Ok...a little better update

Ok everybody! Sorry about the lame updates. Everytime I get on the computer, I just babble bc I have to pay for my time and get really flustered. Now I am using Israel´s computer so I´m not as rushed, but I still can´t hog the whole thing bc that´s just not cool and I am trying to repair American stereotypes (so I can´t be as selfish as Iwould normally be).

I left off saying that I got to see three turtles and even managed to be able to catch the eggs as one of the turtles laid them. It was amazing! And of course I was being made fun of because I was taking so many pictures. It actually turned out to be more flashing than pictures bc my camera was having a rough time focusing. So storms have been rolling in on a pretty regular basis around 1 or 2 in the morning, so the other day I was unable to do my turtle patrol at 2 am...unless Iwanted to be struck by lightening and I´m not sure mom and dad would approve. Luckily the weather subsided so our person on duty for morning patrol was able to go out and save some turtles! YAY!

Yesterday (17/9/2010) Kerry, Andrea, and I hopped a ride to El Tuito with Israel and his family. We only got stuck in the mud once! All I can say is thank goodness there wasn´t a huge drop off on either side bc there totally could have been and then we would have been in trouble. El Tuito is a town about an 1.5 hrs away and looks like NYC compared to the 5 buildings of Mayto...but in actuality it´s just an ugly little town. They were still having bicentennial celebrations when we were there. Men were dressed up as women and they were throwing flower at each other and a huge parade was making its way through the streets. I´m not exactly sure how that fits into independence, but when I find out, I´ll be sure to let you know. I ended up having amazing food and an ice cream bar with choc and almonds...YAY! When we made it back to camp, we found out that the neighbors had shot our camp dog, Chatha ("flat face"), in the mouth/face area after getting into their duck pen. She is doing well and is starting to look like her old self, except of course for the lack of teeth on one side of her mouth. I have made a personal note to avoid playing with the neighbor´s ducks from here on out. They might not be so nice as to shoot me in the mouth.

This morning I was on morning turtle patrol. Since Israel went on to PV after El Tuito, Joel had to step in and take me on my patrol. We got 3 nests and even managed to save one turtle who was, in my opinion, being very last minute. Oh well, if I was a turtle, I´m sure I would be the one waiting until the last minute too. When we got back to the camp 2 turtle nests had hatched and one of the nest had managed to escape the little fence Israel had put up around the nest so they were all over the place. It was the best easter egg (except no eggs) hunt ever! Another nest ended up hatching out later so we have muchas tortugas to release esta noche! Still working on the ole spanish!

Other than that, life is pretty chill and I am enjoying my time. My next turtle patrol will be Monday night. I´m hoping to get good pictures so that I can post them sometime next week. I was able to skype my mom, dad, and dave so that made me really happy! Oh and I saw my first scorpian here...def will start wearing shoes at night :)

Love to all!