aji luck

so, i am 3 days away from leaving my site. FREEAKING OUT! in a ´i have to give a speach in front of the class´ kinda freak out. and not the ´schools out for the summer in one minute´ freak out. so, it´s gunna be a litttttle rough for me. guess i´ve grown to really like this place. even on those hot-ass days with ass sweat going through the pants (which is currently happening).

well, a great, funny series of events happened this past weekend at the regional meeting. (which occurs once a month. time to learning how to make projects better, talk about what´s coming up, and restabilize your sanity by being around other volunteers.) so, at this regional meeting we had some quality chicharrones (cooked pig) especially from 2 hours away in changuillo because that´s where you´ll find it the best. i proceeded to put som aji on my cancha (cooked corn bits). however, the aji was in a little bag, so i first bit the corner to make a little hole. it was coming out all smoothly and such, and then a little bit of onion got stuck in the hole and clogged it. so, i did what anyone would do (right?) and squeezed harder. to try and force the little bugger out. instead of breaking free and getting it going again, the bag exploded! jaj! and nothing like an explosion all over my hand. no, instead, my hands were perfectly clean and instead, it projectile launched across the table and landed allll over the WHITE outfit of this lady i had met 10 minutes earlier (and the only lady there who wasn´t a volunteer). omg. hoooorrified. not only did it land all over her outfit, it landed in her EYE! that is hoooot stuff that aji. so, now i ruined her outfit and she can´t see and her eye is like on fire. shit! what do i do? well, i stand in disbelief as i listen to matt and franny say ´omg, only jess could do that´. then, i lead her to the bathroom and help try to dab the red stains off her outfit as she washes out her eye. in general i´d say my spanish is quite good now, but at times like that nothing comes out right - spanish or english - and i just sound retarded as i try to give out appologies. the lady was a great sport tho and told me about a story when she accidently flung a chunck of meat on a women across the table from her and didn´t know what to do. she ended up just say, ´ooops, sorry´ and picked it off her chest with the fork! jaj! we laughed, i guess made ammends, and proceeded the rest of the event. i continued with crazy little accidents - like walking into the trashbag and dragging it with my sandle (aaaaccidently), breaking some cups and bowls, broosing my toe on a table, and etc. it was quite a night of jess highlights!

well, appart from those classy moments, life on the work end of things is quite good. my cocinas mejoradas project is done, paperwork is all done apart from one thing, my sitemate Beto has returned with visit which is aaaawesome (he left in september for his mothers surgery and his kneed surgery and didn´t get to finish up). the volunteer who has come to live in palpa and continue my work is awesome - Raquel. i am soooo excited for her adventures to begin here, and excited to see how palpa will change during her time here. sigh....that´s all for now!