el domingo pasado fue (last sunday was) "sports day" in la monteada (past arroyo seco for anyone who has been here before) and it was as good as imagined.
amy (my roomate and sometimes other half - in the 
nerdy sense) and i were promoting and talking up sports day all week, mostly to momma d and fam. mirian, the pharmacist in our clinic, and her husband plan a big weekend event every year out in different villages where they have different sports like beisbol, volleyball, futbol (soccer) and then other games (we apparently missed the potatoe sac races) and lots and lots of food for free. she invited momma d and then we invited ourselves along but when we asked her when it started she said "it's all day" and w
e couldn't get a straight answer, so we aimed for 12ish.
nerdy sense) and i were promoting and talking up sports day all week, mostly to momma d and fam. mirian, the pharmacist in our clinic, and her husband plan a big weekend event every year out in different villages where they have different sports like beisbol, volleyball, futbol (soccer) and then other games (we apparently missed the potatoe sac races) and lots and lots of food for free. she invited momma d and then we invited ourselves along but when we asked her when it started she said "it's all day" and w
e couldn't get a straight answer, so we aimed for 12ish.scott managed to get on the villa nazaret team after a short tryout, and they forced him to squeeze in to some small dominican man's tight white baseball pants - hilarious!! i also inherited a son for the day.
now don't fear, sports day had music too, but i think the dj might have been busy playing or eating because we listened to the same song on replay until 5ish when we left. needless to say, the soundtrack to sports day was a hit.
post sports day we were up in the clinic and also going around the village to talk to parents about registering their kids for kindergarten next year. on 
tuesday some friends that are staying in puerto plata came to check out nazaret and the clinic and we took them down to visit baby ruth. in the afternoon we were apartment shopping in cabarete for amy and being assaulted by sand - it was a little windy.
tuesday some friends that are staying in puerto plata came to check out nazaret and the clinic and we took them down to visit baby ruth. in the afternoon we were apartment shopping in cabarete for amy and being assaulted by sand - it was a little windy.hoy (today) i went with the puerto plata girls out to arroyo seco to check on our friends. we played for a couple hours and then the kids decided they wanted to go swim in 'el rio' (the river). it was fantastic. it is nice to just hang out with everyone for once rather than having a strict schedule to follow. we stayed for almost 5 hours of fun/madness. for tonight amy and i are going to be beisbol groupies for scott - he got invited to play with the team again. he even bought real pants...
and el viernes (friday) the parents are coming. woot woot.
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