My Pet Peacock

I would like to all the aseo people (maintainence and housekeeping people) who work so hard to keep our halls, classes, offices functioning and beautiful every day with out a whole lot of recognition. Thank you.

I just came back from an afternoon of pilates, lunch with Erin, and trying to locate the books in the library I still haven´t been able to locate. To the right is a picture of Erin and I last Friday afternoon in San Pedro (a 20 minute taxi ride) after we exitted another bookshop that also did not have the books my professor has requested for our class. My professor has promised us they are available, but I´ve been searching for the past 4 weeks and still haven´t been able to find them. It makes me sad to pursue something diligently and still not find it.

Nevertheless, I look around and I am so thankful to be here. My residents are great, the prefectos I love, and I am extremely thankful for how beautiful it is here! Last night I was on duty, and when you´re on duty during the week all you have to do is check the recycling bins in the residence halls (they have 2 Plastic-aluminum-paper deposits per floor!!). And even all around campus is littered with recycling bins (no pun intended :)). Which would make sense why the campus is so beautiful. (That and all the hardworking aseo people here!).

It is soooo beautiful here! Beyond a duck pond and mountains, they even have peacocks and deer here! The other week I was interviewed for the study abroad office NextStop magazine and they took a bunch of pics of me with Pedro, my pet peacock (aka pavo real). Feel free to read the article or view more photos from the interview.

Off to call a bookstore to pursue again for the books....at least I´ll be able to pass by Pedro on my way to make the call :)

¡Nos vemos!