Holy Moley! 100 Días!

So apparently my G has been in this country for 100 days now (thanks for that little tid bit Arianna)! I can hardly believe it. That seems like so much time! I've only been in Carmen for 1 month now but I sometimes forget that I had a whole other life in Guarambare before living here, because it seems so far away. That was practically a life time ago... aka 30 days. My good friend from home, who just so happens to also be doing the Peace Corps, and just so happens to also be serving in Paraguay (yeah, that is pretty much thee luckiest thing ever, I have NO idea how that ended up happening... seriously) told me this really wise thing a few months ago. She was already here in Paraguay and I was still in the States, preparing to arrive, and she said something along the lines of "the minutes and days go by slowly, but the weeks and months go by so fast!". I wasn't really sure if I believed her because how could 27 months go by quickly?! But now I'm starting to believe it.

Anyways, I've been having some pretty wonderful days lately. I went to Asuncion with my host mom because she had some guapa work things to do (duh) and I decided to tag along so that I could grab the rest of my luggage. It's actually starting to get a little bit chilly here, which I'm not thrilled about, and I needed the rest of my cold weather clothing. I invited Jen along because we would be driving right through her site, which is conveniently located on the Ruta. Thank God. So we left at the crack of dawn. Literally, it was 5 am. Gross. But it was a lovely little road trip. While my mom was off being her guapa self, Jen and I obviously went to Mercado Cuatro (which is like this huge market were you can find all sorts of things) and went shopping. I bought some nice clothing and I'm really excited because I got a traditional ao po'i shirt. I love it! Oh and Jen bought a guitar.
So after the Mercado we went to the Peace Corps office to get our luggage and it just so happened that our sister G (G-41) was there having their mid-service training. So we got to chat for a few seconds with them and that's always wonderful. Later we had lunch at this chuchi mall, and I got pizza hut stuffed crust pizza with my mom (and the day before we had Burger King) and it just tasted like America. I love when that happens. After lunch we made our way home. It was a lot of driving for one day (10 hours) but it as worth it. 

I went to Encarn recently (I mean, duh, since I practically live there anyways) and I was able to find sushi and it was just a magical experience. Plus a few of my family members liked it too so maybe I'll have more sushi in my future. That would be fabulous. It was just overall a good food week.

I have started reading Harry Potter en Español and I'm actually not as slow as I thought I would be, which is fabulous!

Tonight I went inside and my mom was tuning one of her guitars (my family literally has 5) and she told me that I was going to use it to start learning how to play. Um, okay family, thanks for be the best family EVER. My brother and mom are going to teach me. My brother takes lessons and is pretty good, plus they just have a ton of materials. I'm pretty stoked to actually be learning a skill while I'm here. I really want to buy a ukulele actually, but until I find one guitar will certainly suffice. Also, Mauri, my brother, made theee most amazing homemade pizza. I was super impressed by it! It was thin crusted but had stuffed crust (got the idea from our pizza hut pizza) and was cooked to perfection. He's quite the little chef, I have to say! So kudos to him!

In sad news, my wonderful dog of almost 15 years passed away last Wednesday. My Casey-dog will be sorely missed and I just wish I could've cuddled her one last time. I sort of knew that it would happen before I finished peace corps, I mean she was a 14 year old German Shepard. Usually they live to be about 8-10 years old, so we were super lucky to have so much extra time with her! I know she's in a better place and is in doggy heaven playing fetch in the water and sleeping in the most luxurious bathtub ever (that was her weird little quirk). Love you Casey and thank you for being the best dog ever!

The day before I left for Paraguay, with my Casey dog! <3

A lindo view of Encarnacion at sun set!

Oh, just me and cool tree.

Jen having the most fun on a merry-go-round!

Jen and her new guitar, James, being adoraboots!

Obviously, Jen and I looking fabulous! ;)