I have chosen an apartment and am currently moving and furnishing it. And oh how I miss the speediness of the US. Where signing a contract isn’t a week long venture and asking for help moving a piece of furniture requires scheduling around someone’s non-existent schedule. And by this I mean someone who says they are free, only to never be free to help.
The apartment is not the one previously shown in the photos. I had a feeling that one was too good to be true. The landlord couldn’t finish it in time and there were some issues with some other items, as well. It is a beautiful, large apartment but that also means it needs a lot of furniture and Peace Corp’s living allowance covers just the basics (and by basics, I mean a bed and cooking supplies).
I live in the first floor apartment and in the back is my landord´s mill and before I came the apartment was used to store grain. After spending a few nights here, I am fairly certain I have a rat or opossum living between my ceiling and the floor of the apartment above me. But it is home!!! I love that I can cook my own meals and play my own music!
Yesterday I went to the water park that I mentioned earlier in my blog (with the school but I couldn’t go because I got sick). It was fun! The sun here is too intense for swimming all day though.
In only a couple weeks my mom will visit and right after her, my boyfriend. And a friend of mine got an invitation to Peace Corps Ecuador with the next Omnibus!…Congrats Sarah!! Exciting!!
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