Tally of the past year

This was inspired by my good friend and closest G-buddy, Mary Kennon Walker!

Number of bucket baths: 24

Number of charlas given: 6

Days attended the municipality: 235

Days something important happened at the municipality: 15-17

Number of pets owned: 1

Number of pets that died: 1

Number of boyfriends: 1

Visits to the dentist: 4

Number of seeds painted onto my house: 206

Letters written home: 21ish

Letters received: 40+

Packages received: 9

Monthly rent: 250.000 Gs or about $40.00

Electric Bills paid: 5 (ranging from 10.000 to 80.000Gs ($2.50 to $20.00)

Host families: 5

Number of languages attempted to be spoken: 3 (none of them well)

Hours of violin/English intercambio: 15

Trips out of Paraguay: 2

Number of times I have seen an airplane fly over my community: 2

Number of rides in cars: under 20

Number of times I drove a car: 0

Hours waiting or riding buses: 250+

Approximate number of hours spent on my bike:

Number of ice cream cones eaten: 38

Number of camera classes given: 10

Number of Photo exhibits held in Horqueta: 1

Number of times I was asked when I am getting married: 90

Number of American visitors I have received: 3 (will be 5 post mom and neal!)

Number of Bagel cravings: daily

Snow days: 0

Rain days: 8

Sweat your face off-hot days!: 200+

Greatest questions I was asked:

My six year-old host brother asked if my down vest was a life jacket.

How should I move my body in bed with my boyfriend?

Is that your airplane? (Referring to my sleeping bag)

Do all Americans use weird towels? (Quick dry camping towel)

Do you have parents?

Why are you here?

And what do you do?

How long should my mom cook Sopa Paraguaya in the microwave, it doesn’t say in the instructions? (Imagine cooking cornbread in the microwave…it wouldn’t work)