day 46 again

well, turns out i couldn't be a very good painter. b/c this morning around 9 o'clock i got a migrane headache and almost threw up over the balcony at the school. i can handle a lot of things, but when i get a headache and nausia i turn into the world's biggest baby. that was the longest walk home ever. but thankfully, god made me have an ability to fall asleep pretty easy, so i was able to come home from school right away and sleep that bad boy off. i have a new respect for my past teachers who would yell at us and tell us to be quiet b/c they had a migrane. i can't stand it and have to go somewhere and close my eyes.

i guess it was due to the paint fumes from last night. i've only had a migrane two other times in my life and man it sure is terrrible. anyways just thought i would let yall know. i still might go help the guy paint again today, b/c i kind of feel like a big sissy (scott, kevin, i know ya'll were already thinkin that so i just went ahead and said it)

day 46 or so

today was a long day.... worked from 7:20 am to 10 pm... school, another awesome day in shell. then i came home and helped the painter on the wings of the airplane. he is teaching me how to paint commercial items like planes and cars. i love it.

lots of sanding, breathing potent paint fumes, and funny astronaut suits, but the finished product is so beautiful.

valentines day here was really funny. the youth at church (anybody from 14-30) had a party at the hostal i stayed when i was here in november. some of the guys did a special rap, called reggeaton, a special dance like the nsync boys, the girls did this funny thing dance deal, not real sure what was goin on b/c it is difficult to understand them still, and we had an amazing dinner. looking forward to this weekend, b/c i'm goin to riobamba for a concert, alex campos. it's in the sierra, or mountains, i think.

i will add some pictures on here tomorrow...it's late and the picture uploader doodad isn't working, or i'm just muy tonto

my students

day 41

wow... i sincerely apologize to everyone who cares about this blog. it has been way too long since my last update. i have to stop playing on facebook so much. more blogging less facebook stalking...

ok, well not too much new is happening. i've gotten into a pretty smooth routine at school. still lovin it a lot. this last week a couple of fun things happened.

1. i got to watch my 1st graders and kindergarten kids play soccer and basketball in this gym across the street from my house. it was very cute and really entertaining. also on one of those nights i got to play soccer against the dads of my 1st grade class. we got beat really bad, but it was still a lot of fun. there was a lot of people there and i sweated a lot.

2. yesterday, i got to paint the washcoat and primer coat on the wings in the paintbooth. that was really cool to me. i feel like mikey (the dude with the long blonde hair) from orange county choppers when i help out in the shop. b/c i like to play and i don't really know much or understand much of what everyone else is doing. so getting to paint was really cool b/c i actually felt like i helped a little. monday i'm goin to be helping again.

also, today we didn't have school. they decided yesterday like 20 minutes before the end of the day that we weren't goin to have school today. although when i got up this morning galo told me that all the teachers had to go in b/c some director guy said they had to have school. the 23rd and 24th we don't have school either. i'm either goin to the mountains then or goin to the coast. we'll see.

and finally, it has been one month since starting the p90x things and healthier lifestyle. when i started i weighed around 270 lbs. as of yesterday afternoon i weighed 249 lbs. here's to another 15 lbs in the month of february!!!

day 31

listen to this....

we put no stumbling block in anyone's path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. rather, as servants of god we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, harrdships and distresses; in beating, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the holy spirit and in sincere love; in truthful speech and in the power of god; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine yet regarded as impostors; known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

we have spoken freely to you, corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you. we are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us. as a fair exchange - i speak as to my children - open wide your hearts also.

man that's good. open your heart to commending yourself as a servant of god in every way listed above. remove your stumbling blocks. if these things listed above slow you down, your heart is not opened. light and darkness cannot coexist. if we have dark places in our heart, yet claim we are a christian, we are liars. jesus is light and light exposes what is hidden in the darkness. open your hearts, i need to open my heart, our so called great 'country' needs to open it heart, remove the impediments and run like forest gump did the first time his leg things broke off.

if you are wondering, this came from pauls second letter to the corinthian church. want to find it exactly...read the book :) night ya'll.