Day 58-Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

Day 58-Wednesday, March 7th, 2012

I got 8 hours in service today! I am SOO tired its crazy!! Pretty sure thats all I am gonna write today sorry people. Either way, its super encouraging to get this many hours! :) Whoop! Whoop! 

Day 57- Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Day 57- Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

WOW!! Today was a LONG day!! 8 hours in service!! I got a new study today, her name is Lijeidy (Lee-Haiti) she is 5 I think. She can't read yet, but wants to have a study like her sister and friends are. So I will be going to read to her from the Bible Story Book and then ask her questions. She is actually really smart! And adorably cute. She is the youngest of all the families living there in the campo. About 3 different indigenous family there. Almost all of which study with the family I am staying with. :) Its a pretty cool little set-up! Anyways, its pretty cool. Over and out! 

Day 56- Monday, March 5th, 2012.

Day 56- Monday, March 5th, 2012.

Today is Monday…Mondays are all the same. I go to Rio Serreno all day and I come home and make and then eat dinner and the day is done. So do you know what I did today?! Bet you can't guess!!

I went to Rio Sereno all day, then I came home and made and then ate dinner, and the day was done. Ta-Da!! Im awesome! 

Day 55-Sunday, March 4th, 2012

Day 55-Sunday, March 4th, 2012

 Nothing ever happens on Sundays..Sorry folks! 

Day 54- Saturday, March 3rd, 2012.

Day 54- Saturday, March 3rd, 2012.

Today was a nice easy day in service 3 hours only. I got a lovely little surprise of finding a note in my agenda from a friend…ANOTHER note with no name. haha. But I think I know who it is just by the hand writing. And its in a darkish purple/pink color. Not many of my friends have that color of felt pen. :) I know who it is!! :) I also got another very nice surprise today! Mileydis went in service with a group doing Sign Language calls and studies. Well after a good long day, in a car, she came back home. And they all car with her. I met Rachael. Bethany, and Dayna. And as you can probably tell from their first names they are from the States. And get this! All from the West Coast!! :D Rachael and Bethany are fleshly sisters from Oregon, and Dayna is from Washington. They are all staying in the same house in Volcan. They are the normal West coast girls. :) Meaning: AWESOME and HILARIOUS! We shared our adventure stories about coming here to Panama. And the really weird things that we have seen and experienced so far. :) We talked a great deal about the weird wives tales they have here. For instance, I have been told if I come home from service each day and take a shower immediately when I get home I could get temporarily paralyzed! Also if I walk without my shoes on in the house. My feet nerves will spasm and I will be in a wheel chair for months! ……yeah! The girls were also told this. However they hadn't been told the best one of all!! When you come in, from a hot service day. You can't drink anything cold, or be in cold air. So like when we stop at the store after being in the hot sun for a few hours. We can't open the fridge to get a juice box. Cause we could die from the shock of cold air……yeah again! The girls were told if they sit down in service on a hot rock they will not be able to use the bathroom,  because the heat of the rock will basically paralyze you down there….What?!?! haha craziness! But it gave us something to laugh about. :) They are pretty funny. That's all for tonight! :) 

Day 53- Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Day 53- Friday, March 2nd, 2012

I got 8.5 hours of service today!!! I am exhausted! Today I called Brother Russell in Volcan, while waiting for the bus ride home. I asked if they had room for me to stay with them during the assembly. He said they just filled their other room, but he would call me back in a few minutes. So I said ok and hung up. Less then 5 minutes later he called back and said. "There is an Australian sister here visiting named Caroll _________, this is her number _____. She has an extra room and said you can stay there with her. Call her up to make the final arrangements." WOW! right?! How cool is that?! He also gave me directions to her house. Haha. The directions in this country are hilarious. The kingdom hall road is called…'Kingdom Hall Road" I am supposed to be able to find the house by taking a right out of the parking lot, and walking down the road. I will pass the only street in town with 2 lamp posts. There will be a run down vet clinic on the right of the road.There will be a house with a garden of rose bushes 'To many rosebushes for one garden' in Brother Russell's opinion. I take a right on the next road. The road after a spell will become a gravel road, I pass a big ol clump of dirt on the right side of the road that has grass all over it and keep going, there will be a dip in the road and a horse to the left. There will be a green house with a big ol black gate in front of it. Thats the house. :D I love Panama directions!  Anyways, its too late to call her now. I will call her in the morning. :) This should be fun! 

