Which meant we got a week of vacation! I use the term "vacation" pretty loosely there, because I actually didn't spend a ton of time relaxing during the week. I, along with the help of some of my coworkers, actually got a pile of work done. Such a satisfying feeling. Don't get me wrong, though. I didn't go the entire week without relaxing--that would just be, well, not vacation at all!
To kick things off we decided to have ourselves an extra long weekend and stay at the AMA guest house in San Salvador. Nata thoughtfully offered to drive us with the school van, so we happily rode along with enough luggage to stay till Monday. Paty and Verónica had gone to their homes for the week, so they weren't able to come along.
We had a glorious, relaxing weekend with absolutely nothing to do. On Saturday we went to Metro Centro, a large mall, where Elmer and I passed out Antorchas de verdad (Seed of truth) magazines to all the passers-by and did some exploring, while Liz and Bethany did some exploration of their own.
While there, I saw a sight that again reminded me of our tendency to get sucked into pretty much anything competitive, no matter how stupid it is. Elmer and I were walking when we came upon a large crowd in the mall jostling around this tall, glittery machine with the words Key Master plastered on top. Inside the machine were a bunch of expensive prizes and all you had to do was maneuver a key into a hole to get one. There was a lever for left and right and a button that you had to hold in until you thought it was at the right place vertically, after which the key would slowly move forward. Each attempt cost a dollar, and every time someone tried, they were so close to achieving their goal. Of course, right?!
The rest of time until Monday we spent taking advantage of the speedy wifi, playing Rats, talking with family, eating and rejoicing in the fact that we had a whole week ahead of us yet. :)
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| Corn hole, nice grass, cool air, and a whole week of adventure ahead! |
After we had arrived at CICS on Monday afternoon, unpacked, and unwound a little, Elmer and I started on a project we had been planning for some time--organize the giant mess in the spare school room. Our ideas was to build a giant cabinet to store all the school things which up until now had been scattered throughout since there was no one using it for classes. We started cutting up all the pieces of plywood we needed according to the plans I had come up with the week before. We just got done before it was time to quit at sunset. Fortunately, Bethany and Liz were nice enough to cook us a good meal which we thoroughly enjoyed. It felt good to go to bed that night!
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| Elmer was the saw guy. I made the marks. He sawed. I saw the saw sawing, and saw that he sawed so well. |
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| Ready to put together! |
Tuesday we spent assembling our carefully measured and cut plywood pieces. Except for a few fixes here and there, the pieces fit nicely together and our cabinet started to look very nice! And throughout the day, Liz and Bethany brought us drinks and snack much to our satisfaction. After a nice supper again prepared by our thoughtful coworkers, we were able to enjoy some time of relaxation.
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| Even though it was dark, I couldn't resist putting a few books into the cabinet just to see how it would look. I was pleased with the result. :) |
On Wednesday, now that the cabinet was finished, I couldn't just let the room disorganized with such a nice place to put everything so I enlisted the help of Liz and Bethany (Elmer had gone home the evening before) to clean it from top to bottom. We started in the morning at around 10 after a nice, long night of rest and got to work. Everything was either moved outside or into the cabinet after which the floor was swept and mopped and only the things we truly wanted was put inside again--this time in an orderly manner! When we were done, somehow the room looked much bigger. We finished around 2:30 (without any lunch, mind you) and then went to Pollo Campero to celebrate a job well done!
But our day was not done yet. Wednesday is normally church day, but instead we had cleaning day. After another 3 hours of work, we were finally done for the day. Needless to say, we felt a bit tired. However, it was a good feeling of an entire day of hard work. This office boy gained some exercise that day!
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| Such a good feeling getting rid of all those boxes! |
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| Nicely organized. We'll see how long it can stay that way! |
The rest of week were spent taking it (a bit more) easy and preparing for school the next week. We also planned a special night on Friday to invite Nata's family down for supper. We made chicken, salad, and a how bunch of goodies. Good times...
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| A picture to send to my family to make them jealous. :) |
And that was my week of vacation! So tell me about your weekend... :)
P.S. Thanks so much for praying for me this week. This was one of the best weeks I've had since I came here this year. God is truly at work here and He reminds me again and again and again... Pssst I'll tell you all about that real soon hopefully!
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