Casi Alla

So, I just got back from the Dentist here in Santo Domingo. Nicer than the one in the states i go to! Weird right? And, with this awesome, everything is absolutely free, health insurance i have as a volunteer, i got a free filling :) Since there is no fluoride in the water here, you have to take special care of teeth, and as my mother knows, i wasn't to great to begin with. All kinds of plaque and nasty stuff. Anyways, i finished that up and am waiting in the Peace Corps office to have my physical done by our in-house Doctors. We have 2 doctors stationed at the Peace Corps office just in case someone gets...i dunno.....ameobic dysnetary, among many other things. They are great.

The usual "hotel" we volunteers stay at when we are in the capitol has been condemned due to an undisclosed "security incident", so now we get to stay at a hotel where i did not contract scabies and get it reimbursed! What a day!

Im going to the US tomorrow!! Quick update on stuff here. Classes are going well. Small business class will be finished by the end of June, we have 2 sessions left. Engineer club is going amazing as usual. My kids threw my a surprise birthday party! They made Spaghetti, and made decorations out of recycled material, just like i tried to teach them in class.



The HBD is Happy Birthday. All about saving materials, lol. Made me so happy that they thought to do this for me! I have the best job in the world.

We just completed a trash pick-up project in our community as well. We got the kids together and told them we were gonna pick up all the trash in the field next door. They were all bummed out until we told them they would each receive a pair of brand new(12 peso) rubber gloves! Then they got so excited to clean up, and were asking if they were allowed to keep the gloves, haha. I totally underestimated how much trash there actually was, though. Its just layer upon layer upon layer! Anyways, we did a lot of work and at the end, the kids planted the sign we created in class, it says Engineer Club asks you to please not throw paper in this area, thanks! These guys are the best!

Ayy muchachos

Well, i cant remember the last time it didnt rain here. Seriously its been non-stop for weeks. Luckily, i managed to put my 2 cents together and purchase a tarp. Oh yea, i attached a massive blue tarp to my roof with bricks and nails and flung it over the side to cover my massive open window (photos coming soon). I secure said tarp with to pad locks around the base of my gallery window, and old gorcery store bags to tie it up at the top.

This is the window im talking about.

In other news. My fan, "Reginald", died a few nights ago. Finally bit the proverbial and literal dust after i snapped him in half over my knee in a blind sweaty furry trying to revive him. Needless to say, first thing next morning i went out and bought another one. His name is Steven, fans are obviously dudes, not my call.

My engineers club is going remarkably well. My only regret is that i didn't do this in my community from the start. I spent so much time trying to get projects going at the high school that i completely neglected the kids on my community. Now i have my small business class, and engineer club here, and people come!! Its great. Yesterday we did egg olympics, match stick rockets, and paper helicopters. Bet you didnt know that if you hold an egg in the palm of your hand, wrap your fingers around it, and squeeze as hard as you can, it wont break. (Unless you have a ring on, lol). These kids love it! They are learnging these projects here then going out and showing their friends. Last night 2 groups of kids came by to as for more materials to make helicopters and match stick rockets. It took a year, and many failed attempts, but i finally found what i am supposed to be doing, lol.



These are my kids! oh yea, we did the old menos in the coke trick. Man, they loved that. Chase, that ones for you buddy, ha!

Coming home in 6 days! woo hoo! Vacation!

Hurricane season!

So Hurricane season is upon us! It is supposed to be an overactive one this year, which means i seriously have to do something about the huge gaping window in my apartment. Thinking about just tying a shower curtain to it when it rains. There is a tropical storm heading towards us right now actually so i better get on that, huh?

Anyways, short blog. Not much going on here. Started my engineers group to a raging success! 10 kids showed up on time, were excited the whole time, didnt want to leave, and couldnt wait till the next class! ITs such a refreshing attitude, as opposed to the way people have felt about my computer classes, which can be summed up in one photo....

Thats a picture of a boy smashing a computer monitor like it tried to molest him.

Other than that, weve been advancing through my small business class, and are halfway through with my 2 students, lol. They are getting a lot out of it, though, which is good.


Well, thats about it. Gotta go to the hardware store to pick up some waterproofing materials.

Here is a picture of my new engineer group!


Here is a photo of me and the group