Tim and I have quit working for BECA.

Frankly, we got a better offer.

Someone asked me

recently what was something that I've learned thus far in my time in Cofradia. One thing stands out. One thing stands out above everything else that I have supposedly learned. Do not bring/buy body wash with exfoliating beads. If there is one thing I've learned during my time here, this is it. The showers here are cold, and you will regret the extra time you are forced to spend beneath the water trying to get those stupid little specks off your skin. Oh sure, the excess skin has been removed from my body and my arms are lush and smooth, but it's not worth it. Trust me. Body Wash with Exfoliating Beads + Cofradia = bad.

My Students' Blog

www.Comingoutoftheclouds.blogspot.com Go There! It's my 9th Grade Students' blog. Write them some comments so they know people are reading them and it will encourage them to write more in the future.

Please do not make any mention to my blog or anything of that sort (meaning any other mention of me). That'd be dank.

Disaster Strikes.

Sketch Ball has been terminated from his position. Puchika!

November

Well, it´s november. It´s kinda hard to believe, but it´here. I´m sitting in an internet cafe, typing on a keyboard that is constantly sticking. The man to my right is wagging his finger playfully at a web cam at who i assume to be his girlfriend. It´s a little chilly here. The last few nights Tim and I have been sleeping in sweat pants. I just got a whiff of something that smelled like BBQ. I´ve been a nostalgic this past week with the change in temperature.

We´ve had a lot of people coming and going over the past few weeks. And by a lot I mean Marilyn and Laurence. Marilyn was a former volunteer here few years back and was here making a documentary/promotional video. She lives in DC now. I do love the idea that when I leave here I´ll be apart of an Alumni. I think I´ll be proud to join such a group of people. Laurence is our soon to be director. He was here bribing us with licuados (and doing an excellent job of it). Every time I say goodbye to someone down here ¨Dust in the wind¨ by Kansas plays. No joke. It´s nice to spend a few days or so meeting other people who have done the same thing we have and are also invested in what we´re doing here.

Tim and I have been keeping track of the number of Licuados and Baleadas we have consumed (started in October). I would have assumed Licuados to be ahead at this point but Baleadas have a commanding lead of over 20. I credit it to the temperature change. A small note, strawberry licuados were had this past weekend and they once again showed why I them to be the best (only competition is banana with oatmeal).

I´m home in like a month and a half. I´m excited to get home and sit and drink coffee and chill and see everyone and use an internet connection where it is possible to watch a youtube video or load a video online etc. I am confident I will miss Cofradia and its saggy nipple dogs while I´m away though.

A couple weeks ago someone posted a message in my comments, inquiring about the organization with whom I am serving. Could not access their email. If you read this, this is the website of the organization: http://www.becaschools.org/