Today Nancy asked me to clean off every single leaf of every single one of her dusty plants with a damp sponge. I now intimitely know around 500 leaves, having carefully bathed each one of them. It only took a bit over an hour and a half, but, without even really realizing it, I turned it into a sort of zen activity. I'm not saying I enjoyed it, but I didn't mind it and was not bored or frustrated by it. Dampen sponge, swipe, rinse sponge, repeat. It was just something that was supposed to get done and I did it. hahaha In fact, I might even do it again... Interesting.
Although you might ask... why clean your house plants? But maybe the answer is... something deeper.. some sort of Zen koan that will one day lead me to enlightenment. :P I have pondered it but cannot yet put down in words my answer. Hahaha yes. Anywhoo.
They have a new maid lady and she's super cool. We're both bored often and so we talk and she's my buddy. I was the first one to ask the name of their previous maid, and I think they noticed that because even after the first 3 days, the family has more of a relationship with Kari than with their previous maid Felicity, who left without notice and never returned. (except her last day I had a feeling she was leaving, and she just smiled at me and said goodbye) In fact... I might have been the only one who knew her as something other than "senora". Anyways. Today Kari taught me how to make "quinoa", a pineapple/quinoa/sugary hot drink, and "cachanga" which is a super yummy fried bread pancake type thing haha. She really loves to cook and we were talking about typical meals in Canada and stuff. We're going to make bananabread together :) It's super sad because she is a fantastic chef but couldn't finish her last year of university because she didn't have enough money. :(
Doctor appointment tomorrow (or, AFS & peru time...next week) but I think my eye's good to go.
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