got a 39/40!
14. Meeting my first Ecuadorian completely caught up in an international pyramid scam (selling some sort of health drinks, ¨Scientifically Engineered!¨) and him trying to get me to join.
15. My host family giving me
Puro con Sabor de Coco (strong alcoholic beverage) just to see how I´d react.
16. The next day my host uncle giving me a whole bottle as a gift. (apparently I reacted appropriately.)
17. The bus driver trying to use me as an excuse for why he made it late to his check point. (What, I´m not getting on quickly enough??)
18. The check point guy having seen me on that bus route about 30 times before and not believing the driver.
19. My host parents´grandson´s smile when I come in the door.
20. Playing fútbol with him and shouting ¨GOLLLLLL!!!!!¨ when the ball goes between my legs.
21. My host uncle talking about the ¨Raton Miguelito¨ (Mickey Mouse) and me thinking that he was calling me a rat.
22. My host uncle´s friend asking me how many girl friends I´d had (guys night out...) and me responding with my age...
23. My host uncle cracking up at all my fou paws
24. My cute spelling of fou paw.
25. Me reaching to finish a list of 25. :P
