Out and about

I left Boaco this past Thursday morning for Managua with another PCV from the Boaco area.  We got up to the bus terminal and the 7am bus didn’t come, then the 7:30am didn’t either, and then came the 8am bus… needless to say, I was late for my dr. appointment, but thankfully Frank got to the office early and was able to switch with me since his was scheduled at 11am (mine was 10am).  I finally got to the PC office at 10:45am and was able to get into my appointment and take care of things.  We are at our medical mid-term evaluations since we’ve been here a year now.  How exciting :)  Anyway, we had check-ups, dental exams, etc.  I also had a meeting the next morning so I stayed in Managua with a couple other PCVs.  Frank had to go home though.

The next day I had my meeting from 10am until 3pm…yikes!  I knew it was going to be long, but I was so exhausted by the end of it!  The day before I was going back and forth between different appointments (some out of the office) and then sitting in a conference room for 5 hours, ugh!  Well, I was on my way out and caught a bus headed north and stopped off in Dario to visit Frank for the rest of the weekend.  We had fun relaxing, hanging out, and watched a couple movies. 

Friday night we went grocery shopping and made stuffed cabbage rolls—a recipe Frank found online while googling “meals for two”—how cute is he? :)  Saturday night we went out to dinner at a local eatery and got a little dressed up just for fun.  

Waiting for Frank to finish the chapter he was reading...

Sunday we worked in his garden to fix it up and get it ready for planting.  Then we grabbed some quick food to go and Skyped with his parents.  We’ve been discussing Christmas plans—yay!  

This is the "before" shot.  Lots of rocks, weeds, etc.

Pile of rocks and cement pieces

Tarantula that Frank found and then fed to the chickens.

"After", but a little dark since we worked until it got dark. 

Compost pile

Tire pots--haven't planted yet...

This morning I had to say goodbye and head back to Boaco.  I caught a bus out and then at the point where I get off and wait for a Boaco bus I stood there and thought one would be arriving in about 10 minutes.  Well, apparently that bus didn’t leave Managua…so I waited for 45 minutes.  Man, I really miss having a car sometimes haha

I was so exhausted today from such a long weekend and then found out my counterpart wasn’t having class today because they were just turning in grades.  That was nice not having to go earlier.  I just have my afternoon class and then my adult English class tonight.  This week is gonna be kinda weird again, because there are more holidays coming.  No school Thursday-Monday!  I’ll be around Boaco through Friday morning though because I want to check out the festivities.  

Anyway, gotta run, but I’ll be back with more pics soon!