apparently i never posted this from nov. 13...
Today, I woke up. I walked to Greisy's house by myself to do some homework. This took about 15 minutes through Managua, with nothing more than the usual disrespectful men and persistent taxi drivers yelling and honking horns. Good day so far. We walked back to UCA together and went to mass. It was packed live I've never seen. Everyone is really worried. Nicas contra Nicas. We ate lunch, we hung out, we went to class...for a little bit. Then UCA closed at 4pm...again. The fighting is in all the rotondas now, not just MetroCentro. Alba's work is already canceled for tomorrow. She told us to either stay in the house or get up really early and leave Managua. Esta muy feo en las calles. We can't leave because we tentatively have a field trip on Saturday, so looks like tomorrow is going to be another nice day in my room. I'm interested to know if anyone has heard anything about this over there because I'm starting to hear about the possibility of international observers and some possible conflict with the U.S. reminiscent of the 1990 elections and the whole 80s revolution when they backed the contras...
I just want to live. I want to get up in the morning and go to the gym. Then I want to go out to lunch with my friends and hang out at the mall or see a movie. But I can't. Everyone is on edge and no one goes out because they are afraid. I hate living like this, in fear, because I don't really feel like its living. But the thing is, that no matter what in 29 days, I will no longer have to worry about this. But that isn't always the case here in Nicaragua. Our government is anything but perfect, but everything kind of got put in perspective today when the priest during mass said, "They just had peaceful Presidential elections in the U.S. and here we have elections for mayor and we're practically at war."
At dinner, Lucia just asked me if I wanted to go back to my country. I surprised myself at how fast I answered no. Yes, I miss certain freedoms, but it's a really unique opportunity to be able to experience even if I have to forget about fun and be a little more cautious for a little bit. So sorry for all the jumbled thoughts, just wanted to check in and give you a small snapshot about my daily life post-election. Please keep the Nica people in your prayers this week as they try to come to a just solution to this violence and corruption.
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