On the more positive side...

Well, things are much better now than they were at the last post. I've got a couple more friends (yay me!) and well, yes, the power is back on. They called me and asked me to pay it for them. It was about the same amount as my rent, so no big deal.
I've been hanging out with one of my students. She's just moved out on her own (which is VERY odd for anyone in Peru) and is used to being around people all the time too. But... the other night when we were talking, she told me that her mom is only 5 years older than me!!!! What the hell?! Ok, ya, she's only 20, and her mom had her when she was 17, but still... kinda weird.
I went to the beach a couple of weekends ago. Actually, the weekend my power was cut. We went on friday and were only planning on staying till saturday afternoon, but another friend of mine came out and we stayed until sunday. There's a lot of beach houses there and people usually know at least 1 person who has one. So that was cool. There was lots of food too. People are really friendly that way out here. They like to feed you.
So, if you didn't know before, I live in the middle of the desert. Tacna is actually situated between to big sand dunes. One to the North and one to the South. And it never rains here. Well, almost never. Yesterday afternoon when I was leaving for the school, I felt a drop. My first thought was that someone was dumping water from a second floor, but then I noticed... OMG, its actually raining! Not rain, like Vancouver rain where it pours for weeks on end, but just a very miniscule amount of drops. Almost like it wasn't raining at all. But that's the way it goes down here. I was thinking as I walked to work, "what is this strange wet stuff falling from the sky?"
Its quiz day, which is why i have time to write this. Its hard to believe we're halfway through the cycle already. One more week of lessons then the exams. The months are just flying by. I can't believe I've been here almost as long as I was in Mexico for. Seems strange to me.
Anyways, on a final note... good thing i'm not superstitious.