I'm really Tired

well, maybe that's not a very good title, but that's the first thing that crossed my mind when I was gonna start writing. I took a city tour today with the Maryknoll Language Institute de Cochabamba. Very cool... it was cancha day, so there was more traffic than usual. Cancha= really big farmers/flea market that happens every saturday. We went up to the statue of JesuCristo de concordia... got to go in & up it for 1 B (7 Bolivianos= 1 US Dollar)... so what's that like 15 cents? not bad. Apparently I can get a 1/2 hr TRUFI ride into the downtown part of the city- about 25 mins- for 1.5 B's. Or 3 B's roundtrip... wow! A TRUFI = Taxi RUta FIjada... or a fixed route taxi. A regular taxi, or "radio taxi" is a little more... about 25 B's per car (split between 3 people... it's still only about $1.30) Oddly, the Crest toothpaste I bought today (because I had to leave my previous toothpaste with Kathy in Boston on account of the whole 3-1-1 liquids/gels in carry-on bags thing) was 14 B's... or $2. Which seemed comparatively expensive... but I guess that's because it came from the US. I met so many awesome people on the trip today. Two Jesuits- Ben and John- a whole bunch of students at the institute- Liz- who I was supposed to originally meet in Santa Cruz, Danielle a tall chick from Harvard, Mike a cool basketball player I might hike some nearby mtns with, Sophie, McKenzie, Ray Finch- my Maryknoll Mentor, Dana, Hannah, Katie, Jennifer, ... and a few other people I can't remember at the moment. Oh and Cathy something (it's in my phone) who's the program director (I think). I discovered my new resting heart rate is between 70 and 80 bpm on account of the altitude. I also think I was mildly hypoxic while hiking up to the jesucristo de concordia statue. (which is higher than the one in Rio, by the way... Arthur). I played soccer last night with a bunch of guys in the barrio. They invivted me to play in the neighborhood tournament starting on Sunday, but I'm going to be busy with church and going to the Maryknoll language institute then unfortunately. But as long as I get a small picture of myself for their nominal ID cards, I ought to be able to play with them on Tuesdays and Thursdays... I think the girls play on Mon and Wed... Holly and I are over at Liz's apt in the center of the city. We're hanging out here until 7ish when we're going to meet the Jesuit guys and go out in the city. We had a battle with Liz's shower... first we had to figure out how to get the water running, and then how to get the water hot... which Holly pointed out had to be turned on with a double breaker and a super-sketchy breaker on the wall. Liz thought I was going to get electrocuted so she wouldn't let me flip the sketchy one... so I said, "Hey look the light's turning on..." which I'm not sure what I really meant by that but... anyways she looked back and was slightly horrified to see that I had flipped the switch... but then realized there was hot water. muahaha. Plus one for Holly and Ryan. Welp, God bless everyone.