Day 52- Thursday, MARCH 1st, 2012

Day 52- Thursday, MARCH 1st, 2012

Wow! Its March already! This time is going back fast don't you think? Tonight we have meeting. So I spent the day here at the house, studying for the meeting and relaxing. I found a note marked for today (remember I am writing from memory, so its not really the 1st of March, right now). The note says: "I have lost my muchness. Not only am I not interesting to anyone anymore, I am not interesting to myself"…I think I might have had a bad day today…Thats the vibe I am getting but I don't know… Hmm… I have also written down a Bible Highlights comment- Isaiah 63:14 " This scripture can help us all to remember that we are JEHOVAH's Witnesses. What we do reflects his name. So when we do good things we can help make the name of Jehovah more beautiful. But when we do bad things it reflects on Jehovah's name as well. So whatever thing we do, we should first think how it is going to reflect on God's holy name, Jehovah. Following the counsel we receive at 1 Cor. 10:31- "Do all things for the glory of God." …That's all I got for today. :) 

Day 51- Wednesday, February 29th. 2012

Day 51- Wednesday, February 29th. 2012

Today I went out in service for a few hours and came back home. I helped out around the house, cleaned my room thoroughly. I did my laundry. We made a new schedule this week for washing the dishes and making the food. Wednesdays I cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Thursdays I was the dishes for each. And Saturday I cook again. I actually like having a schedule like this. :) That way I know I am doing my share in the kitchen. Now all I have to do is keep helping out with other stuff and I am good to go. :) We have meeting tomorrow.  So tomorrow will be a stay at home day. Thats all for now. Not much going on lately. 

Day 50- Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

THERE IS NO BLOG FOR TODAY, NOR ARE THERE NOTES. AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I DID THIS DAY!

Day 49-Monday, February 27th, 2012.

Day 49-Monday, February 27th, 2012. 

So today I wake up on a normal Monday for myself. The power has been going in and out all day. And now I am hoping that it will come back in order to post this blog up today. If not, sorry folks. So I came into town today, I don't think I will be doing any shopping just chilling and talking with my family. :) Today is a normal Monday like I said. Nothing much to report….

Well the power went out and I waited there for it to hopefully come back on for about two hours…Guess what?…it never came back on. Nice right?! So I came back on the last bus. Well so did almost everyone who lives in my area apparently. There were SO many people on that bus I thought the brakes would go out and we would go flying over the side of the cliff. haha. Anyways, I came home to no power either. Which wasn't too bad until about 6 when the sun went down and it was pitch black. LUCKILY I have a coupe flashlights. Which saved us, and I spend my Monday night on the porch starring into the dark…It was….BORING!! Anyways, I did some Bible Reading and I came in here. And now I am going to bed. Goodnight Boring Day 49! 

Day 48- Sunday, February 26th, 2012. / Oscars!!

Day 48- Sunday, February 26th, 2012.

