Rainy Holiday Day

Happy Emancipation Day Guyana! Today's holiday brought to you by the emancipation of the African slaves in Guyana in 1834.

Tim and I didn't have big plans for the day, although we thought we might join our neighbor on a trip to the creek. However, the torrential rains decided for us that we should stay in today. Instead we are making pizza for lunch and dinner and our most exciting plan for the holiday is to open a bottle of red wine that we bought in G/town. We are enjoying the cooler weather that the rain has brought us. Tim has been reading all day and I am "entertaining" myself by researching law schools and trying to decide if I should take advantage of my LSAC fee waiver by applying to more schools in California. More schools = more possible scholarship opportunities? Maybe? I am thinking of maybe including USF, USC, Golden Gate and Pacific McGeorge. Anyone have any thoughts on these schools? Oh and I am also working (re-re-working) my personal statement, ugh!

Law school stressy-ness aside, this weekend has been a lovely three day weekend! Saturday Tim and I went to Georgetown to have lunch with our fellow PCVs for one of their birthday's. We ate at a new sub shop (think Subway!) and had buffalo chicken sandwiches. It was a lovely taste of home and one of the healthier meals we can get in G/town (better than Pizza Hut or Jr Burger). Yesterday we were invited over to Tka and Amy's house (the Guy23 volunteers in Linden) for dinner. Tka made Jamaican meat patties and Amy made pizza (okay, wow, now that I think about it we are eating a TON of pizza this weekend).

The "Sub"

Tomorrow we head back to work, but only for a few days since I have the Peer Support taskforce meeting in Georgetown on Thursday and Friday. We are excited about getting our computer back on Wednesday and then, at the end of the month, heading to Barbados and onto Oregon for two weeks!

We also wanted to let everyone know that we are FINE! We were not affected by the Caribbean plane crash at the Guyana airport. No one we knew was on the plane that, due to a pilot error, skidded to a horrible stop on the Cheddi Jaggan runway and cracked the plane in half. No one died, only injured. And, mom, there is totally NO need to worry about us. But we are glad you do anyway, since it just means you love us.