I mentioned in my blog yesterday that I was getting a new house. Well, as of this morning, it's official. I paid my rent and I am getting ready to move. The first order of business was to carry over my hammock that I bought in Peru years ago and hung it up. It has a great home now on my roof. It's comfy and will get a lot of use!
Before moving into the new house, I have some minor carpentry that needs to be done. I need to put in some shelves and a closet, which luckily can be done pretty easily in this country. I have a guy coming on Monday morning to get after these little things. I have another week in my apartment, so I am not in a huge hurry. I want to get those things installed before I move everything in.
Let's see... tonight is the big party, so I'm going home to rest up for a while. Then I'll be ready to rock tonight. The party starts at about midnight, so we'll be home before sunrise... hopefully.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
CARNAVAL
Not only are we kicking off Carnaval, we just got ADSL in the office and I found a new house! It's been a pretty good week. Sorry I haven't been better about keeping up with the blog, but my teaching schedule has been so crazy lately that I haven't been able to keep up with this writing. Also, we haven't been going on our hikes because the weather hasn't been so great. The brumaseca has set in, so the dust clouds from the Sahara Desert make it difficult to see. The hikes aren't so fun when there are big yellow, sandy clouds everywhere you look. So, we'll resume after Carnaval, in a week or so. Oh, I also haven't been writing because, as I mentioned previously, my memory card for my camera isn't working... still.
Let's see... The new house. It's one street over from my work. YEAH. It doesn't have hot water, but I am getting a heating system installed before I move in. It is super cute. It's a house, so I won't have noisy neighbors. The house is cute and on a quiet street. It has a nice tree in front too. It gets lots of light, and the best part is that the house has a ladder up to the roof! That's right, a roof for me to hang out on. All of my plants will be soooo very happy and I even have a space for my hammock. It's cool. Best of all, the woman who is renting it to me is a Doctor and she is really nice. She is from Cuba and really talkative. So we were talking a mixture of spanish and portuguese the other day and she asked me if I lived alone. And I said yes. Then she looked really sad. I asked her how much the rent is, and she said that it was 20,000, but because I am alone and she feels sorry for me, that she would only make me pay 16,000! Great. I got reduced rent because the woman feels sorry for me! So, being single won over the fact that I am white for once! I've never had this experience. Usually the price is more.
So, things are looking up. I am also happy to report that the school is going well. We are very busy. We are just about to start a couple of new courses, which will be starting just after Carnaval! Speaking of Carnaval, there is a big party tomorrow night (Saturday). We went to one last weekend, but this one should be bigger and crazier. A couple of the Peace Corps volunteers from Praia are up to check out the festivities, so we are showing them a good time. And, we'll be watching the Super Bowl on David's new TV this weekend as well. So much to do. OH, and I have to teach on Monday. The school will be closed, but unfortunately, I teach the business classes, so I'll still be working on Monday! Lucky me.
That's about all the news from Cape Verde. I'm healthy and happy. I'm also missing the states A lOT these days!
Let's see... The new house. It's one street over from my work. YEAH. It doesn't have hot water, but I am getting a heating system installed before I move in. It is super cute. It's a house, so I won't have noisy neighbors. The house is cute and on a quiet street. It has a nice tree in front too. It gets lots of light, and the best part is that the house has a ladder up to the roof! That's right, a roof for me to hang out on. All of my plants will be soooo very happy and I even have a space for my hammock. It's cool. Best of all, the woman who is renting it to me is a Doctor and she is really nice. She is from Cuba and really talkative. So we were talking a mixture of spanish and portuguese the other day and she asked me if I lived alone. And I said yes. Then she looked really sad. I asked her how much the rent is, and she said that it was 20,000, but because I am alone and she feels sorry for me, that she would only make me pay 16,000! Great. I got reduced rent because the woman feels sorry for me! So, being single won over the fact that I am white for once! I've never had this experience. Usually the price is more.
So, things are looking up. I am also happy to report that the school is going well. We are very busy. We are just about to start a couple of new courses, which will be starting just after Carnaval! Speaking of Carnaval, there is a big party tomorrow night (Saturday). We went to one last weekend, but this one should be bigger and crazier. A couple of the Peace Corps volunteers from Praia are up to check out the festivities, so we are showing them a good time. And, we'll be watching the Super Bowl on David's new TV this weekend as well. So much to do. OH, and I have to teach on Monday. The school will be closed, but unfortunately, I teach the business classes, so I'll still be working on Monday! Lucky me.
That's about all the news from Cape Verde. I'm healthy and happy. I'm also missing the states A lOT these days!
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