La Luz

There’s something I keep forgetting to tell you guys (my fans)… everyday in Nicaragua the electricity (la luz) of the entire country goes out. Every day. This week it has been scheduled from 7-10 pm every night, but the weeks past that I’ve been here it was usually unpredictable. It’s really frustrating for an American. Not that we have A/C here to begin with (we dont), but to be reading, eating dinner, or doing homework, and then to have the lights go out is tough to get used to. At home in Texas when the power goes out for half an hour I get pretty pissed, and it’s kind of funny to think about that now.

It has to do with the government, which I’ve been trying to learn about but my spanish isn’t really good enough to get into details with the locals. I know a little though so if you are interested ask me about it.

Ballin’ in Granada, and watching my diet

Played some ball yesterday with my spanish teacher at one of the courts in Granada. I loved it. It’s always fun to find a court with no one you know, and just ball. It’s even cooler when no one speaks your language… and you just know they are talking crap about you.

This morning three of my good friends from school (Terry, Marissa, and John) left town. The rest of my friends are out of town for the weekend. I enjoy all of the stuff we get to do together, but I’m glad to have a slow weekend where I can spend some alone time too. Semi alone. If you didn’t already know, that’s my main reason for this trip. To get away and spend some time with Jesus. There’s a lot of noise in Texas, I needed somewhere quiet to get away, so I came down here.