Winding down...

Well, its been awhile, and I figure its time for an update. Its hard to believe that I´ve only got a few weeks left in Venezuela. Things have been tranquilo lately for the most part. Oh my gosh, I´m watching the replan of the Auburn v. LSU game right now and Jerraud Powers almost just took that fumble to the house, that was awesome I´m about to cry. Ok, back to Venezuela. One day last week some local guys had stacked a truck high with boxes of cabbage that they had just cut. They were on a dirt road that goes (TD Carl Stewart, war damn!) through some of the fields. Now, the fields are really steep, I´d guess they´re at least 45 degrees. And because in the mountains it rains a lot, these dirt roads stay pretty soft. Well, part of the road gave way and the truck rolled down the hill, killing one guy. It was a really terrible accident. The pictures in the paper the next day were pretty graphic, its just another one of those little cultural differences.

On a more positive note, I went to my first baptism celebration recently. (Another positive note: Auburn´s wide receiver play) I don´t know about you, but I can´t think of a better reason to have 100 drunks at your house than the dedication of a baby to God. In fact, I´m not really sure the party had anything to do with a baptism. I mean, somebody mentioned something to that effect, but it could have been another game of ¨mess with the gringo¨. Which reminds me, my friend Alfonso convinced me that he and his sister-in-law have a one year old son together….Alfonso does not in fact have any children. Anyways, it was a good time. Also, my friend Coro came home from school this past weekend, so it was good to hang out with her again. (side note: congratulations to Quentin Groves).

I realize this blog entry isn´t full of excitement…..so if you´re reading this in hopes of living vicariously through my indiana jones adventures, I owe you an apology. But this is entry is more indicative of life in Carorita. What it lacks in excitement it makes up for in quality time with quality people. I´d be lying if I said I was never bored here, but at the same time I wouldn´t trade the experience for anything. That being said, having a lot of free time is condusive to being pensive, so here´s some blog points:

• Last week as I was returning from Valera, I was again delayed in Mendoza (see previous blog entry). There was a funeral going on, and I guess the procedure is for there to be a slow town-sized procession up the middle of the highway for a mile. The result of this is the continuous honking of hundreds of delayed people. This is another one of those subtle cultural differences. I don´t know about you, but I´d rather the predominant emotion at my funeral be something other than irritation.
• Has anybody else noticed how ugly LSU strong safety Craig Steltz is? I hope for his sake that ESPN just has a bad picture of him.
• Wendy´s frosty´s are equally delicious no matter where they are eaten.
• Did you know that Enrique Iglesias sometimos records the song in both English and Spanish? Man, what a talent…

Ok, I´m taking a trip to the coast soon so check back for pictures and whatnot.