Saturday, Oct 17

Kirsty and I decided we needed to leave early this morning to make sure we got to the post office to check if our packages were there. We’ve been trying for a week or more, so we were determined to try one more time. We left our house at like 9 am and walked to town, arriving a little after 10. The post office was open! We were so excited! I got my package from my family, but Kirsty’s hadn’t arrived yet, which was frustrating because her mom had sent it about 3 weeks ago. Afterwards we went to the bank and then to Guancascos. We spent some time on the internet, got licuados to cool down and then decided to go somewhere for lunch and some shopping. Kirsty and I went to Don Juan’s Restaurant, which is the restaurant for the Hotel Don Juan. It’s really nice inside and there are some nicer meals there. I treated myself to grilled chicken, rice, and veggies as a pre-birthday present. Kirsty and I talked about a lot of great stuff too like our travels, how we’ll never be able to go back to college life again like before, how fast college went, and how awesome God is.
We had some shopping to do afterwards; Kirsty needed some things for her house and kitchen and I needed to get some food and say hi to one of my students, Nohemi, who lives by the supermarket we go to. Julia met us after and we all got some ice cream, again a pre-birthday treat since I don’t know how much we’ll be doing for my birthday since it’s on a Sunday and we usually don’t go to town on Sundays. It was really a great day in town, not hurried, good conversations, seeing more of Gracias, enjoying ice cream in the park…I was satisfied. We headed back up the mountain and I was so excited to finally open my package; it was like my birthday present. I did it right away and received some school supplies and then snacks like chocolate, Goldfish, and other thoughtful things from my family. After that excitement of that, we relaxed the rest of the evening at home, watching the Office and making dinner.