fixed!

This has absolutely nothing to do with anything dominican, but I'm pretty excited because I partially fixed my laptop cord! After discussing via email with my dad the issue, i cut away the black plastic covering so the cable looked like this:


Since my dad is awesome, he sent me this diagram of how to fix the cable. At Lost night on Wednesday, one of the guys made an attempt, but it didn't work. I peeled back the electrical tape and saw some of the "blue" wires (from below) touching the red wire, and I knew that wasn't supposed to happen. Long story short, I fixed the problem, and I'm probably more excited about it than anyone else, but I'm ok with that. I felt very McGuyver.

Next week is our SPRING BREAK, so that means no school!! I am elated. I plan to read, sleep, and stand as little as possible. Not to mention be in the sun!

2 weeks til my family visits!!

Absence...

As I'm getting ready to tally up the absences for the quarter, I think it's far to give you a warning that I could potentially be absent online for a little while. On tuesday my laptop cord decided to bite it, so thusly I cannot turn on my laptop. I ordered a new one and I'm hoping it makes it on Tuesday's mail delivery! We will see!

Tomorrow is our last day before spring break, and praise the LORD it is a half day!! And then a whole week off :) I plan to read alot and sit by the pool. Double the emphasis on reading if my laptop doesn't work by then!

It's about 2 weeks til my family comes...so excited!

Of Mice and Men...

Kermes

I really don't know what the literal translation of "Kermes" is, but for us it means something like "a long day in the sun running a school fundraiser fair." Connotations include donuts, sunburns, and small children. We met at school at 8:30 and were just about all cleaned up by 4:15. I did some face painting, some game officiating, and some food selling. Holly and Laura did some excellent (if not meticulous) work hanging the signs.


Alicia (who lived upstairs until today), got married about 500 yards from the school at a hostal, so I crept away for 10 minutes to creepily take pictures from the fence.
My paparazzi-ing was preceded by a drive by by Brewer and I. Yes, this photo taken while moving!

Sun and more visitors...

Good week! On Wednesday Holly, Brooke, and I went to Karen's house for a SUPERB dinner and dessert! I had a good time playing with Anthony, her 3 year old:

Visitor from the North!

I've been MIA for a few days because my close friend Krysten came to visit for a few days! She is joining a medical missions team from Penn State this week in Santo Domingo. She flew to Santiago on Wednesday to spend a few days up here with me. Unfortunately for her (and us), the weather has been abominable. It is freezing cold, about 68 degrees or so. we took a delightful motorcycle ride...until it started raining. We ended up soaking wet and shivering. We did have a good time playing Apples to Apples at the Stanleys and getting our nails done.

Because of the frigid temperatures we didn't get a picture of us riding my motorcycle, so we had to settle for one taken in the house, where I keep it.

My sister is 21 today!!!

In honor of my sister's 21st birthday that I am MISSING, here is yet another video!!

Chapter 1.5

Second video! Get excited:

The video blog, Chapter 1

I don't think words would do justice to our past few days, so Holls and I made 2 videos to describe it. They are short, no worries.