My Internship!

Ok. So I'm really really really really really really really really really excited today.

A) I went to the gym in the morning before it got hot cause I have class in the afternoon instead.

B) Yesterday I found a health food store thing that sells AWESOME granola and get this....BANANA CHIPS!

C) Tonight is the first night of Greys Anatomy and however lame, I can't wait. Especially since Erin is coming over and we are going to watch it with my host mom and her sister and her friends and have Pina Coladas. Yes!

D) I got to skype with Nate for an hour yesterday. And I'll get to skype with lots of people soon. Internet....October 5th. Different company etc. But its going to work this time. And I'm not just saying that!

E) My host mom's sister (Marta) owns cabin/house/hotel things at Hualtulco (9 bays) and she said that I could go for FREE and about 7 other friends for CHEAP!!!! SOOOOOO excited! More my kind of beach than Puerto Escondido anyway. I'm thinking mid-October. I'll keep you guys posted.

F) Best of all....this morning I met with my sociology professor (also in charge of our internships) and now I know where I'm going to work! Almost everyone is being assigned to different organizations in pairs because of how many of us there are and how many organizations are cutting back because of lack of funding. But not me. I'm on my own. Apparantly my professor was talking with Kristen Labs and Tamara Williams and the nursing people and I get to actually do "health stuff." I"m working with Manos de Vida (www.manosdevida.org You should really look it up). It's a program to promote health in Oaxaca, specifically working with children. Apparently its also a little further away/further out than the other organizations, but it sounds amazing. I have to go be trained ahead of time but I'm so glad that I get to do actual work (a lot of people end up just doing data entry and cleaning). I'm sooooooo excited. And it has a Christian basis. And I think I get to be a "Che." And And And.....haha.

Oh...PS...Internships are the last month I'm here. November 23rd until December 18th I think. 9-5 every day of the work week.

Anyway. It's a good day. I send smiles to all. Can they be contagious if they have to travel that many miles? I hope so!

Love!