Back at Home! Back at Home! Thank God Almighty I am back at HOME!

2/29/08:

Wow so I’m actually writing this one March 17, 2008! Well, this day was just crazy. I went to the clinic nice and early in the morning to get some more blood drawn…and I also needed to hand in two other tests which I’d rather not mention due to the graphic nature! LOL:) I was only able to hand in one test as the other one was just too difficult for me to do…hehe… not to mention traumatizing! LOL

So, apparently when the doctor’s say ‘come in ‘ayunas’’ they mean complete. ‘ayunas’ means ‘fast’ or no food or drink. I thought you know some water and a piece of gum wouldn’t do anything but boy was I wrong! They almost didn’t take my blood because of the one little piece of gum I had! But of course they took it anyway warning me that they might actually have to draw it again the next day because there might be too much sugar or something! Dudes! You have no idea just how much blood they drew!!! Ok, too graphic? Sorry. I just want to emphasize the fact that it hurt…and they couldn’t find the vein! AGAIN! Ouch!!!

Getting blood drawn is just too painful and too traumatizing here! I don’t care if it’ll save my life….I’m never getting blood drawn ever again!!! (Don’t worry I’m not as angry as I might make it sound here!:))

Then, of course I got lost on my way to school. I apparently took the wrong trufi and ended up in Pacata Baja…which is near my first house when we lived here! Kinda far from the school!

3/1/08:

So, I slept all day this day…it was a Saturday so it was ok…

Later that day I watched Bring It On: In It To Win It. Gotta love those silly cheerleading movies! :)

So that’s pretty much all I got written down for that day!

3/2/08:

I somehow made it to church. We were of course late, but we made it. I still don’t know why or how I made it there. I really should not have gone. I’m sure it would have been ok if I skipped church that day on account of my being sick and all!

Well, when we returned home, we found Adela standing outside our gate in the cold rain unable to get in! Yes, we were locked out and none of us had a key. We tried the neighbor but she couldn’t help us…and by the time we went back to our gate it was opened! Adela said she’d been out there for almost an hour!

When we finally got inside the house, Adela made some amazingly delicious soup from lima beans and some other stuff that I can’t remember…but it was DELICIOUS! :)

Then, I went online and found out that one of my old college classmates: SHABANA is PREGNANT!!!! CONGRATULATIONS SHABANANA AND DAVID!!!! I am so happy for her! Totally shocked but so happy! :)

Then, after being online and resting some more, I went with Wara and Eli to the movie rental place where WARA thought this one movie looked just excellent and so we watched it. It was called 30 Days of Night!!!


SCARIEST MOVIE I’VE EVER SEEN!

I could barely sleep that night! I somehow eventually fell asleep and was comforted (again somehow! :)) by Howard Mohr’s ‘How to Speak Minnesotan’ which played while I was falling asleep! Strange huh?!?! :)

Prayer Request: Please pray for Bolivia. I was listening to Adela and Wara talk about how bad the politics and such are here. They sounded quite scared almost about the current events here and so I am asking you on behalf of all of Bolivia to continue to pray for the warfare: political, physical and spiritual. Thanks! :)


3/3/08:

Today, I called in late to work…didn’t actually write if I went or not…hehe

I felt horrible but apparently only slightly better if at all than the day before.

Oh and I had yet to hand in my third and final test to the clinic.

3/4/08:

There was no water. This happened quite frequently in that week and the next…this week there hasn’t been any problems yet! :)

I went to work, but didn’t go to tutoring. I had a bad day…no details but just bad…probably with my being ill and all.

I tried to watch Water Horse…but it was only in Spanish, and so I gave up on it.

I wrote that I was apparently all alone that day!!?!?!

Again, please keep in mind that I am writing all of this on March 17, 2008! :)

3/5/08:

I stayed home once again today. I made myself some soup with onions, lima beans and potatoes! YUMMY!!

Then, later on I had some quinoa soup. Quinoa is too hard to explain…hehe

Again no water today so we had to borrow some from Eli.

I went downtown to get my laundry with Adela. I had some more strength that day so I was able to assist her. I also went to the clinic that day because I was able to finish my final test that day! It truly was a joyous day!! I am traumatized by that whole experience, but nonetheless thrilled that I was able to do it…finally!! :) LOL

And please don’t even try to ask me about the test because they are much too gruesome…:) and if you’re really smart please no comments!! :)

3/6/08:

The Camacho’s came back in town for a special speaker we were having at the church the next few days. They arrived at midnight.

So, when I came back from school, there they were all eating lunch and stuff… then we headed to church at night for the special speaker.