So today we had meeting. It was good except the power was out. So the songs were done acapella…that should not be done again. Just sayin! The girls friends here are starting school back up tomorrow so they went to their house today. Me and the parents came home. I got changed worked out. And MAN!! Pure Cardio AND Cardio Abs!! Killer Workout man! After I finished I made some food. I finally found some chilies so adding them to a different salsa. I have like a mild salsa. YUM!! It was good! Then I went to my room and did some work on a project I have. Then…the lights went out! YAY!! So happy!! So me, Pedro, and Mileydis sat on the porch waiting for nothing in particular. The lights were off from 4 to about 8 8:30. It was LOVELY!! But it was ok. We watched people walking home from the bus. And waited. Then the lights came back on! :) And with the lights came the Oscars!! :) YEAH!!! Break to get some food…But I will be back… So I'm watching the Oscars right now…I haven't heard half of these movies!!  I have heard of none of the Foreign Language Films…Yeah I know that one! She is from the Help! Haha Bridesmaids lady!! YEAH!! Octavia Spenser from The Help!..And the Oscar goes too… OCTAVIA SPENSER!!! Yeah! She won!…Tiny Fey! and Bradely Cooper! Wow! Stash!!…Haven't heard of it. Heaven't heard of it. Have heard of it. No No…Sound Editiing…Never heard of it. Heard of it. TRANSFORMERS!!..heard of it…Sound mixing…Heard of it…No…No…TRANSFORMERS…Heard of it…(I hate watching the Oscar's in English while it is being translated in Spanish…Its like watching the Superbowl with Spanish commentary. Not good, No bueno!)…Wow! Circuq de Solelui or whatever it is, is AWESOME!!…84 years of Oscar's!!.. Gwyenth Paltrow and Robert Downing Jr…Never Heard of it…Never Heard of it…Never Heard of it…Never Heard of it…Chris Rock! Haha.. ok that was funny!…Never Heard it…Never Heard of it…Kung Fu Panda 2…Puss in Boots!!! :D…Never Saw it…Oscar…Rango…Aww poor Puss in Boots!…WOO-Hoo!!! Emma Stone. Haha 'Lets dance! Let's Dance!" Haha I love this girl!!…Ooh all of these visual effects movies are really good!! 'And the Oscar goes too Hugo!?! Hmm it must have been pretty good!! 5 supporting dude roles.. Don't know him…Jonah Hill…Nick Nalty(?) at least I know him…Christopher Whatcha-name I love that guy!!…Don't know him…Oscar goes too… YEAH!! The Christopher dude! this is his first Oscar?!?! I thought for sure he would have won one for the Van Traps…haha funny dude!!…Ha thats what everyone is thinking?…Who is that guy?…The music!! Nah… haha!…Owen Wilson and Penelope Cruz…Haven't seen it yet…Nah not going too…Looks weird…Never Heard of it….Never Heard of it…Ooh I like his voice! :)…Will Ferrel and Zack Ga-bla-bla-bla. Hahaha these dudes are funny. Never Saw it…Never Saw It…Thats it? Hmm two options only! Wow wow wow!! Its Bret from FLIGHT OF THE CONCORDS!!!! Hmm..his wives and kids…Hahah…WOW! Angelina, talk about a slit on a dress!…Adapted screenplay…Never Heard of It…Nope…Nope…Nope…Nope…Hmm never saw any of them. 2nd Oscar!…Never Saw it… YAY!! Kristen Wiig!!….Never saw It…Never Saw It…Never Saw It…Aww Poor Kristen Wiig!!… Great year for Strong Female Characters!… YAY!! The Bridesmaids!!…Never Saw It…Never Saw It..Never Saw It…Never Saw It…Never Saw It…Hmm he looks familiar…Wow wow wait!! Is that the guy from 'Persuasion'??…Never saw it…Never Saw it…Never Saw it…Never Saw It…Never Saw It..You know that kind of sounds racist….Never Saw It. Never Saw It. Never Saw It. Never Saw It. Never Saw It. 'This is incredible grand' HA!…Ok best director…Michael Douglas, he is still alive!…Never Saw It…Never Saw It…Never Saw It….Never Saw It (Simon Peg!)…Never Saw It…Meryl Streep!!  2 Oscar's 2 emmy's 7 Golden Globes! Wow! I wish I could be like her!…Aww Whitney Houston, Peter Falk, That one guy!!, Steve Job!, Elizabeth Taylor. that ladies fro is INTENSE!! …Natalie Portman!…Never Seen It, looks depressing…GEORGE! Ooh looks intense…Jauhn, looks strange…Gary, ooh eels spooky…Brad, he really needs to cut that hair of his…And the Oscar goes to, Jaughn something something…Yeah! Colin Firth! Glen Close, that movie looks weird…I don't know her name but I love her!!, Roony, what a strange name, ooh creepers!, Meryl, seems like a deep role. Michelle, wow she actually looks like her!..And the Oscar goes too, MERYL STREEP! Of course! Third time…man! I kind of wanted the other lady to win! But of course Meryl won! She is AMAZING! My Hero!! :D Seriously!…Tom Cruise, Dude! He looks the same as when he was super young! …and The Best Motion Picture for the 2011 Oscar's goes to…. 'The Artist! Man! I wanted 'The Help' to win!!! :( Oh well. The Oscar's are over. Until next year….Man! I wish that I could be up there, *sigh* Best Motion Picture, Best Leading Actress, Best Everything…I want to be up there. Giving awards and getting awards. :{ *sigh* Thats all for now. :) Goodnight Day whatever you are… Day 48! 

