Christmas

For some reason El Salvador likes to celebrate Christmas early and I don´t know why. On my calendar, which someone gave to me here for buying a pillow, Christmas is marked on the 25th, but mostly christmas day is just a day off from the fields...relaxing. My kind of Christmas. Nope, all the celebrting happens on Christmas Eve. And it´s awesome! This year, my town´s getting geared up for their annual soccer tournament/mariachi concert/beer festival. We´ll eat lots of pupusas and dance and those that can walk home will. Those that can´t and whose families are ashamed of them will be left laying (seriously) in the street, drunk and incoherent, enjoying the celebration of our dear lord´s birth. It ain´t the states, but it´s something to remember most definitely.

We birthed a cow this week! First time I was ever close to something like that. Man, it was gross, and it was awesome. The little guy was walking within two hours. It happened right in my back yard. Luckily I wasn´t the one deemed to stick my arm in there and turn it around first (one of the calf´s legs was stuck and needed some help). I got my camera out and did some documenting instead.

I´m looking forward to a laid back holiday with the sun shining and a couple close friends. let´s see...gotta catch a bus now, but wanted to bust the blog drought before i split. adios.