Last couple days at my placement have been bandaging people, mostly feet. Luckily we didn't do blood pressures for the past 3 days or so. That was getting old. Today there was a celebration for a saint, so there was an alter set up in the courtyard and a mass with a priest, singers, and all sorts of stuff. They even had fireworks, but they were more about the noise than the lights. Some were so loud that I jumped every time. I don't really understand why they would do that when celebrating a saint.
The entrance. Hogar Carlos Maria.
One of the dorm rooms. Most residents sleep in dorms, but some have private rooms. My understanding was those that don't get along well with others get a private.
Me and Augusto, one of my lunch buddies. The others declined pictures unfortunately.
View from Carlos Maria.
This is a squirrel who gets bread everyday from one of the residents. The guy sticks the bread in the fence right next to him and the squirrel comes up, grabs it, and runs off. I was pretty shocked how close he got.
Katie, nurse Karin, and I. Karin was awesome. She let us do stuff on our own, chatted with us, and joked around.
The little clinic room. This is where we would do bandaging.
Same dorm as pictured earlier, but the other side.
One of the dining rooms.
Me and one of the residents. I never really knew him, but he really wanted a picture, so of course I obliged.
The church on the grounds. It is nice on the outside, but even more beautiful on the inside.
The grounds near the front of the complex. Just a little sitting area.
Tuesday night I went out with a group to a bar on the strip near the university. I ordered some ginormous drink, I don't know what it was called, but it was pretty good. Sweet but sour at the same time. About 2/3 through it started to get too sweet, so I switched with someone. We stayed there for awhile and then walked over to Jazz Cafe. We hung out for a bit and then around 12 the place was pretty much empty. We went back to the first bar, but that was pretty empty as well. We decided to call it a night so I got home a little early around 12:30.
Wednesday I decided I needed to buy a shirt, so I went to the mall in the afternoon. I wandered around for quite a while looking at the little boutique shops with overpriced clothing and poor selection. Can't I just get a plain T? I finally found a Pague Menos (pay less) and was super excited. The prices were excellent, but it was such a strange assortment of clothing. Nothing was simple, or even close to, and it was really shoddily made.
I had gone through (all?) 3 floors at this time and started working my way back down. There were several T shirt stands which I hadn't really wanted to look at, but since I was having no luck I took a peek. Prices weren't bad, under $10 for a tshirt. I saw some I liked and asked to see one in a small. She only had XL. I asked to see another. That one also was only really big. So I asked what she had in small. Apparently, she had none. I don't understand.
At this point I was really frustrated but continued around the mall. I finally found an awesome tshirt store! Simply tshirts, and a few tank tops. It was called Happy Hill and unfortunately they don't have a website. Anyways, I browsed their tshirts and finally chose a green one with "peace" and other relaxing words/images. I decided to celebrate with some ice cream and had TCBY. It was disappointing. Cheapie vanilla fro yo with previously frozen raspberries and mediocre chocolate chips. And it was expensive.
That night was ladies night, once again. So I went in a large group and we stayed there for several hours. It's free vodka for ladies, and somehow they managed to run out that night. It was sorta funny. Afterwards we went out for pizza. It was a small little place but they had GIANT slices. I swear, each slice was 1/4 of a pizza. It was pretty dang good too. I got home late and zonked out.
Not too much happened on Thursday. I walked back to Maximo from my placement. It only took about 40 minutes and it was nice out. I then ended up listening to everyone talk about their weekend plans and how much fun they're going to have. Lame. However, on my way home I stopped at Pops, an ice cream chain. I got a scoop of brownie and one of mint. It was yummy.
Today was the mass at my placement and after I got back to Maximo I walked to the mall for a shirt for Chuck. I chose one (can't say what) and then ended up getting Pops again. Chocolate mint and chocolate chip. I am on a roll!
So Maximo is pretty quiet; I think a lot of people are already gone for the weekend. I have class in about 40 minutes so I'll just chill until then. I have no plans for tonight, and none for tomorrow either. Once again, I'm going out with a bang.
And just because I have it, here is a picture of a random flower.
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