Day 47- Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Day 47- Saturday, February 25th, 2012

Oops. So I woke up at 6:30 and was like Ok time to get up. Blink…blink….What?! Its 11:45!!! haha So obviously I didn't get to go in service today. That's not good. But I will do something for service today, don't worry! :) When the family came home we hung out and then kinda just did our own things today. It was a very relaxed day. And a much needed one!! Super windy today. 

Day 46- Friday, February 24th, 2012

Day 46- Friday, February 24th, 2012

Today only 6 people were out. 5 of them being on the route and Albin who lead the group. We went to a territory that is pretty far out. And then it was time to come back in. the other brothers and sisters were going to go do something, I don't remember what. So me and Albin, walked for a bit and then waited for the bus. In the same spot we did last time, when the bus almost passed and everyone threw themselves to the road. Good times. :) We got back to the store. Yoly and Yari were there. They decided on a few things and then Yoly came home and Yari was going on a study with Mileydis. We walked back towards the house and passed Pedro with Mileydis, he dropped her off and then came back and picked us up on our way to the house. We changed and then went inside to have some lunch. I did some laundry and then went to go study a bit. It was a pretty calm day today. I am super tired, so I think I will go to bed earlier tonight. Thats all for now. 

Day 45- Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Day 45- Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Today was a busy day for some reason. I did my laundry and then studied for the meeting a bit. I got to do a very thorough cleaning of my room. I don't know how it gets so much dirt on the floor. Maybe its cause there is a huge gap underneath the door! Oh well. :) Today is the Neals last day here so I wrote some letters for them to take back home as well as some things for my Cairn and my Mama Llama. :) hope they like them!! :D At the meeting everyone was happy to get to see the Neals but sad that it was the last time. I was sad too!! My last and only contact with life back home in Queretaro is gone now. :( That's sad to me. But, they have lots of stuff they need to do back home. :) so its ok, I guess. :) Thats all for today. Goodnight Day 45. 

Day 44- Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012.

Day 44- Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012. 

"What goods a shiny beautiful apple if its rotten and pithy on the inside? - What good is a brand new present box if its empty? - What good is a book if its pages are blank? - What good is a straw if there is no water? - What good are glasses without a prescription?" <<Wow! Burst of knowledge-poetic-words. Pwaha! Today I went to Volcan. Got some money from Western Union. the lady there went on to tell me a huge long and boring story about some lady that came and wanted to send money to her son. I was like "Mmm. Yeah. Wow. Sounds interesting. Now give me my money, Please!" Besides that I got to talk with my Carin and my Mama Llama. PLUS I got some cheese pizza and some more salad. So I was a happy camper. When I got back to Rio Sereno, Yoly was still at the local she works at so I chilled with her a while. Then we went home together on the bus at 6:30. When we got home we ate some dinner. And then we chilled back for a while. It was a pretty good day, glad I got to talk to my family. They are supposed to call later tonight, to talk some more. :) 

Day 43- Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Day 43- Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Today was a normal day, I guess. I went in service. When I got home, I worked out and helped out around the house a bit. Its been really windy lately. Hopefully the power won't go out. We will see. I got to do some studying today. Tomorrow I am going to Volcan so we will see if the bank card works or not. :) Thats all. not an interesting day. 

Day 42- Monday, February 20th, 2012.

Day 42- Monday, February 20th, 2012.
Today I went to Volcan with the Neals. I wanted to try the bank card again. Well…it didn't work. So I will have to use Western Union here in Volcan! :{ On a different note, I got to go to Kid's World and eat a chicken caesar salad. Which was pretty much amazing!! I miss salad so much!! I have to come back to Volcan on Wednesday to figure out whats going on with my money situation. hopefully everything will work out. :) The Neals are leaving this week. :( This month went by FAST!! oh well. I got home later then usual today. I was on the last bus at 6:30 so I got home after dark. BUT I had my flash light. Everyone was home by then. we talked a bit and then I ate some food. And that was it. :) Good night Day 42!

