The Weekend Has Come

Good evening all,
I am sitting in the house common area listening to some music while trying desperately to get an online stream of the Chargers game, to no prevail. No one wants to allow streaming outside the U.S., who knew? So I am just watching the game center updates on nfl.com. Not going to well so far...down 17-3 right now, but it is just preseason. When I was skyping last night with Nicole, I came to a realization: since our internet is so great here at the house, we are going to try to skype the game to me. Nic, being the wonderful wife she is, would position a laptop in front of the tv and voila, live streaming. Hope it works.
Traditionally here at AFH Haiti, Saturdays are half work days. So the mornings are roughly similar to the weekdays, but instead we get out around 1pm and it was a nice change of pace. We went to a local super market, and me being on my budget I am, I purchased bread, cheese, mustard, and locally made peanut butter and apricot jam (not as good as your jam, mom, but still yummy). That was all my Haitian money I had exchanged once getting here, 500 gourde (approx. $13 US). Need to exchange some more. Luckily Sven had picked up a fresh avocado and I got to add that to my mustard and cheese sandwich for lunch!
After lunch, took a nice nap after working on the computer for a bit, then got up and showered before dinner. A few people in the house are huddled around the projector watching a french movie, I don't know which.
Yesterday was a fine day. We worked until 3pm, still doing some background research on the Villa Rosa area we are doing schematics on a community housing project, to allow for a powerpoint presentation from Joe Jenkins. He specializes in human waste composting, which after hearing more about it is a pretty amazing and functional process. The idea has been around for decades but when not properly implemented, it does not work well. His team is here to show it works and to try to get into a school project we are working on right now. After that, we had our Friday team meeting showcasing the major projects being worked on currently and bringing up check lists to be done come next week.
After the meeting, there was a local meet-n-greet which happens the last Friday of each month. We had beer and appetizers as we listened to a local Haitian present 'Haiti Tec', a local business that trains Haitians to use computer software. It was entirely in Creole, the local language here, so it was a bit tough to follow. Little by little members of our group migrated to the front of the office where we began conversing about other projects, life, etc. Good for me to chat with more of the group considering I am still the new guy.
Once the meet-n-greet wrapped up, a few of us went next door to a restaurant and continued to talk about whatever. Considering our meals are paid for at the house AND we have a paid for shuttle service basically, I came back home to eat, change and went back to meet everyone back at the bar. This way I got to save and not spend money on dinner. We hung out there for about another hour, then came home. After chatting with Nicole, I went to bed and got ready for the new day.
Tomorrow is a free day, unsure what I want to do. They say Sunday brunch is something special here, where everyone helps making a meal together and we all socialize, differing from the other mornings where breakfast is left out and people trickle in at their leisure. Should be fun. After that, probably just lay low, do some reading, take it easy. I am really enjoying it here, very well organized and comfortable. Hope anyone I know leaving on the east coast stays safe and dry...good night.