Happy Birthday Lynne!

Just a little shout out to my Aunt Lynne to wish her a Happy Birthday! Sorry I'm not there to celebrate!

Pictures from today http://picasaweb.google.com/Geedz913/RehabCenterAndLaPlayita?feat=directlink

This morning I went back to the Rehab Center with Gabriella to help her with some translation. The first patient was an older woman who had Bell's Palsy, she has had it for 3 months and you can find a picture of her in my album. She couldn't close the affected eye, or smile on the right side. The put electrical stimulation on her face, which I had never heard of and then Gabriella did a facial massage. After that she did a couple other back massages and on one older lady did her legs and lower back. After the older lady finished, she sat up, reached into her bra, pulled out her wallet and then a comb and brushed her hair. It was too cute!

We had some fresh squeezed lemon/orange juice that just tasted like a slightly tart lemonade but it was very refreshing and tasty. At the end of the morning, the nurse that was working there asked for a quick massage and while Gabriella did that, I put a heat pack on my lower back and rested for 15 minutes! It felt great!

We returned for lunch and Christine made a big sign that said Happy B-day for one of the old interns that was here. She took a picture with some of the kids holding the sign with her and the other leaders in it, and then Coco took a generic picture of just the kids holding the sign to send to volunteers in the future. Great idea huh? During siesta I just kind of hung out with some of the kids and Ari got hit on the head and started crying so Sharon was holding her but wanted to go rest so I took her and rocked her to sleep. She was precious! I hopefully get to take her stitches out on Monday. She fell last week and busted her chin on the table and I offered to take out her stitches so we'll see if I get to.

I came back to my room to siesta for a bit and found Julie, who lives in the room attached to ours, signing loudly to Christmas music. Not sure I'm ready to hear Christmas music yet. It seems so weird because it is still so warm here!

I worked on finishing most of the vaccination unit, at least what I can up to this point this afternoon. After finishing that, I had to follow thru with my promise to chase Luz Maria around. I tried last night and it was too dark so I had promised before dinner I would and I did. Two other girls played along and we got a good 20 minutes of chasing in, ending in me pouring sweat!

I showered and got ready for our Friday night outing. At lunch, I had asked Coco if we could wear non-OO t-shirts to dinner to switch it up a little and we were allowed to. It was so nice to wear just a normal solid colored shirt with jeans. We all felt so dressed up! We went to la playita (the little beach) and took some pictures and tried to watch the sunset but it was too cloudy. From there we went for pizza and I had 5 pieces! The pizza here is so good and somehow you can eat more than normal without feeling full. I think the dough is not as dense as back home or something!

We were going to go to a local basketball game tonight after pizza but tonight is the first night of the league and they weren't sure what time the game was going to start so we opted to wait until next week to see it. That's all for tonight.

Welcome to my new follower, Keightley! Apparently she has learned to read while I've been gone. Thanks Jo and DJ! :)