Day 41-Sunday, February 19th, 2012.

Day 41-Sunday, February 19th, 2012. 

Well although, I was extremely nervous. I was able to do something I have always wanted to!! I successfully translated the public talk today! I didn't mess up terribly, and everyone understood!! The girls told me grammatically I messed up 3 times. They said I said the sentence backwards. But seeing as English is backwards in Spanish. I didn't think it was too big of a deal. :) They understood it!! :D So, I Margarita Palacios got to help give a Public talk like I have always wanted to!! :) SWEET! It was maybe the coolest thing I have ever been able to do! :) I was so pumped!! :D Anyways, I am walking like 3 feet above the ground. This was so cool!!! 

PLEASE NOTE I WAS TOO EXCITED TO REMEMBER TO WRITE MORE ON THIS GLORIOUS DAY OF MINE! 

Day 40- Saturday, February 18th, 2012.

Day 40- Saturday, February 18th, 2012. 

So this morning I woke up somewhat sick. I knew I wouldn't make it in service. So I stayed home wondering why I wasn't feeling good. Besides the stuff from Monday, and yesterday… Then I realized maybe its cause I have my translating talk tomorrow…yeah thats probably it. Today was a lazy day, I studied my WT and got some things together. It was actually a pretty lame day. I wanted to go out in service today. But I couldn't chance it, and its a good thing I didn't. It was not pretty. Goodnight Day 40. 

Day 39, Friday, February 17th, 2012.

Day 39, Friday, February 17th, 2012.

Today I got up at 6:30 again. Did some INSANITY and then I went in service. Came home after a seemingly long day. And now its time to check out the next Star Trek movie… Insurrection. Hmm I don't know what that means. Oh well…Putting the movie in…loading…PLAY!…Aww what a cute little village. Oh look it looks like that one lady…How come they are spying one them?.. Commander Data, what you doing man?…Ooh a party! Ooh nasty little things. Haha!…Look one of the guys from the Blue Man Group!.. -They are in opposite directions sir, -Are they?…Uhhh, they are stapling his head!…Where is Data going in such a hurry?..Welp! I guess those guys are together. Ha…Ooh he got a scratch on his neck!…Haha look a Karoke machine! Since when did Star Strek become a sing-along-musical?…That looks like a fun game. :)…Loose ends to up? That sounds suspicious!…Haha yuck. What what does she have now?…Wow! Bath scene!…Im telling you guys they are up to something!!…That little kind seems familiar, like I have seen him before. But I don't know where…Haha, "We are not interested in such things!" -"I am!"…Wow! Trippy! …Good job! Way to fall, lady!…What why can't she swim if she lives in the country?…Haha gorge!…"You Klingons never do anything small do you?"..Ha the mambo!…Its like 'The Village' with this village…Hey look! He has black eyes now…Eww! Anger-busting-scratch…Oh man that's nasty!…Wow wow wow, what did they do to them?…Wow was that a llama?..Haha FATHER!!!…-Send Your Ships?!?! Come on man whats wrong with you?!…WOW!!! She has crazy Jedi powers!!….Haha, Data, you can't just go repeating everything the girls say. :)…That chick with the spots all over her, looks pretty cool. Its like a leopard lady! :)…Oops that looked painful!… What is that little creature thing, in his pocket….Side Note: I like the name Anij. :) Hmm…that was an interesting movie…very interesting. :) Well its time for me to get ready for the 'party' cause I got like 20 minutes actually. Hmm… oh well. (5 minutes later, I timed it!) I'm done! Music time! 

Well I just got home from the party. Again no one told me it was an anniversary party for some. You know how awkward everyone says and feels to be the 3rd or 5th wheel? Well there were at least 100 people there. So imagine being the 101st wheel. Yeah! Thats what it felt like. Oh well. For some reason for this whole week I can't think straight and I am feeling grumpy. But I am not showing it at all, so its all trapped up inside me. *sigh* And I don't know why!!! ….No. I know why. And its a really lame reason! Oh well, gotta put it out of my mind! I am stronger then this stuff! BLERG!!! I'm going to bed. Goodnight Day 39. 

