caught a cold...

& it sucks. When we went to Parajachel this weekend, I could feel my chest getting tight. The air quality there was worse than Antigua and I think it has resulted in this sinus bug/infection that I have right now. I've been drinking a lot of tea and sleeping a ton, which has been helping. I stayed home today to rest up & I'll probably work on some of the assignments while I'm here by myself.

This last weekend was pretty fun though. We went to a nature reserve and I was peer pressured to go Zip lining there. (half of the pressure came from Justin, who the night before told me I should do it). I really only wanted to go on it once, but it was a series of 8 lines. Once you went across one line, you pretty much had to go down all of them. It was pretty cool to be hiking through the jungle & zooming on steel cables...BUT I did get a phat bruise on my thigh when I didn't stop in time at the end of a line. :(
Still, it's not something I'd like to repeat in this life. I had a good time & all, but once is enough. :)

We also visited & spent $$ at an old Mayan Market called ChiChiCastenango. I really wanted to get a t-shirt that had the name of the place on it, but all I could find were Guatemalan shirts. Though I did get a parjache, which is what the women in Guatemala use to carry their babies & other items in. It's basically a large cloth that they tie as a sling to hold the baby on their backs. Similar items are sold in the USA, called the Mayan wrap, for way more $$ than I'm willing to pay. I got the parjache for about $25. & I see them use the wrap for their toddlers too...

This week I'm doing a lot of teaching, which I love! I have a great Master Teacher, and the kids in my classes are pretty fun to. They test me at times, but nothing I can't handle!

Off I go to pop another Advil cold&sinus... I'm glad I remembered to bring those with me!