Best part of the last two days: playing Just Dance 2 (a Wii dance game) with the youth group, and trying out salsa and merengue (I think) with the same crowd. Hysterically fun. :)
Worst part of the last two days: the exhaustion that is hitting me like a wall. May have something to do with the dozens of galletitas (cookies, like variety pack) I ate when I was dying of hunger this afternoon. Poor choice. See that now. Still learning. (;
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Yesterday I had the chance to make a call to my PA cousins--what fun! It still boggles my mind that it's possible to communicate in (nearly) real time due to technology. Fantastic.
Then, I met up with F, a chica from that youth group that I enjoy so much, and we did a bit of shopping. We found just the right top and scarf to complete a "going out" outfit. Now let's see if I ever actually need said outfit. :) Vamos a ver.
Last night was small group at the Zs' house--but it really was only "small" in name! Everyone from the group except one girl I know of came, plus myself and three other US girls from Pepperdine, studying here. What a crazy evening. Soooo fun! Each personality makes it a group into which it's that much more fun to integrate myself. We talked about doubts, and how we see them, how God sees them, how we struggle to get out of them, how we view them in light of our Christian responsibilities and liberties. One of the Pepperdine girls shared her testimony. We talked about reasons why we believe in God's existence. We ate (lots of) pizza. We played Just Dance 2. I shamelessly tried to weasel several stand-by-and-watch types to participate; to, sadly, no avail other than laughter and smiley eyes and, "no, you go." I washed dishes, which I love to do to help out. I owe the Zs so much. I was the butt of jokes, I doled out jokes. We had some dancing lessons, and I took a turn with F and D (chicos) and E (chica). Then our group, at like two in the morning or something, started to head towards home. We walked as a group through the streets towards a bus stop, and waited forty-five minutes or so--chatting contentedly--for a bus that never showed. F and I took a taxi (the more reliable version of a taxi service--called Remis--rey-MEES) to our area, and the others headed to their area by another Remis. I slept; it being four in the morning and all.
When I woke up, it was gorgeous outside. What a sun, what a temperature, what an intermittent breeze. Magnifico.
Joshua and I tried our darndest to have a Skype call, but technology is incessantly frustrating, so it didn't work. A bit peeved at the faults of manmade things, I decided to try the outdoors for some of the God-made things. Much more glorious, and much more beautiful even though flawed (our bad).
After a bit of a walk (F--I remembered the whole way without looking at my GuiaT even once! :) ), I made it to the park and met up with the Zs. We enjoyed elastic/bouncy tight-ropes, bikes, cookies, mate, the breeze, and ice creams between the group of us.
A while later, we made for the car.
Now, I (the eldest Z kid, the only boy) has been trying for a while to ride a two-wheeler. For him, the ADHD inhibits balance in a very aggravating way, so it's been a real struggle. Today, on the way to the car, though, he did it.
Gracious me, the glory of that moment. Mama was tearing up, Dad was chuffed, I was trying to snap photos. What a conquest! "Lo hice! Lo hice! Lo HICE!" he shouted! ALELUYA. :)
Long car ride--as any is wont to be with tired, thirsty, hungry children--and a trip to McD's, and now we're nearly through the obstacle course of bedtime. I think I should try to sleep well tonight, for I have to be at church early tomorrow for singing rehearsal. Hopefully my memory serves me well for this--I heard these songs for the first time ever yesterday. All in Spanish. I'm a bit of an overachiever, don't ya know. (:
Well-contented. Full. Pleasantly tired. Quiet house. Twila Paris is playing for the kids as they fall asleep.
Lovin' life.
Chao!
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