Day38, Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Day38, Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Today was a pretty normal day. I went in service for a few hours and then studied for the meeting. And then got ready. Thursdays aren't very interesting. Oh well. Sorry nothing TOO exciting to tell you guys about today. Maybe tomorrow? :) Goodnight Day 38! 

Day 37-Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Day 37-Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

So today I went out in service with the Neals we decided to do returns, so lots of walking! My lady wasn't home. :( So I didn't get to do my study but thats ok. We went back to their house and I was supposed to meet Brother Pedro there at 12 and we would all go home. Well we got their around 12 and he wasn't there. So I went into their house and chilled for a while with them. Some how, I have no idea how. But some how we got on the concept of Star Trek and I told him I had never see one. He tried to explain some of the earlier movies, the ones with Captain Kirk. I learned the whole plot of one of the movies or maybe it was an episode. I don't know. Something about Spock killing the Captain in a battle on Vulcan, over Spock's wife who had a different Vulcan lover. Or something. I don't know.  Keith brought all but the first Star Trek movie, so apparently now I am to learn about Star Trek. Silly me thought the Borgs from First Contact were the same as the Romulans from the new movie. When he asked me if I knew who the Captain was, i was like oh yeah the Professor from X-Men. He found that funny for some reason. So he gave me one of the movies and I am supposed to watch it. So….. I am currently doing something very interesting…In a completely unbiased opinion I am watching Star Trek- First Contact. Anyways, I am going to see if Start Trek holds a candle to Star Wars or no.In an unbiased way though…We will see what happens. :) Here are my thoughts on the matter at hand/my commentary of the 2n movie. FIRST CONTACT!!… 

Wow! The Prophessor is in a metal doughnut!…Hey look at the Crazy metal person…Oh nasty drill to the eye! DAH!! Oh ok its just a dream…WOW! What was that! Metal Sea-urchin on his face. Ok. Another Dream…The Professors name is apparently Picard, Jean-Luc authorization code: Picard-4-7-alpha-tango…Hey Professor has mind powers in this movie too…The Federation, haha, Straight Up Star Wars man!…Hey! They are going to Earth…That guy looks like the Doctor from the new one…Romulans?…Wow! Blue eyed black guy!…Who is number one?…Opera music? Really Professor?…Haha Dry Captain humor…They've engaged the borg!! :O I don't know what that means…Hey its that guy…Everyone always says that resistance is futile, so they probably just are, (How did they get the death count so fast?) nope they got them…ENGAGE!..Ooh! UGLY!…Its the Enterprise!…Trust me Data! Thats a cool name!.. Ooh green explosion…hey that ball is going to earth!…Excuse me Mr. Worf, your faces frightens me…Wow wow wow! Why is everyone on earth Borgs? Not cool man! I don't want to be borg. :( …Hey look its Doctor from I-Robot…Whats the Phoenix?…Ooh the mid 21st century. 10 years after the 3rd world war. 600 million dead, major bummer, man…Ooh to bad for Montana. April 4th, 2063…Computer, Mid 21st century civilian clothing. I think I want that computer…HAHA!! She just shot him and all he says is, "Greetings!"…Hola! La Forge! READING RAINBOW!!!!…Who is Cochrane and where is he?…That's a lame line for a chick space traveler…BUT OF COURSE something else is on the ship! Yeah, good idea go check it out. Don't close anything off. Or anything…Where have I seen Mr. Hawk before?…Ooh borgs are on the ship…Yeah of course, you know, you have no idea how that ship is planned out and set up, so by all means go ahead and sneak off…Whats with 21 century music?…Ooh the doctor from I-Robot is the dude they are looking for!… Well thats a really sad excuse of someone playing drunk. And what's with all these lame lines?…Dude! That's awesome I want an emotion chip that I can turn on and off!!…Well, bores look like they went to the eye doctor and ripped off one of the eye things and attached it to their faces., hmm…weird…Why can't they touch you?? Oh gross! Thats why…That thing behind his head is one of those lights that when you touch the screen all the lights go to your finger, pretty rad!…Haha, they just drilled into plastic…Astronants on some kind of Star Trek… Oh nasty! THE Borg is creepers!…'Somehow, I question your motives'…So, she is freaky…Borg? Sounds Swedish. Haha…Definitely not Swedish!…Well, thats cool! Chapter 13 looks fun…Haha he just lit a match by his nose…Ooh his eyes are cool, its like two cameras…Eww why would she even suggest that they do that?!No, Data don't do it! Dah!! He's doing it!…Why are they adapting so fast?!What does decompression mean?! Oh no HAWK!! …I want some of those shoes man! That's awesome!!  How did he get him through the stuff he had on?…Oop, Oop! Their gonna blow up the Enterprise-E!!! …Haha, Awesome song! ..Their evacuation shuttles look like pianos. :)..Ooh she wanted a counterpart. Intense! Don't do it Professor!!…Wow! Data looks a little normal, seeing as they actually use his real face…. Oh well that was nasty…DUDE!! That looks like a straight up Jedi, that just walked off that ship. WAIT!! That's no Jedi! That's like Spocks grandpa!…Make It So!.. 

