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Friday, 20 November 2009

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    As I have mentioned before, my office "building" has a courtyard which all of our offices face.  I love seeing even just a small glimpse of nature every time I look up from my compy. 

    The dry season has started.  That means w*a*r*m temps and no rain for months.  So we decide to water the grass in the courtyard.  Starting at 10am.  [cringes]

    After working maintenance for a year and becoming very familiar with the sprinkler system at Kuyper, I cringe when I see people watering during the day - the hottest part of the day - knowing that most of that sprinkled water, will just evaporate...

    sigh.

    ~KathrynMichael

    p.s. Going up to Jinotega this weekend! Yay for weekend adventures

Thursday, 19 November 2009

  • It's Starting...

    Last year around this time, the mayoral elections were held all throughout the country of Nicaragua.  They turned out to be a total fraud as votes were thrown away, ignored or unfairly cast.  It was a pretty big deal with a lot of protest.  Since then, the president has been working to change the constitution so that he will be able to run for election again [it previously stated that one could only run for two terms in office, and Ortega is 4 years through his second 6 year term, so of course, why wouldn't he work to change that right?!].  There are supposed to be some pretty big protests [potentially/definitely turning violent] this weekend.  People are already flooding into the capital city of Managua to gear up for the event.  FSLN flags are waving, people are gathering, fireworks are being sold...and I just heard the first few fireworks actually go off...Already? The protesting and marching isn't until Saturday!! Well, prepare yourself, Managua. It's gonna be a big weekend!

    ~KathrynMichael

Wednesday, 18 November 2009

  • Better Late Than Never

    So a few months ago [gasp, has it really been that long already??!!], we went on a 4/5 family vacation [I call it a 4/5 family vacation because our middle sister was not able to come with us, being that she lives in the states...] to Selva Negra [Black Forest], a German-owned natural reserve.  It was a much needed break after such a long and hectic summer of hosting work teams.  And what a blessing it proved to be! We had such a blast relaxing together, horseback riding, laughing, playing cards, reading, journaling...it was just a lot of fun.  Being that I don't have much time, I will let the pictures prove it - they will probably do a better job than I ever could anyways!

    HORSEBACK RIDING:
    Please note the size of the horses. There is one picture in which my horse looks to be no wider than my shoulders...and Olivia's repeated comment was: "While you guys get small horses to ride, they give me a Great Dane!" Yes, it was a bit sad, but we had a lot of fun and saw some beautiful countryside [mom did all the picture taking, and dad was on a coffee tour, so it's just Livy and me in these shots]:

         
    [Olivia and her 'Great Dane' ]
     
    [and in these two pictures - the one above and the one below - you can tell the difference of when my horse was inhaling or exhaling!]
       
    [I like this one because you can see the mountains in the background, though this picture hardly even begins to capture the landscape around us!]
    THINGS WE SAW:
    These are just a few sites we saw while horseback riding:
       
    HIKING:
    Dad, Livy and I decided to go hiking one morning, and it was so much fun!  We actually came upon some pretty cool abandoned buildings!
     
    [Dad, our fearless hike-leader, and Olivia, our enthusiastic cheerleader, direct us onto the correct path after we took a wrong turn...]
     
    [What is this???]
               
    [Then, to get back to the main trail, we had to cross this little stream...easy enough, right? Well, for everyone other than Kate! Good thing Livy caught me!]
         
    [On the trail again]
       
    [We saw some pretty interesting trees]
       
    [My turn to lead the way!]
     
    OUR CABIN:
      
    [Laughing, chatting, joking, playing...]
         

    It was a short little vacation, and we definitely missed Anna, but we had a great time!

    Content,
    KathrynMichael

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

Monday, 16 November 2009

  • All Mixed Up

    It's one of those days.  Yeah.

    You know the ones. When your head is totally not screwed on straight and it seems like there is no way to fix it. 

    Other than with a good night's worth of sleep that is.

    But you know that you don't have one of those coming for a while

    You can't seem to remember simple things. 

    The revengeful heat is probably not helping either. 

    Came right out of the cool weather from Ida and thrown straight into a heat wave. 

    Strength, Lord!

    Reaching,
    KathrynMichael

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