Last Weekend

Last weekend was pretty busy which was nice. On Saturday, I went with my friend, Ana to where she works in La Union. She works at a Tuna canning factory called Calvo...next time you are in the supermarket look for this brand and think of me and El Sal. Anyways, they had a celebration for dia de los ninos (Kid's day) even though it was October 1st. Well, we were running late so we literally ran as the bus was pulling away and got onto a bus PACKED with moms and kids. Along the way, more and more kids pile in. When we get to Calvo, there are clowns, a dancing minney, a dancing sponge bob square pants and some other random characters. It was pretty amusing because they were like breaking it down to reggaeton music for the entertainment of little kids. They also had little rides- marry go rounds and such.

I hung out with Ana and my other friend Norma who went too, and all was fine, a bit boring and a few too many kids for my taste until they had like left over soda and food. Holy shit it was a mad house. We formed like a human barrier around the drinks, while like people started rushing, pushing, grabbing, and yelling for free sodas. THe security guy told them to make a line and then they'd get soda, but no. 20 minutes went by of trying to be a bodyguard for soda until they finally gave in and started giving out the sodas. It was like people fighting for the last toy in a toystore at christmas time. A little stressful for my taste especially for a free soda.

When we got back, Ana, her family and I went to a birthday party...lots of kids, pinatas, breastfeeding and candy. Afterwards though I had a meeting with farmers who want to form an association. It was like there second meeting, and so they are basically starting from scratch. Anyways, I'm really excited to work with them and hopefully, we can get this group to form, be a legal entity, and actually do things! As, I mentioned earlier I was a bit down about my counterparts, but hopefully, I can work with this group and focus some of my energy into this instead.

Sunday....I milked a cow. Actually, I helped milk two cows. I got up at 4am and these two women, Esmeralda and Rosanna brought me to the field where they milk the cows and showed me how to milk them. Its like tugging and sweezing and aiming all at the same time. I have to say they made it look so easy, and I probably only got like 2 cups of milk. Afterwards, we fed the cows and brought them to the pasture. They gave me some milk to bring home, which was very nice of them considering how little I probably contributed. So, I came home with the milk and put it into the fridge because that seemed like the normal thing to do, right? Wrong. You have to boil the milk here first to pasteurize it which I totally forgot about. Good thing Floria told me. But once it was boiled and cooled it was pretty tasty.

Also, watched Bring it on with my friend Norma in the afternoon. It was awesome chillen in the hammack and watching a crappy but great teenage american movie that I love. hahah

I miss everyone! I got internet and have skype so if you want to talk let me know!