Oh Where To Begin?!

Its been 2 days!!! There is lots to talk about =D

Friday July 30th:
Woke up to go to this volunteer camp to take pictures. It was 7am and I did not want to be awake. Just saying. But as soon as I got to camp I took everyone energy and I was up and running. Not physically running, but I was walking around taking picture. That is my job here anyway. I was walking around taking pictures, which I will download when I find the time. And talking to the volunteers. They then invited me to an island known as Rum Island which is in a town call Samana. So I was totally down for that and they gave me all the info for meeting them in the morning. At 12:30 or so they had a water balloon fight and it was great fun. I got some fun shots of them throwing water around. The kids just loved it. It was really hot and everyone enjoyed the water. I however did not get wet, and I told them if they did get me wet I was going to kill someone. I had my Nikon D60 in my hand and if that broke I was literally thinking about killing.
After camp I sat around with my newly found friends waiting for my mother to pick me up, I found it to be so middle school. You know when you get dropped off at like the mall and when its time to be picked up you have to wait around for your ride. . . kind of embarrassing, but eh.
When I got back to the house, I found everyone to be really lazy. Then I found out that everyone (My step-dad, mom, and guest) were sick! They all have/had the stomach flew. I believe its was a 24 thing because they are all feeling better today. Anyway, so they were not fun at all. . . then the chefs came out and said that they were on a mission for fish. I asked if I could tag along and they said yes. So we went to the Cabrera docks to see what the fisherman caught that day and I took pictures of course. But they ended up not having anything. They said that it was a bad day for fish. Well the chefs still needed fish so we had to drive up to Rio San Juan to find out that THEY didn't have fish either. While driving back one of the locals chefs said that he knew a place on the way home that might have fish. So we stopped and they finally found some fish that they could use.
When we got home, there was no internet. So for the rest of the day/night we watched old movies on tv and sat around talking. It was actually nice to get away from the computer for a day. My mom went a little crazy. It was sad to see that she NEEDED the internet to stay entertained/busy.

Saturday July 31st:
Woke up at around 7:30 and met the group around 8:10ish am= in the morning. We drove 2 hours to a town called Samana. It was a long, bumpy, squished ride for some. When we got there we took at ehhh . . . I'd say a 10 minute boat ride to the island. When we got to Rum Island, some wanted to start drinking and others wanted to beach it for a little then start drinking. I was in the mind set of I don't want to drink in the sun then have to go back on that boat and in a 2 hour car ride. So I was planning on not drinking. So I went and beached it for a couple hours, then we had lunch, then we went back to beach it. THEN we got our hands on a volleyball played two games with three on a team, I had the team that had been drinking. They were hilarious! Who cares that we lost both games. . . we definitely had more fun. Then we beached for a 30minutes then went back for the last game where we had some locals join in and at that point we didn't keep score. We just played for fun, and we had a blast. 2hours and 10minutes later we were home again where I was dropped off at my community gate and walked home. It was a pleasant walk, didn't actually know how far it was untill maybe 1/2 way. haha But whatever, I walked into my house with my mom asking if I wanted any chicken wings. I was like hell yah! So I ate some chicken wings, talked about my day to the fam. . . got told that I couldn't go out tonight because I didn't have a ride. I was a little p.o'd about that. But now I'm blogging and relaxing on my bed. About the shower and sleep! woohoo!!

Buenas Noches!!

Long drives, Crazy driving, Fabric search, and Reading . . .

Started off a little hectic. I woke up late and thought my mom left without me. I rushed to get ready and as soon as I was walking out of my room my mom walked in to ask me if I was still going.

Let me recap- last night we decided to go to San Fransisco, DR to get some fabric for the wedding we are having next week. We cannot find it in our own town of Cabrera, which is to say the least, frustrating. Anyway so my mom, ray (Rie), and I were planning on going to San Fran at 8ish.

Caught up: I woke up at 8. . . hense why I thought they already left and or we weren't going. But they didnt, and we did. So we were off to San Fransico which is . . .ehh I'd say 1:45 away from where we are. And to let you know a little about the Dominican Republic; the roads aren't the smoothest ground to drive on. Dominincans have a little bit of an issue with paving the roads evenly. So there are a lot of ups and downs and bumps and pot holes. So that means there is a lot of swerving and stoping and going, a little bit of a rollercoaster. Fun but scary. Also, Dominicans don't really have drivers licenses persay. . . they all drive these scooter things called Pasolas or however you spell it. And they pass you on your left and right so its not only like a rollercoaster, its also a video game. Quite an exciting 1:45 haha.

