Chico en Puerto Rico: "Oh my Heck!"

Life has been crazy the past two weeks! Here's a few adventures that I have been on recently! Enjoy!

Three weeks together now, and we are getting to know each other a lot better. I've started a little inside joke between us all. I didn't realize that I said "Oh my Heck!" so much and everyone here has adopted that as the thing to say! Emmanuel has this little whiny voice when he says it and its hilarious! They all seem to get a kick out of my pseudo swear words! (Heck, dang, crap, etc.) I'll be washing dishes and I'll hear from across the room "oh my heck!"

Last saturday I developed a rash. It was horrible. I went to the beach and when I took off my shirt I was covered in red spots! I didn't want any of the cute Puerto Rican girls to see me, so I sprinted to the ocean! It was hilarious. Just call me the sickly of the island!

Luckily though I have been to the doctor and received a blessing. Everything has cleared up and I look like a normal super white man now!

My other mentor, Dr. Todd Crowl, has been so amazing to us. After looking over our study site and giving a few suggestions he took us on a tour of his house here in Puerto Rico. It has AC! After the tour he looked at us and then handed me the keys! He told us if we get to hot or can't handle it up here to stop by and spend some time there! Not only did we get the keys to his house, he gave us the keys to his car!

The car's name is Barbie. She's was most likely made when the first Barbie was created (she's pretty old.) But she gets us from point A to point B with a beautiful pink classy style! The only down fall with the car is that it has NO AC and the windows can't roll down. So, I sweat everywhere I drive in the hot humid heat. A plus side is that I have had to learn to drive a stick shift! I am still mastering the reverse, but I'm getting better. If Todd or Omar are reading this blog, I am a master driver and have never killed the car at all! On saturday we went to the beach and we laughed as the car was packed with white people and all the Puerto Ricans drove by us laughing!

Here she is:

Living in Puerto Rico has some amazing benefits. Say one of them being the closeness of the beach. When we get bored we hop in the car and 20 minutes later or less we are at some of the most beautiful beaches. I've watched the sun set while swimming, I've gone snorkeling and crashed into some corral, and I've made some good memories with the rest of the REU's. I do have to use SPF 100 and 110!