I'm here! Finally! After a very stressful week of farewells and sales and shipping and packing and planning (which I could not have gotten through without the help of some truly saintly friends), Tabitha the Cat and I flew to and stayed in Atlanta last night, where I had a lovely farewell dinner with three friends, and then I flew to Guatemala City this morning! I was picked up by the airport by a school-arranged driver who helped me navigate Guatemala City's Walmart (where I bought the first days essentials: kibble, kitty litter, toilet paper and bottled water) and then drove the three-ish hours to Panajachel. We spoke in Spanish the entire time, which was both thrilling and exhausting, and though I was informed that I have some "problemas con los verbos," I was relieved to find that I can get by with my pre-existing language skills talking about topics ranging from our respective favorite colors (his opening gambit) to reasons why I shouldn't be afraid of the large men holding rifles at most big intersections. He dropped me off at my new house, which is so charming the word "charming" doesn't even begin to describe it. (Pictures tomorrow!) I then strolled through town, met some very nice folks (including the extremely sketchy Wisconsonian pharmacist), bought an internet stick (which I am using at this very moment) and two giant pupusas for dinner (for the equivalent of $2.30), and got a bit lost on my way back to my new home but managed to not freak out too much (or get run over by any of the ridiculous-looking three-wheeled red taxi things which speed down every tiny street!). And now I am here, and I'm going to eat my pupusas and go to sleep.
More tomorrow— including pictures— when I'm just a little less fatigada.
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