So in San Fran our mission was to get wedding supplies. Candles, ribbon, fabric, etc. When we got to the 'k-mart' of the DR we walked around and couldn't find ANYTHING we were looking for. So we had DOMINO'S PIZZA (I was shocked and excited that we found that) for lunch and we drove back to a town called Nagua. Were we found some fabric and a florist.

After coming home to finding two strangers talking to my step-dad and Robert. . . they wanted to see the little villa so my mom and I took the two men to see it. They walked around the place and fell in love and are now thinking about renting it for a whole year! So exciting.

When we were done with that my mom and I came back to find no internet at the house and we went to do other things. I went and read and I have no idea what she did.

Now it looks like we are headed into town for dinner at a little shack called Mannys. It actually has amazing food and if you ever come down here to visit me, we will go. =D

Mojito Time!!!
Byee!

Running, Beach, Dogs, Walks and Pizza

Soooo where to begin. I started out the day with a morning run. And I got new shoes right before I went so I decided to try those out. But they felt more like cleats. It was a strange run. After that I ended up going to the beach with the dogs and running around there with them. Throwing a stick and having them chase it. . . then dropping it and doing something else. I love my dogs. (not at this point) Moving on. . . after my run had some breakfast with the fam and went to the beach again to show our friend Robert.

I unfortunatly found a very dirty beach. I saw two different shoes, nail polish bottle, needle, laundry detergent, and. . . a dead dog. =( It made it a very sad morning.

I then had a very smooth easy going morning with meetings with our new accountant and villa manager.

Then we met some neighbor-renters that were staying at our little villa. They were supre nice and they wanted to know more info about buying into the area. They fell in love with the Dominicans and now they want to stay. But they are great.

So we showed them around our little community OHHHH I totally forgot. This morning I went to the volunteer camp to meet the kids teaching the camp. They are so nice and they are around my age. . . AND they speak english!!!! yay!!! So I hung out at the camp for a little meeting the campers and teachers and it was great. I'm going back Friday to help out and take pictures.

Tonight we all went out to town for a little pizza at this little pizza joint called Chori-Pan its a great little place. I've been going there since I was 11 and the owner now knows the family and he was happy to see us.

Now it is 9:17pm and I am going to sleep. #1 Because I'm sleepy and #2 I have to get up really early to go to San Fransisco. hahaha Not in Cali but in the DR. Funny right?! I think so.

For tonight,
G'NIGHT!

Plane ride, car rides, and funny quotes. . .

Day 1- Had to get up at 4am to be at the airport at around 5. Usually Tuesdays are the best day to travel because not many people travel on Tuesdays. But today was apparently the acception. Course we did run into a church camp group. They were funny though. They were so excited to be going; they actually clapped when we landed. Anyway, we were standing in the line to get in the plane and this little boy around 7 years old turned around and started talking to us. And he says "Did you know that my sister. . . after she eats she vomits" in a very cracky voice. It was freakin hilarious! Oh and then when we were in the security line there was this really old Russian that was asked "Do you have any metal on you?" by a security guard, and his response was "Neuhgthing" also really really funny.

So we got here in about. . .eh I'd say 1:30 or 1:45. . . not to bad. Got off the plane and had to stand in some more lines. Got to the car and off on a 2 hour drive where the topic of conversation ranged from, how to run our school here to, delish ham.

Got to the house and it was just as we left it. My puppy ran up to the car and that just made me SOOOO happy!! But by this time I was (and am) exhausted. I haven't slept in two days. I know I know, my fault but eh, I'm socially accepted to stay out late due to my age. =D Plus my lounge girls bought me dinner last night and I had to stay as long as I could with them. I miss em' already.

After lounging around the house for a couple hours, I ended up sitting and watching a couple movies, dozing in and out of conscienceness. Nowwwww I am watching Apollo 13 with the family and we're all 2/3 asleep. I don't know why we are all still awake but we are. I am, as soon as I sigh off here, going to sleep. To get up in the morning to start my bootcamp workout program that I made up myself. Watch out Florida when I get back I am going to be skinny and tan! (funny for Charlotte)

So for now,
Goodnight! =D