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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas a little late! Christmas was ok here, relatively uneventful. Christmas Eve (here called La Noche Buena) they have a big dinner, which wasnt that much different than normal but it was good. Then we went to Mass at 11pm. On Christmas Day, people pretty much just visit with family and friends and eat leftovers from the night before. They didnt exchange gifts, I think partially because people dont have much money and buying different foods for Christmas is extra cost enough. I got my family small gifts, played some dominoes and hung out. That was pretty much my Christmas. I want to go home next year. It was really strange not being with my family. I dont care about presents, but I definitely missed the food.
Since I ended up staying in Santo Domingo for so long, I went to the Shakira concert the Tuesday night before I left with some friends that were already going because Joy had extra tickets. No folks, her hips dont lie. It was a very entertaining and fun concert and I had a great time after that crazy week.
Im going to Jarabacoa for New Years on Friday until the 2nd. Im definitely looking forward to it as an actual break and several other friends are going to come also. Today I had a meeting with Francis about what Im going to be working on while Im here such as looking for more outlets to sell the coffee and possible exporting. Thats what they want, and Ill work on that, but I also made it a point to explain that the Association needs to work on a lot of general office practices as well. One of the nice things about my job is that I get to do what I want, on my own schedule. Its also one of the difficult things. Im going to start setting deadlines and creating more goals (Ive done some, but not a lot) and I need to get cracking on my community diagnostic after New Years. I cant say Im looking forward to doing 100 awkward interviews but Im sure the information will be helpful.
Posted by katie on December 27, 2006 03:15 PM | Permalink
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