3/7/08:

I went to school…shocker I know! LOL

Then, I went to the clinic to pick up the results of my lab tests and they all came back normal! My sugar was actually very slightly lower than normal even after I had chewed that piece of gum… :)

Then, we went to church that night again.

3/8/08:

No school being a Saturday and all. I basically played SIMS all day long. Wara and I didn’t go to church that night and stayed home cleaning, and playing SIMS! :) I unfortunately got quite addicted to that game. But of course we had to stop because the Camacho’s came back, and the game was only on Pr. Pablo’s laptop…:)

3/9/08:

Well, the people who were also staying at the house from Santa Cruz (by the way :)) went out and bought some saltenas for breakfast! YUM. Then, we headed off to church…late as usual…hehe

We actually had church outside that day because of the special speaker and the fact that we had extended invitations to at least three other churches including the Camacho’s church in Santa Cruz.

Then, after church, we had more saltenas…hehe… and I played hopscotch with Wara and Eli. The Camachos had actually left the night before to make it to their church the next day. Well, all of them except for Silvia and Abigail the youngest daughter…and of course Wara… :)

So, we ate at the church and then eventually headed home…yeah this is probably making no sense but yeah… :)

I attempted to make no bake cookies that evening…but they turned out horribly!

The first batch which was a really big one was just not a good experience…LOL

So, first off, I realized a big mistake right off the bat which was that I had bought margarine accidentally instead of butter…and then…I had no idea how to measure it all because of there being no measuring cups or utensils. Then, Wara wanted to help so bad so I let her help me put in the vanilla extract. But, she accidentally poured like half the bottle in! Yeah…I hate vanilla…it was quite funny. Then, to top it all off I made it too liquidy and added too much sugar. The next batch was too dry and had too much sugar. I am just not a fan of the cocoa here…it tasted really strange…

I learned my lessons:
1. Only use butter when baking
2. Either buy the expensive brand of cocoa (Hershey’s) or use choc. Powder…or just live without being able to make no bakes here!

So yeah that’s pretty much it for that day. I’ll try and finish updates tomorrow. :)

3/10/08:

Ok so on this day, my last day as a teenager! I was late to pretty much everything. I was late to school, late to lunch (because it was my week to stay late at kinder…), which made me late to 4th grade. Then, I had to talk to Mrs. Torrez after school which made me go late to my tutoring job. Yeah not too good of a day…

Then, when I arrived home Abigail (Camacho’s youngest) ran out crying to meet me. She had been home alone…poor girl! :( So, I watched Legally Blonde 1 and 2 with her until Silvia, Wara, and Adela got home. :)

3/11/08:

Happy Birthday to ME!!!! :)

I’m officially 20 years old! I woke up this morning at 3:30 am as I almost always do on my birthday. Yes, I am strange! LOL The reason for this obnoxiously early morning is because I was born at 3:30 am and so i wake up at that time…sometimes with an alarm, and other times it’s just automatic…?!

Yeah, so school was not too good that day. I had a little girl start crying in my class…the WHOLE class time! She was apparently really scared of me!?!? Well, actually she apparently still is!? I have no idea why…she’s like the teacher’s pet of the class and always is so good and stuff. Yeah so that really whomps! :(

I am just not liking teaching at all…not because of that little girl…but mainly because I just hate teaching, and filling out reports, and planning, etc. I truly do just hate it… :( So please pray for me…

That evening, after tutoring, I went to some restaurants with some old classmates of mine. The first one we went to I had an espresso and two special Brazilian treats called coxinhas (sp?? Allison?). There I opened some gifts…which happened to be two hello kitty wallets! :)

Then, we went to the ‘cine center’ where there was a food court and I ordered a miniature plate of pique…boy did I feel FAT! :)

So yeah, that was my fun birthday evening! Thanks so much to Patita, Eli, Wara, Andrea, Mariana, and Carol! :)

3/12/08:

ok so today was a really bad day for me at school. Everything is just accumulating and stressing me out. I actually called Sarah and even my dad and broke down in tears in the phone booth downtown! I was hating school SO MUCH! I wanted to quit…not sure if I feel less about it now or not…

However, that night I could really feel the prayers from my parents and LifeChurch…so thank you LifeChurch for your prayers that night and others…thank you so much.

Not much else happened that night except for me going to sleep really early and waking up the next day in the kitchen?!?! :)

~Emily:)

p.s. keep in mind I am copying these from my facebook notes!!!:)

PRAYER REQUEST: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray for me and my working at the school. I am really struggling there and need a lot of prayer. It’s funny cause this week (3/10 – 3/14)’s verse is Philippians 4:13 “I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.” (NIV) :)