Dogs - 2, Carl - 0.

It's 1:06am right now, Thursday night, and I can't sleep. I've been avoiding writing a blog post because I want to post picture of the things I've been doing, but I can't. A friend let me borrow her camera before coming here (thank you Chelsea!) but unfortunately the cord that provides power for the camera was chewed up by a dog when I went on missions a month ago (sorry Chelsea!). A few weeks ago I spend a full day going to every Radio Shack in Lima looking for this stupid cord. After six other camera shops I ended up at the store that specifically sells Chelsea's camera, only to find out they didn't sell the cords or know where I could find one. Needless to say, I decided to celebrate the end of that day at a delicious crepe shop. My parents will be sending the correct cord through the mail.

Today was a national holiday for St. Rose of Lima and I had the day off. A few of the brothers asked if I wanted to play a game called Civilizations which is this ridiculously long board-game, similar to Risk mixed with Settlers of Catan. We are about nine hours in and are 75% of the way through the game! I think we are finishing on Sunday.

Warning: This game takes longer than Jumanji, and is otherwise very similar.

The game is very addicting to me and I think part of the reason I can't sleep is because I can't stop thinking about it. I believe we will finish the game tomorrow or the next day. The second reason I think I can't sleep is because when I got in bed earlier it was wet. Not the whole bed, just a nice round circle that the dog seemed to think needed some watering. Luckily I took a photo of the dog my first week so I can show you the culprit.

Don't let the cuteness fool you.

I changed the sheets earlier and was somehow wide awake. Tomorrow I will be tired. In fact I'm tired right now and I'm going to finish this post later.

It's tomorrow and I'm tired. I got pretty frustrated at work trying to explain math to a volunteer who both didn't speak my language and was absolutely sure of her answer. It was only in the aftermath that I realized that I should have dropped trying to explain it pretty much right away. I think we both ended the day frustrated with each-other when there was no reason to be.

My sister is coming to Peru in November and I'm going to go to Machu Picchu with her. I actually haven't traveled or explored Lima in the two months I've been here. I've been content working with the students at Alegria En El Senior and haven't felt the need to leave. I think that it's important to travel since I am in Peru and it's possible I won't return. I'd like to visit a city called Ica where they have sand dunes and an oasis. I also want to visit Lake Titicaca because they have a man made island that the natives have lived on for centuries. Apparently it smells kinda funky because they make it out of these reeds that need to be replaced every few months since the island is constantly rotting. I will post pictures if I ever make it there.