May 18th, Translator

I woke up to Roberto's voice calling me for breakfast outside my door. I was a little surprised to hear "JULIE!!" first thing, so I popped my head up and shouted QUE PASO?! I got teased for my loud reaction the remainder of the afternoon. I made my way to the house and had beans and eggs for with everyone. As we were all eating, Dulce found me in the house. She asked if I had made any progress translating the intro pages for her job. I honestly had just passed out last night, so I told her I would start working on it and would have it all done by the time she was leaving for the day. She came back to my cabin and listened to music as I started translating. She's fun though. When you see her in camp, she always looks like she's entertaining someone or being silly and entertaining herself, but when we were just hanging out she'd ask we questions about my home life. I asked her about her homelife and her parents, her friends from school, whether she wanted a family or not. I still am so impressed at how strong she is. With every answer she seemed so sure of herself and the bright future that awaited her.
Dulce went back to work not that long after I started translating so I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon translating as best I could. The verb book I brought back this time has been a life saver..I love it. Translating was great though. After every word I looked up, or verb I conjugated, I could feel myself trying to absorb as many of the words as I possibly could. I'd say sentences to myself to try and get the words to stick. I flew through the first big paragraphs, trying to educate myself and help Dulce, but somewhere between 5 paragraphs translated and getting tired of flipping back and forth from intro page to verb book to dictionary to notepad, I decided it was time for a break. I finished Three Cups of Tea during my little break, and all I can say is wow. One of the best books I've read. Everything this man has done, from his attempt to climb K2 to building a Non-Profit into an organization dedicated to the education of young girls in Central Asia, inspired me. He spoke so passionately about the only way to end poverty and terrorism, ignorance and hate, is through education, especially for girls. I cried, I laughed, and I learned. I recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about a world so many dismiss, and believe children are our future. It will touch your heart.

The rest of the evening wasn' too eventful. It continued to rain, as it had consistently been doing all weekend, and decided it was time to get on the computer. I checked mail, posted a blog, and talked to Irma, Fernando, and Roberto who were also in the room. They informed me that I would actually have a job tomorrow! This was extremely exciting. I haven't done anything since Katie left, aside from a few 6 am trips to the beach and helping with the release of the turtles. I was excited to have something to contribute, even if it was raining and very few turtles were nesting/hatching.
I'm up at 7 am tomorrow! I'M SO EXCITED. but seriously. very excited.