Back from Atitlan! The weekend was really great, started off a little rocky, kind of one of those unexpected emotional days.  But I traveled with Lucy, from Austraila, and Jess from Virginia, and seriously could not have had two better people to be there. Lucy reminded me so much my mom, traveling all over Latin America by herself, adventurous, funny, independent, goregous, and one tough cookie. And then there was Jess, who is so sweet, funny and just all around great.  She actually lost both of her parents before she was 17.  One of the strongest and most postive people I have met.  Im constantly AMAZED that in my life I have always had the most wonderful people there when the going gets tough.  I definitely am being looked out for by the big man upstairs and of course ma momma.  We took a shuttle to Lake Atitlan and stayed in a town called Panajachel, stayed in a little hostel for 40Q a night ( about six bucks).  In the morning we woke up and took a 45 minute boat ride across the lake to a town called San Pedro which was this really sweet hipppy town.  But just our luck it started POURING rain, thunder, lightening, the whole nine yards so we didnt get to do much that day.  But the hostel did have a tv...so we got a bunch of junk and watched movies which was nice change of pace.  Then in the morning Lucy and I got up realll early and climbed this little mountain called Indians Nose.  It was so hard, so stinkin steep. It was more like rock climbing...not hiking. Our guide was practically running up the mountain, he said he usually gets up in an hour...it took us two hah.  But the view was so worth it and the weather cleared up just in time it was so prettayyyy.
      This week im building a house about 15 minutes outside of Antigua for a family with 10 people!  The family hasnt been around much, so havent learned a lot about them but im sure they will come aroud later this week.  The other volunteers are SO much fun, and all around my age.  James and Alice from England, Sebastian and Robyn from Germany and Belgium, Nike from Belgium and then Gladys from France!  The first day was killer. My back hurts and pretty sure by the end of these two months Im going to have massive arm muscles.  I forgot to put on sunscreen (of course) and was burnt to a crisp.  Not to mention I now have the fattest farmers tan ever. hot. But I LOVE building, its hard work but so worth it.  The first day you have to dig a trench and make a kajillion buckets of cement, and then today we make more cement and start filling the cracks of the walls.  The rest of the week is pretty smooth sailing! love you guys and misshh you bunches