Mariagenia, te extrañé AKA The Return of YS!!!

Hola Cristo Kwon,

Today, I went to my place for service learning, which is a shelter for people going through cancer treatment. The institution, called FUDIS, offers sanitary rooms, healthy food, and company for $2 a day for those who are receiving treatment at the local hospital. I'm not sure what my job will be, but I look forward to spending time in a place other than my room.

School was blah. All of us were tired from our weekend excursions. In our literature class (my LEAST favorite), we talked about culture, so it was actually interesting. It rained a ton today, which is a huge bummer. For some reason, the rain made me want coffee. I refrained and settled with iced tea.

As I was walking home, I noticed there were traffic police at all of the major intersections. At first, I thought it was nice, because there were a lot of pedestrians and the police were keeping us safe. After a few blocks, however, I realized that the police were there because the traffic lights were all out. It didn't take me much longer to realize that ALL of the power was out. It was overcast and the sky was darkening. I finally got home and abuelita was watching tv. She told me the power would be out for another two hours. I don't know how she was watching tv. Antonio probably had something to do with it.

I sat in darkness and worked on homework. Antonio called me and "Mariagenia" to dinner. Mariagenia was not responding. I knew who to expect though. After evidently waking up from a nap, YS came into the kitchen, in her yellow sweater and red pants, of course. She hugged and kissed everyone BUT me. Uh oh. She had turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetables and melon for dinner. I had spaghetti noodles with hunks of beef covered in gravy. YS is going to Guayaquil until Thursday, then she's going to Otavalo. Why does she travel so much and where has she been for the past four days? The questions will never be resolved.