Magdalena had to travel today which meant...the volunteers got to do the shopping and cooking!! Lunch was a delicious curry/chicken/banana/rice dish that the Polish guy made, and he whipped together a pretty good dinner of random leftovers and food that was laying around. Tomorrow it will be my turn to cook. If the oven works (which we will have to verify that tomorrow...) I'll make baked ziti. Otherwise some rice/vegetables/meat dish.
Another perk of Magdalena being gone is that I didn't have to walk around in the silly lab coat carrying the ridiculous box doing door to door marketing. I spent 2 hours working the in business and 2 hours with their kids playing tic tac toe, coloring, and doing various other fun things. Unfortunately Magdalena had to travel because her mother is sick, so I shouldn't be this happy about it, but several pleasant changes have resulted from it. I really like her, but the work and food improved greatly today with her being gone.
I have now moved to my "sleeping area" (can't call it a bedroom) and have finally been able to unpack my backpack and organize my things on the floor under my "sleeping furniture" (can't call it a bed). Despite all differences between the reality of this position and it's description online that I mentioned yesterday, I really like the people here and I had a really good time today. After working in the business I went with Eusebio (the dad) and Jeremias and Jordan (the two kids) for a run along the beach and then up a hill that has some significant monuments from a war against Peru. From the hill there is a really nice view of the city and the port. After that I went to the park with the exercise equipment and had a nice little workout, even though I was already a bit sore from working out yesterday. Tomorrow I will see if I can go to some free aerobics classes at the community center and maybe meet some people here.
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