After a tiring journey, I arrived in Nicaragua yesterday. It was kind of a blur, because I was so tired, but today I feel slightly better. I still feel like going to bed in a few minutes (it's only 8:00pm) but at least I was able to function most of the day. Today and yesterday we had lots of information sessions, we got vaccinations and signed a bunch of paperwork, and this morning we had our language placement interviews. I'm not sure how well I did, because I was incredibly nervous and I'm sure it affected my performance. I know I shouldn't have been so worried, but can you really blame me? They recorded it for goodness sake!
Anyway, tomorrow we find out who our host families are for training, and then Saturday we meet them and move to our new homes for the next three months. I hope my family has children. It would be fun, and I think I would learn more easily if I could talk to kids instead of adults. And I really hope my family has pets. I am already going through animal withdrawal!
The good thing about Nicaragua though, is that wildlife is never far away. Today I saw my first Nicaraguan hummingbird, though I couldn't get close enough for a good look. I also saw two really pretty jumping spiders, a lizard, a couple flocks of interesting but far away birds, and a kind of jay with a really neat tail.
I'm pretty tired now, and I have to finish reading the training manual, so I'll end with a picture I took from the plane. It's a little dark because I couldn't figure out how to change the brightness setting on my camera (I finally got it this afternoon) but you can see how beautiful this country is. Buenas noches!
Gorgeous! I want a lizard.
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