As spanish more learn we, english goes bye bye. Well we are not quite that bad, but there are times where english just doesn´t seem like our native tongue. Then again, Spanish is not easy all the time either. So we live with Spanglish, but between the two of us it works. It is hard to believe that we have been here 8 months, time is moving fast. We are enjoying our time here and the rainy season, though I am sure in a couple of months we will get sick of the mud. We have been spending the majority of our time in Bramadero building relationships and trying to make a "normal" life for ourselves. This last week we have had the opportunity to work in our partners office in Managua. We have been working on a proposal for the World Bank, which has been a stretching experience since all the information is in English and we have to translate it for our partner. But we are enjoying our time building on our relationship with Jamie (our boss).
Sarah´s mom is also here doing some volunteering work for a month. She has been here a week and half and seems to be enjoying herself. It has worked out nicely that we are working more out of Managua than normal in order to spend more time with her. Last weekend we went to a natural reserve (cloud forest) here called Selva Negra. We spent time relaxing, hiking and looking for the howler monkeys that called to us from the mist.
Last month Sarah celebrated her 30th bithday, it did not turn out to be the best day, but it was one to remember. We were in the community and decided we would take the motor bike to Teustepe where we would spend the day at a hot spring. Since we are in the rainy season, it rained most of the night. We left around 10 a.m. and made it to the next village where we spun out in the clay mud and before we knew it we were lying in the mud with the bike. We decided that if we were able to make it out the likely hood of us being able to return because the roads are steeper coming back was very small. We opted to return to Bramadero where we could clean off the mud from our clothes. As we were driving back Seth was unable to shift because the shifter had bent in the fall, so we drove very slowly back to Bramadero, but at least we made it back. Of course, when we made it back everyone wanted to know why we were back so soon and then they saw the mud caked clothes and figured out we had fallen. We were both dissapointed, but glad we were not injured. We decided any other special days during the rainy season we will be taking the bus. Therefore, we will be taking the bus to Granada to celebrate our 9th anniversary on the 9th of this month (the time sure flies by when your in love).
