Mother supports child's need for shisha

Box of Coals: $22
FedEx Shipment: $64.61
Bolivia Taxes: $38.85
Lighting up the shisha at Valle de la Luna: Priceless

Lights? Camera? ...

This weekend was absolutely amazing. I currently have a few people crashing at my house, an Italian, Argentine, and Spaniard, so things always stay interesting. Unfortunately somethings become more interesting because of my own doing. So on Friday I came home from work and was told that the lights went out. Like in a movie, my eyesight got immediately redirected and zoomed into a piece of paper on the table. The electricity bill! I had forgotten to pay it. And worse was that we were suppose to have a going away party for Max the next day and my house.

The next day we got up early and started boiling water for tea since the electric kettle was obviously out. Just as the water was almost done we slowly see the gas start to fade. Great no gas, no light, and about 25 people coming to the house. I quickly brought down the gas tank to get exchanged but they said the men has already passed by that day. I left it anyways and thank jesus, they came by again.

With gas to cook the dinner now, we didn't worry too much. Instead we told everyone to bring candles and slowly watched the house fill will light, as more people arrived. The night ending up being pretty perfect. A lot of people even thought that the candles were just for show (little did they know, they were actually very necessary).

Three days later we still don't have light but it is kind of refreshing. We haven't had hot water for about 2 weeks so this just seemed like the next challenge. Instead of the usual we just around in the living room, staring at the beautiful lights of La Paz and talked about life. It is nice to slow down for a while

Arte Trabajo

For work we had a creative workshop this weekend. This meant working on Saturday but in the end it was really fun. Many of the activities reminding me of AIESEC events (especially LDS). It was a good time and more than anything it inspired me to want to put on more events like this.

Later on in the day there was a session for free expression. Basically meaning that there were a bunch of different art materials and absolutely no rules. With the help of my friend Max, by the end of the session, I was covered in art. We're talking a box tied to my leg, foam around my stomach, with pants wrapped around my shirt, paint everywhere, and other miscellaneous pieces. Good, good times.

True Italian Bruschetta

So now that I have lost my camera I have to depend on the trusting photobooth.

Here is dinner last night. Delicious.

You got the main course, rum and coke for a drink and strawberry shisha for dessert. The perfect menu.

Daily Life

So now that I have settled into Bolvia the daily life doesn't seem too different from home. For instance, each morning I wake up, I make my English breakfast tea and get ready for work. Now of course the work thing differs quite a bit, considering everything is in Spanish, but the work I do isn't so different that what I could be doing in the states.

And each day I go online and chat with my girls, just like I would if I were in the States. When I get home I make dinner with my roommates and then continue to the couch where we finish the night with a few episodes of 6FeetUnder and a HouseMix. Of course this is a pretty mild day but it is nice to know that I can still have days like these.