Headin´ to >>> ¨The Mountains¨

I´m heading to the mountain school of Proyecto Linquistico de Quetzaltenango, which is highly spoken of by most everyone I talked with who´s been there... the worst I heard about the place was ¨there´s a lot of bugs¨ and ¨it´s what you make of it.¨ And it´s out of Xela, so I hope I´ll like it better. We shall see.

Had a nice breakfast at the Gato Negro... Black Cat.... hostel with Robbie from Rollins and Sand from Berkeley; Robbie´s on his way to the mountain school, too, and Sand´s finishing up at PLQ and may... or may not... be heading back to the States. We talked about pets and our reasons for being here and, maybe since Sand specialized in psychology or maybe just ´cause it´s where conversations go here, we did a little analyzing and soul searching on our motives and thoughts and feelings about Life, The Universe, And Everything (thank you, Douglas Adams).

Need to pack and sort things out... hopefully I´ll be able to leave most of my luggage at the school and just bring a backpack with a few changes of clothes... and wash something often. I´m feeling the wear and tear of being away from home and familiar things and FRIENDS a lot more than I thought I would... God´s going to have to make it really clear if I´m supposed to work overseas somewhere. At this point... at this moment, actually, I´m feeling more certain about teaching somewhere in Central Florida and traveling summers and holidays. That certainly could change (I´m such a fliberty=gibbet... sp?)

Hopefully I´ll be able to update this blog at least a couple times from, Colomba, the closest town to the mountain school... 20 minutes by pickup truck=taxi.

All ya´ll take care.