Okay so its over…My thoughts? Its pretty good. I'm not going to say its great but its not too bad either. I'm not gonna compare it to Star Wars, cause its pretty much completely different. 

On a different note I don't think I mentioned the music choices of these girls. Yarianis loves Back Street Boys and Yolenis? Well….Yorlenis loves Mexican Ranchera music!! So I now have both kinds of craziness on my computer. Along with Tipico (typical) Panama music that is sufficiently hard to dance to, cause its slow and awkward. There is a party thing on Friday night, we are going to. I am supposed to learn how to dance tipico before then. but its SOO boring! Oh well. I'll learn it. :) Not much more happened today. I went and helped with dinner. And then came into my room and went to bed. That's it. Goodnight Day 37! 

Day 36- Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.

Day 36- Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.

Wow! So today, was a very LONG day! Brother Nixon told us to be ready to leave the Neals house at 7 in the morning. Which means I have to leave my house at 6:30 in order to be there on time. No buggy… So I left on time, walking down. I got there early and waited with the Neals…We waited…and waited…and waited. At 8 Brother Nixon pulled up. We were all ready to go already, but he was in no rush. We also were apparently waiting on someone else…Albin was ready at 8:30 and we were off. An hour and half later then we planned. Oh well. Se la vie right?! We drove to Rio Sereno and took a road going up and in the same direction we had just come. We traveled for a good while. And finally we all got out at the mechanics store in Bogaba, I am pretty sure I am spelling that wrong. Either way we were right on the border again. Brother Nixon was going to buy new tires and rims so he went about doing that, meanwhile me, the Neals, and Albin were bored so we took a walk. When Nixon was done he was going to call us. We walked to the bank. I was out of money and needed to get more. Card in…Pin in…and then I saw… 'We are sorry we can not process your transaction at this moment. Please contact your institution for more assistance." GREAT!! Maybe inside they can help me. So I went inside…A man there, said he was very sorry but his bank couldn't help me because it was a national bank, not international. Ok I thought, that doesn't make much sense. But he suggested a different bank so I went. No buggy. ATM of the International Bank said the same. So I decided to try inside who knows maybe it will work inside. WELL a very pompous lady looked down on me for passing her a Mexican card, we can't help you here. Try the ATM. After I again told her about the ATM not working, she goes. "OUR ATM is working perfectly fine! Its YOUR card that is the problem!" Wow! Ok lady calmate por favor. I'm not like threatening you or anything. So I decided to go. No money…what am I going to do?! I tried calling my families Mexican numbers but my phone won't let me at all. For some reason it allows me to call the States SO I called the Skype number. Like usual the Skype was turned off. I left a message. I could do nothing else at the moment so I decided to walk with the Neals to a store. After they bought some movies we were all starving it being 11:45 now and all of us having gotten up at 6.  So we went to 'Pio Pio' the Panamanian version of KFC-ish. We ate some pollo and Nixon met up with us. We hung out there for a while and then Nixon told us he had to buy some stuff. But first Keith wanted to go back to the car place and buy something for his car in Mexico. Apparently a killer deal!! After that it was time for me and Albin to catch a bus. See we had a total of 5 people in a pick up. And its not technically legal to be in the back of the truck here. But in the country the police don't do anything about it because they know that's the only way people can get around. In the city especially on the border its very different. So me and Albin went to find the bus and the Neals and Nixon went to do a few more things for shopping then they would meet us in another city. We got on the bus, neither of us REALLY knowing where we were going. But we made it there okay, so no worries. We were to meet them in the park, we got there and waited. I saw an internet cafe and decided to use it to my advantage. I got on the internet hoping my family would be online and I could tell them about the card. No such luck! But thankfully SANDY has to be online with her work. So I wrote her a quick message and logged off. Less then 5 minutes later my mom was on the phone with me. I told her everything that happened with the card. She said that she would figure it all out and call me back later. AWESOME! From there we went to Volcan. Going there we could ride in the back we just had to sit down, not stand. So we hopped in the back. Fixed the cardboard and blanket seat and were no our way. Listening to the radio on my phone just chillin in the back of the truck. We got to Volcan and Nixon had to stop at the entrance of Volcan to put a step on each side of his truck so that it would be easier to get in the truck. There was a bakery that we didn't know about so we stopped there, its very dangerous to know that, that bakery is there. AMAZING CAKE!! After we went to a place they call 'The Park' and looked around I was able to find a map of Panama. So I got one. Then we walked down to an internet cafe I got to get on for a little. My Mama Llama called and I got to talk to her and my Carin. 🐨 I talked to them for a long time actually. Then we walked back to where Nixon was, they still hadn't finished the stairs on the truck. So we waited for a bit more. There is a little cafe across the street from the mechanics store so me, Donna, and Nixon went to go get a coffee. I got a very yummy cappuchino. Finally the truck was done after more then 2 hours and we went to go pick up Keith who had returned to buy something at the park. Then it was up the mountain to Cerra Punta…the sun was beginning to go down so as soon as we got there. David and Susy Ruedas were waiting for us. We were supposed to eat dinner with them but we got their too late. David took us to a place to take pictures and Susy was going to stay home to make us some coffee. We got to see the Kingdom Hall of Cerra Punta. MAN! That places is really nice!! Its like a hall from the States. When we to back to the house Susy was outside holding the gas tank. The gas had run out as soon as we left. So they went to go find some gas at about 7. Finally they found some gas and we made some coffee and had some bread. Then at 8 it was time to get back home. We left Cerra Punta, went back trough Volcan. I tried the bank again and it didn't work. I am going to try again next Monday, hopefully it will register then. Who knows! Then it was time to come back home. Nixon drives fast!!! It was so cold, we opted for not sitting on the blanket but using it. We were all bundled up, we probably looked like robbers cause we had our hoods on and scarves covering everything but our eyes. It was pretty fun though. :) We finally got home. And I was HUNGRY!!! So I ate some dinner hung out with the family and then went to bed. So Goodnight Day 36!! 

