Happy Valentine’s Day

David Choe spins it best …..

Again, a graduation party for the students of Juan Sissay — tonight was an unexpected surprise for everyone including myself; I made a spontaneous decision to leave this school and Xela, to go to San Pedro for the remaining 4 weeks before starting my volunteer work. I do know that I’ve made the right decision….

Today was my day to catch up on photo and computer backup, as my iPod was left here at the orphanage for safekeeping. So many flies. Las Moscas!! Spent the whole day taking photos of the kids. Fabulous and oh so playful! The children love to have their photo taken, especially when they can visually…

The secret to flying is to trip but miss the ground. — Douglas Adams Let’s see, how many times have I managed to accomplish this feat of tripping ‘gracefully’?? Without hurting myself, I’d say 1245 times, but who’s counting? :). This morning slaDE is catching up on his logbook, and in the process of stimulating…

Okay, here we go again. Packing up to move. Exciting indeed. I do love change and all that it entails. However, with all the moving that I’ve done in the past, you would think that I’d have this down pat. Guess again …. How on earth does one accumulate so much stuff?? Ok, ok, I…

Brrrr, it’s cold out there today! -25 degrees Celsius (-12 degrees Fahrenheit for my friends south of the border). With the wind chill, it’s down to –38 at the moment. I’m very grateful that slaDE~ is able to stay home today … The men placing Rebar don’t work in temperatures lower than –20 here in…