Some good things have happened to me
recently!
First, we got ducks for the house! I love ducks!
They are so much better than chickens.
I love their waddle and the little conversational ducky noises they
make. Chickens are basically mini velociraptors.
I’ve begun work on mural and world map
projects we’re doing with the summer school kids. To start, I had to go out and paint a white
base on the wall outside the school. The
only time I had to do this was a Friday, market day, which means there would be
lots of people in the plaza to see the gringa doing something strange. I walked out with a paint bucket in my hand
and dread in my heart. I expected to be
stared at, heckled, criticized, and asked the same questions over and
over.
It was actually great. I was struggling to measure my rectangle, and
a lady I often buy mangos from came over to help me. All of my students came out to visit with me
during recess. I was having a hard time
getting the paint bucket open, and one of the little girls ran to get her uncle
who had a nearby stall in the market, and he came to help me. Then, I was on tiptoe struggling to paint the
top of the mural, and a man I’d never met before came over and offered me a ladder.
I spend a lot of time being exasperated
with and having violent fantasies about Peruvians. It was so
great to have so many kind acts fall on me at once. It’ll shore me up for lateness to meetings
and catcalls.
I know I’ve talked about how adorable
Peruvian children are. They’re
ridiculous. The other day, I went to visit the
preschool classroom to do some drawings of the lake with them. I knocked on the door and was greeted by a little
guy. He beckoned me down like he wanted
to tell me a secret, then kissed me on the ear.
I would’ve fallen over if he did it again.
A spontaneous ear kiss from a 4 year old made
my whole day.
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