Yesterday was an interesting day. I realized that I had hardly any ambition to do anything. Masa was here and we were going to go to the hardware store after lunch and pick up a rake for the backyard and some chicken wire to put on the windows to keep out the rats. As we were about to leave I realized that it was Saturday and the ferreteria closes at 12. After that I lost what little stores of ambition I had left so Masa and I headed over to visit Nora in La Descubierta which is about 20 minutes away.
Nora has a group of Germans living in her town. Three gap year students between the ages of 19-21 who are treating their time here as a glorified vacation and one older man who works in eco-tourism. I had never met the older man and he was with Nora at her apartment when we arrived. He is an interesting fellow. His name is Kai and has obviously spent way to much time in this country-trying to accomplish things that are impossible to achieve here in less than a decade. He is not just a little bitter and apparently a racist. He had had a few beers and told us that he only is attracted to white women and that the reason for this was genetics. Then he tried hitting on me. Ick.
I realized as our conversations continued that we have hit an interesting low point in our lives. We have been here long enough to have said some culturally insensitive things and therefore are more forgiving when we encounter someone who is going through a rough time and also we are soooo insanely broke this month that we will hang out with this angry German man for free rum and beer. We made some buttered pasta and Italian sausage for dinner and the next thing I know I am at a nightclub dancing like an awkward American to reggeaton for the enjoyment of Nora's town. I think at one point I kicked a beer bottle off a table. Ridiculous. I also argued with the German, saved Nora from the unwanted advances of some Rastafarian man, met a French woman, convinced myself that I could speak French when I was drunk, tried to dance salsa, hugged and kissed the dona in charge of taking care of the bathrooms and ate two chimis (which are hamburgers). I haven't drank that much since college! ;)
Today I am paying for my crazy night. I am lying in bed, so dehydrated that my skin is peeling and I had to turn off my fan because it was making me feel seasick. We are taking care of Fifa, Nora's dog and it is a madhouse with all the animals. Mama has taken off again and when we got back I tried catching her...pitiful attempt if you can even call it that...more like walking behind her trying to will her to magically walk into my hands. One of the ninos tried to help me but he kept looking at me and saying "you don't look so good." Finally Mama disappeared behind a fence that belongs to a neighbor, gasp- who I don't know, and so I gave up the chase or more truthfully the nino that was assisting me gave up and so by default I had to
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