mosquiteros and more!

This thursday and friday are special days here in Nicaragua. Thursday was the celebrating of the battle of San Jacinto, which I was told was similar to our Alamo except for the fact that it was the Nicas fighting off the Yankees. Friday is Independence day for all central america countries except Panama, i think. Early in the week, we had the torch for independence come through our town, it was a nice addition to viewing the torch in that we were also without power. there were a lot of people running with the torch carrier, it got a little hectic by the church so the police that were driving in a truck in front of the torch carrier had to take the torch for a bit. The torch goes all the way through all the countries in central america, im not sure if it was going up or coming down though... Life is good, some of my favorite activities including being able to take a nap in the hammock in my house after a long day of Spanish class or watching people from my front steps in one of the rocking chairs. Surprisingly im not thought of as lazy, as far as I know, that would be reserved for another volunteer in my site, Tony. I live on the calle principal (the main street) so i get to see a lot going on. Spanish classes have been going good, i can tell that im starting to relearn things little by little, but its definitely a big process. People here speak with a lot of slang, and the also don´t use the Tu form of verbs that often, only Usted or the vos form, only Nicaragua and Argentina speak without the using the Tu or so ive been told. Other than that, i am slowing learning the bus system and where the different cities i have to go to are. So far i havent gotten really sick, except from the Malaria medicine we have to take. Paul, im sure you already heard this from Jenny but thanks for the letter, when i figure out how to buy stamps or send a letter i will do so too. Hope everyone is doing well Win Twins!