Homemade snacks and a movie!

I have discovered in my time here that the key to not getting bored is to wear yourself out. Sunday morning at 5:15, after getting home at about 12:30 or 1:00, I wake up to my lights being flashed on and off (my light switch is outside of my room). I had promised Eduardito that we would go with Otoniel to do all of his morning chores the next time that he came over. At first I just laid there then eventually I yelled at him to cut it out with the lights already. I rolled out of bed, asked what time it was and told him I needed a second to change clothes and wake up a little. So we we nt to milk the cows and feed the pigs with Otoniel. It was just as enjoyable as always but I was absolutely beat. We got back around…7:30? The first world cup game was on. I ate breakfast, watched part of the game but by about 9:00 I had to surrender to my bed. The rain that had been threatening all morning began to fall as I laid down. I could here the rain and the chatting of everyone in the living room all morning as I drifted in and out of sleepy consciousness. As I lifted myself out of bed, I heard the rain tapering off. I stepped out of my room and blinked at the clock to get my bearings of where exactly in the day I was. At first I was a little confused because there was only one arrow then I realized it was 12:00 on the nose. Alicia immediately put my lunch on the table for me. By the time I had finished lunch, the next World Cup game was starting. I made it through this entire one, thanks to our afternoon cake and coffee. One of the people who works at the lodge, an uncle and a cousin of Otoniel’s and Geovanny were also over eating and watching the game, which made it even more enjoyable. I Usually get anxious when I stay at the house all day without something active to do, but it was a perfect way to spend a lazy, sleepy Sunday morning/afternoon. At one point during the game, Charlie, who works in the office at the eco-lodge, called the house to tell me that the same group of people that had all just gone out together were going to prepare some snacks and have a movie night. After the game ended, I showered, picked some limes from the yard and headed down to the station. We all spent the next couple of hours goofing around the kitchen, making salsa, bean dip, guacamole, and twice-fried plantain chips all from scratch. I didn’t want to go all the way back up to the house just for the hour or so between when we finished and when we were gonna start the movie so I hung around the kitchen and helped cook and clean a little. The movie night went great. We took over one of the new research casitas that no one is currently living in, had a whole spread of our foods, borrowed a projector and hung up a sheet to watch the movie on and filled the three beds with extra pillows and blankets from the laundry room. It was such a relaxing fun way to end an already nearly perfectly relaxing Sunday.