A Dora Bowl

Dora and I took a long walk the other day and she seemed thirsty so I went into a store near the market and got this bowl. She didn't really want to drink out of it, though. She mostly wanted to wear it as a hat so I indulged her. 

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Adorable

Every once in a while Dora goes crazy like this. She had even been for a really long walk and a ball-throwing marathon at the park. Even though we're terrified/annoyed/amused when it happens, there's nothing we can do but wait it out until the inevitable conclusion when she just collapses in the middle of the floor.

Sorry that the videos are poor quality; it's really tough to properly light wild animals in their element.

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Día de San Jeronimo

Today is the official beginning of our patron saint festival and so we don't have school today (and didn't yesterday and probably won't tomorrow, either). The bright teal city hall is decorated to honor Masaya's patron saint, San Jeronimo. He is supposed to be carted around the city so everyone can see him but it's raining so who knows if that will happen. So far our new neighborhood has proven much less festive and thus much more quiet than where we used to live. That's worth celebrating.

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A Full Recovery

There is a park and a little league baseball stadium within a few blocks of our house and we've been taking Dora there so she can fetch her ball a few times and then be tired the rest of the day. When she's outside and off her leash she really only has one speed, though, and that's crazy.

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Family SUV

After my bike got stolen, I searched for a while and finally found a used one, but it was definitely a fixer-upper. I ended up sinking about $7 into major repairs. It's nice to get to school faster especially now that it's rainy and since the nearest place to buy agua pura is about 6 blocks away I've learned how to balance 5-gallon bottles of water on the bike frame. When not carrying water, Holly is re-learning to balance herself there because she's gotten rusty after three months without a bike.

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