Day 35- Monday, February 13th, 2012.

Day 35- Monday, February 13th, 2012.

Today was a pretty normal same-old Monday for me. I got up and went to Rio Serreno. I did some shopping here and there got on the internet at the brother's internet cafe. And then went to get some food. Today I was going to make dinner for the family so I had to do a lot of shopping and searching. After I bought everything I needed I went back to the internet cafe. I talked with Mamma Llama and Carin a bit. The Neals showed up after a while. THen it was time to come home. When I got home only Mileydis was home so I took a shower and then went into the kitchen. I washed and then cut up all the potatoes, a few slices of onions, and got that boiling in a pot. Then I had to clean and cut up the chicken. De-bone-ing it didn't take very long surprisingly. I got my flour mixture all together and started on the chicken.  During the chicken process, I de-skinned some carrots and cut them up and put them in a pan with some butter, Caramelized baby! When the potatoes were done boiling, I found a strainer and got all the water out. then popped some butter into the potatoes and covered the butter with the potatoes. I kept working on the  chicken and carrots. Then I went about mashing the potatoes with a cup and adding some milk an seasonings. When the chicken was done, I whipped up some gravy and then dinner was done. A fried chicken, creamy smashed potatoes, caramelized carrots and fresh gravy dinner for 6 people. It was pretty good! They liked it very much. After dinner we had some Mint Tea and we all went to bed. So that's it for today. :) It was a good day today. Goodnight Day 34. 

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Sorry People I got some of my dates wrong. ALSO the internet has been out for the last couple times I have tried to post stuff here. :( But I have been trying. Here it goes...lets see if it works this time! :)