Don´t call it a comeback...

I originally planned to update this blog about once every two weeks. Then it turned into once every month. Now, you and I are sitting here almost exactly three months from the last entry and we´re both wondering what happened. I´d like to think that its all your fault.

So much has happened in the last three months. I pulled off a gigantic Halloween extravaganza for my town´s children that included costumes, 12 kilos of candy, 6 games, and a haunted house. This was quite a feat considering that my town has a lot of people who are religiously opposed to Halloween. The whole situation reminded me a lot of the movie ¨Footloose¨ and I was playing the Kevin Bacon part, trying to convince the town that Halloween wasn´t really a one way ticket to ¨Diablo¨. Although I´m not going to name names, there was a John Lithgow character but I was successfully able thwart his attempts to impede the progress of my Halloween preparations. Everything went off without a hitch and the kids seemed to have a wonderful time.

For Thanksgiving I went to the United States of America (perhaps you´ve heard of it?) and got to see my family and friends and dog. I would say the hardest thing about Peace Corps. for a lot of volunteers is being away from their families. This definitely holds true for me and I can´t explain to you how amazing it was to see all of them. I also got to drive to Pennsylvania from Chicago and was able to make commemorative pennies in four different states. I´m not sure if everyone knows what I´m talking about here, but there are these machines that you put fifty cents in and then one penny. You turn the wheel to the design you would like imprinted (i.e. The Indianapolis Speedway) and a few cranks later, this flattened copper oval pops out of the bottom slot. I´m not sure if this is illegal or not, but its so much FUN it should be!!!LOLZ!

I had a bit more to write including a snake story but my bus is coming, so I´ll leave that for next time. I´d like to dedicate this blog to my Aunt Barb who reads this blog and prints it off to give to her friends.