Frustrated!

Greetings Everyone-



I hope this finds everyone happily tucked in their homes surrounded by family and friends. Because I am sitting in a cyber-cafe with a bunch of strangers in a dirty city with no family or friends, waiting for Sister to arrive but who is still in Chicago, to my knowledge, which means there is no way in hell she will be here in time to get on the 7 o'clock bus to Pilar.



The good news is that now I have time to set up this blog. None of you asked for it but here goes...



I had every intention of writing more, more often and much earlier. But the Internet is not so abundant in rural Paraguay. Mangos and grapes are plentiful. And much more delicious. After 10 days of vaction I am very excited to share some of the many tales that have already accumulated in my head and heart. I had forgotten how slowly time moves here. The days are long and hot. The sun comes up around 5:30am and sets sometime in the "tardecita". I haven´t seen a mirror since I´ve been here and I wonder if it is the same face I´ve always had. In many ways I feel like I never really left-I just went to sleep and when I woke up everyone had a moto and a cell phone. Using a moto to corral cows is going to be a YouTube hit! It is hilarious to watch. So much for cowboys!



I wish I could organize my thoughts better, now that I have time and energy to write, not to mention a computer with access to the internet! But I am flighty and wondering where all the thoughts that have been flowing through my head have gone. Maybe some delicious terere (cold maté) will corral my thoughts.



It looks like I will be in Asuncion longer than I expected so I will write more after a terere (ho´ysa pora) break!