Saturday Morning OR Going Back to Bed
Kind of enjoying Saturday morning for now. Maybe I should actually make an effort to be around for Saturday mornings. Passed out at 10pm after eating Ecuadorian food (!) and drinking Inca Kola with two friends. As a result, woke up at about 6am (which I owe to commuting an hour twice a week to arrive at our school site at 7:30 and for trying to do work at home early in the morning). Though I think I told myself I was going to work from bed, I managed to haul myself up to the roof. Kind of nice in the early morning, especially in the fall.
In other news, there was a minor uprising in Ecuador. I left Facebook open at work on Thursday when one friend messaged me to ask if I'd heard about the craziness in Ecuador. I assumed she was referring to the volunteer conference in Quito craziness.
Uh-uh.
Apparently the president tried to cut benefits to the police and military (the jury is out on how much these folks currently make and where it falls along the spectrum of reasonable), leading to strikes and general chaos when the police decided not to maintain order. The news makes it out to be a big deal, but it's hard to tell.
My sources on the ground tell me they were locked in their office for safety (the organization they work for tends to be protective like that), but they were able to order discounted pizza. You know, for the riots. Another source went biking and saw some people half-heartedly burning tires (which is about standard for strikes in Ecuador), but nothing akin to riots. My two host families (not in the capital) said nothing much was happening. Actually, my neighbor's exact words were "¿Y ese milagro?" ("And this miracle?", which is what you say when someone hasn't been keeping up their end of the phone call bargain). Some things never change. At any rate (despite the president possibly having being barricaded in a hospital, possible gunfire, and several conspiracy theories), everything seems to be back to normal.
Going back to bed now (which is also why I like Saturdays), though really, I should start knocking that work out. I guess that's what Sunday's for.
In other news, there was a minor uprising in Ecuador. I left Facebook open at work on Thursday when one friend messaged me to ask if I'd heard about the craziness in Ecuador. I assumed she was referring to the volunteer conference in Quito craziness.
Uh-uh.
Apparently the president tried to cut benefits to the police and military (the jury is out on how much these folks currently make and where it falls along the spectrum of reasonable), leading to strikes and general chaos when the police decided not to maintain order. The news makes it out to be a big deal, but it's hard to tell.
My sources on the ground tell me they were locked in their office for safety (the organization they work for tends to be protective like that), but they were able to order discounted pizza. You know, for the riots. Another source went biking and saw some people half-heartedly burning tires (which is about standard for strikes in Ecuador), but nothing akin to riots. My two host families (not in the capital) said nothing much was happening. Actually, my neighbor's exact words were "¿Y ese milagro?" ("And this miracle?", which is what you say when someone hasn't been keeping up their end of the phone call bargain). Some things never change. At any rate (despite the president possibly having being barricaded in a hospital, possible gunfire, and several conspiracy theories), everything seems to be back to normal.
Going back to bed now (which is also why I like Saturdays), though really, I should start knocking that work out. I guess that's what Sunday's for.