November 2011
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because it's thanksgiving
i’ll write out my thankful list. these are some of the things i wrote on my “turkey hand” drawing today. yes, we did that activity as a group today among the peace corps volunteers i’m vacationing with in mbatoví. my paraguayan family and friends that have taken me in my family and friends in the U.S. that have supported me and loved me from afar. especially my mom who...
Nov 25th
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Nov 23rd
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a day in the life of a peace corps volunteer
as of 4pm today, this is what i thought i would be doing tomorrow:  7am: go to host mom’s school for the morning to paint the ocean and have the students sign their names on our mural 12pm: eat lunch with ña teresa (neighbor of the school) who operates a little restaurant out of her house 1pm: continue working for the afternoon to complete mural and have school presentation pack and get...
Nov 23rd
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chilled white wine
to celebrate the end of this day. hard core peace corps! 
Nov 23rd
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things getting in my way.
this afternoon i’m giving a charla, or a lesson/talk, on family finances titled administrar tu dinero. the main topic is savings. why do people save money? how do we prioritize our savings? what is a savings goal? what is long term versus short term? this is one of two things keeping me from thanksgiving. tomorrow it’s a clausura, closing activities, at my host mom’s school. ...
Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 20th
Nov 19th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 13th
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hometown glory
my hometown is laaaammme. but this song is the jam. it gives me chills.
Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 10th
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Nov 9th
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can't sleep
is it too late for popcorn?
Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 5th
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vamos cachito!
today santi sang this song  to me. it’s about a boxer named cachito from corrientes, in the northern part of of argentina. he goes to buenos aires to fight and to make his mother and neighborhood proud. and while he’s getting beat up in the ring he’s thinking “what will my mother think? what will my neighborhood think?”  and it made me cry. it’s a beautiful...
Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 1st
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Nov 1st
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October 2011
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“I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes...”
–  Anaïs Nin
Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 30th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 29th
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Oct 28th
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tonight
i’m going to my host family’s house. i do this most nights. but tonight. i’m making a vegetable pie with my host mom and then we’re going to drink wine and finish watching “nights in rodanthe.” i got the spanish subtitles, and she is hooked.  next step, get more nicholas sparks movies for her.
Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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now watching
rachel getting married. this movie is horrible. but i’ve already committed 49 minutes.
Oct 24th
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Oct 21st
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Oct 21st
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“Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring...”
– Anais Nin
Oct 21st
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Oct 20th