the paraguayan reverie

alright so im back in the city at the office with a bit of information to update about. Things are going well in site i suppose. I dont really have any thing to gauge my progress by since each site has its own unique qualities that determine if a volunteer is being succesful. BUT still, ive been working in a farmers field with a machette cutting corn down thats ready to be harvested, cleaning around mandioca plants with machette, as well as shucking corn and breaking bean pods. Working in the fields certainly makes me feel accomplished for a day, like I've actually done real work. And its a good work out, and makes people think i actually DO know how to work on things and have a work ethic.

Ive also bought a bee hive in a neighboring town and started to try workikng my own bees. Me and one of the people that I work with split open a palm tree trunk and took out this wild hive, transfered the comb to the box and tried to get as many of the other bees in there asd we could. We were both covered in bees, and there were thousands and thousands of them flying around everywhere. I work with a veil and gloves, but other than that i just wear a long sleve shirt, shoes and my hiking pants. I didnt get stung once, even though i was moving hand fulls of bees out of this trunk into the box. Its pretty fun.

School starts on the 25th and im going to start out by working in a collegio and escuela basica with a few of the teachers in their tech, science, and practical project classes. Im looking forward to it, and actually getting to know the ins and outs of the school system and the process of working with the teahers.

Its been a fun time in the city with lots of beer drinking, kareoke and dancing. We were at a club last night that had a foam bubble shower that was pouring from a cauldron in the middle of the dance floor. It made the whole place into a giant soapy foam soup with strobe lights and bumping music. It was a good time, one which i will likely repeat next time im in the city.

I received just about everything in the mail that people have sent me at one point or another. Ive got journals galore, letters, new books, tools. Its good. Thanks for the gifts!! Well, im gonna go get some mexican feed at the local chuchi mall, so perhaps ill update more later. Ciao!