WordPress, it was fun while it lasted, but you are too temperamental. If you want to find out what La Chele is up to now, you can find me at http://asupernaw.blogspot.com Thanks guys!

I’m sorry guys. I can’t even tell you how many hours I spent formatting that last post and it looks like crap. I am about ready to abandon word press. I hope you were able to follow it!

…I just got slammed with work! Sorry I disappeared for a while there. The transition to a real job with real responsibilities has been a little rough, but I’m getting the hang of it! Too much time has passed by so this blog entry and the two that follow are going to be picture based. Enjoy!  Back [...]

Hello everyone! Sorry I haven’t written in a while but I figure starting a new job and moving to a different country pardons me from any delay in blogging. Things are going well here. I am living in a house in Colonia Escalon, one of the older but nicer and safer regions of San Salvador. [...]

The hills are alive, with the sound of music! This week was awesome, both work wise and in my personal life. I whipped out some excel workbooks and Foundation wide guidelines that received rave reviews. YES!!! (Written with sarcasm). No seriously, it was a great work week. And, our new website  was launched. www.fimrc.org. It’s SOOO [...]

This weekend was a bit of an adventure. My boss was heading to a conference at Yale University in New Haven, CT and invited me along for the ride. I figured, “What the heck! Might as well!” The trip itself took 6 hours rather than the 3 everyone told us it would take (google mapping [...]

I’ve been at the new job for 2.5 days now and my eyeballs feel like they are burning a hole in the back of my head. So many databases to learn! So many emails! But I love it, I really do! Little by little I am learning more about the job and being assigned more [...]

1. Looking out the window at the pouring rain as we taxied into the gate I immediately realized that contrary to what popular television would have us believe, it is NOT always sunny in Philadelphia. 2. Philly has some very artistic graffiti and its a lot like El Salvador. Lots of tires, toxic waste barrels, and rusty looking stuff [...]

These past few weeks have been a whirlwind of activity and food. Game night and Nancy’s with the Salas clan; Brookfield Zoo with Julie; Lincoln Park Zoo and the best falafal sandwiches EVER with Kate; The Dance Experiment with UofI buds; getting lost in Chicago at night in a scary neighborhood and Giordano’s with Sarah; a puppy [...]

It’s only been about 2 weeks since my last post. That’s pretty good for me. Nothing much going on here. My departure date was pushed back to April 13th which is a blessing in disguise because it’s given me the opportunity to spend quality time with lots of old friends and watch my nephew a [...]

My best friend Jennie has a blog and is really good about keeping it updated. I considered throwing in the towel on mine, but she’s convinced me that blogging doesn’t have to be painful and that all of you really do enjoy reading about my grand adventures. So, I’ve given the old blog a new [...]

Hey Everyone! Here are the details of my most time consuming and expensive project. Please read and support the cause! Project Title: Libraries for El Salvador Project History: Libraries for El Salvador started 3 years ago with the initiative of two PCVs, a Rotary Club in Pensacola, FL and a Rotary Club here in San Miguel, El [...]

It´s been so long since I last posted, I forgot my user name and password! I honestly can´t remember what has happened since Jennie came to visit me in July. Time flies so fast! Let´s see. In between August and September, I switched houses. I now live in an adobe house with dirt floors. Although the [...]

Well good morning from Hurricane Watch Central…. Serriously, why do the hurricanes all come on the weekend? I’m signing in for Angie today to tell you all about my trip down to visit El Salvador. I’ve written the post in my head for the last several weeks trying to come up with a way [...]

Angie vs the Scorpions: Angie is winning yet, 20 to 1. The 1 being the 1 that stung me on Friday and left me feeling like I received a local in the mouth for 48 hours. He was hidden in my clothing. Didn´t see him when I dressed that morning. Angie vs Soccer balls to the [...]

These posts are now going to arrive in sound bites because there is just too much going on and it is so infrequently that I actually manage to type something up. Sorry guys… Animal Encounters… This past week was not so good in the small animal department. Within one day I encountered a monstrous snake in [...]

I’m so bad at this blogging stuff. Sorry guys! Anyhow, May was kind of a bad month in general. I had alot of first hand experiences with lies and corruption within the health clinic I’ve been working with, the school in my community, and the president of the ADESCO. It was an all around low [...]

Where is the time going? This post is haphazardly thrown together because I am on my way out to a meeting. Anyhow… Here is what´s happening in my neck of the woods. Vivero: I am working with Fundacion Segundo Montes and La Unidad Ambiental of my municipality to make a community tree nursery. We filled 2,000 [...]

I wrote a HUGE blog post the other day and lost it all when the Internet connection quit. What a pisser. Anyway, I´ll try to create what was a great expose on my life and work during the month of March. Here´s what´s happening with work… Bridge: The NGO we were working with is not supporting bridge [...]

1. You can climb 2.5km up a mountain wearing flipflops and a tight denim skirt. 2. You throw rocks at dogs, birds, and cows. 3. You crave beans and tortillas. 4. No food is comsumed without the addition of salt. (This includes fruit.) 5. It seems totally normal to bathe infront of your neighbor and carry on a conversation [...]

I just got back from translating for a traveling eye clinic in San Miguel and although I had a fantastic time and ultimately didn´t want to leave, it made me question the nature of this type of aid work. This is how it works. The aid agency in El Salvador goes out into rural communities [...]

My followers have been harrassing me for an update so here you go… Things are going well here in El Salvador. I am living comfortably in my house and have met everyone in my town, although I still can´t remember all their names. The first three months of service are supposed to be spent getting to [...]