Una Rutina Buenísima

Hola! Buenas noches! I write to you as I lay in my bed and blast the air conditioner... a happy place to be on a Friday night. I am the life of the party, right?? I am so exhausted from this week that hitting the hay at 10 pm is sounding better and better tonight! The past few days have been awesome- I have been working with Zoriada in purchasing. First day... bleh. Second through 5th- awesome. I learned so much. Today I did her entire purchasing order by myself and answered her emails as well. The best part- the people. I learned quickly it is tradition to go around in the morning and greet each person whether you know them or not with buenos días and a kiss on the cheek. Wait for it, Atlanta friends, because I am bringing the cheek kiss the ATL! I made friends who are 23 and 25 in purchasing- two engineers named Kelvin y Jaime. They are lots of fun and we had desks separated only by a piece of glass so we would draw funny faces or write obnoxious notes and stick them on each other's glass all week. I learned how to be extremely sassy from Verónica.. that girl snaps her fingers and talks like she is from the ghetto... in Spanish. It was so funny. I have had a few interesting experiences this week with everyday life- first, it has been raining each morning and I learned the potholes are so deep that oftentimes, when water covers them and someone next to you drives through it, a wave (more like a tsunami) will rise and splash your car with water the force of a car wash. It will leave you without sight of the road momentarily.. and it will occur a lot. All I could do was laugh and turn up the Puerto Rican rap/hip hop/salsa music mix I have fallen in love with :) I also watched as plantains spilled out of a truck bed along the highway and also along the road while I was walking! Today, I went to lunch with the auditoria team and got pinchos picantes. Kabobs of chicken that had spicy sauce made fresh at the roadside stand in Cayey. Couldnt ask for a better day at work! On the way home, I dropped by the frutera in Cayey for a frappe of coco, piña and fresa. As I ordered, the locals all stared at me and suddenly the heavens broke loose. Rain poured down and I sipped my frappe and waited for it to slow down. Suddenly, like 6 puerto rican men ran and umbrellas appeared from heaven knows where. They INSISTED (despite me turning bright red and explaining I did not need any umbrellas, but thanks) I walk under an umbrella train all the way to my car. Talk about paparazzi... I was so embarrassed but I could not stop laughing. Such kind people here :) On another note, my aunt Simone and Kyle are in town! Tomorrow, we plan on driving to Cayey for the lechonera (roadside roasted pig on a skewer, tostones, the whole Puerto Rican food array) and the frutera! It'll be a blast to go with them to see the campo (countryside) and local life! I am really enjoying Puerto Rico- I cannot wait to catch up with everyone when I get back! Stay warm, amigos in Atlanta!