Shot in the butt. And more...

What is all this nonsense about Erin not participating in blogging? I´m pretty sure that if Courtney were one of the seven dwarves who was cut out of S. White, she would be Neurtsy.

Now, for those of you sitting on the edge of your guts awaiting news of the health of one Neurtsy/Cornqueque/or COurthouse CLine, I am pleased to inform you that the afformention shot in the butt did more than just humor me, it pretty muched extinguished el Parasito. Indeed, the fight between 10 foot Parasite vs. 10 foot COurtney has come to a crippling end for Parasite.

Now to the stuff that really matters. Í´m not quite sure where Courtney left off with this whole blog business, so here are a select few things we have done/learned/or seen in the past few places, etc.

1. We learned the names considered for the Seven Dwarves including Neurtsy, Shirty, Sneezy Weezy, Biggo Ego, and Hungry. Looking at the list, I´m pretty sure that my Dad has been accidentally called at least 65% of the names. His name is Smokey. BTW.

2. We´ve seen just how strong the human neck can be. Or at least the Guatemalan neck. The locals here carry everything on their heads, really. So far we´ve seen huge bundles of wood, chickens, desks, multiple crates of apples, and a plethora of mystery bags 3 times the size of the person that´s carrying it. Courtney and I have been practicing strapping our bags to our heads as to fit in better with the locals. Now, I pretty much can´t tell if I´m walking next to Courtney or a 3 and a half foot mayan woman... I think it´s working.

3. We ate dinner in the middle of an animal SUper'Highway at Lago Atitlan. What started out as a friendly pat on the head to some local dogs, landed them on top of our table during dinner. At one point we had 3 dogs staring at us/climbing on us and licking our plates from one side, and a madre cat and her kitten sneaking up on the other side of the table. It was actually pretty hilarious. Courtney had to hold our plates in the air for about 5 minutos.

4. We´ve become pretty much fluent in 2 of the indigenous languages here. They all include a lot of clicking of the tongue.

5. I was nearly electrocuted in the shower when I reached up and touched the showerhead adorned with varous wires.

6. We watched a giant turkey walk along a roof.

7. We were passed by a loud, little truck with two baboons running around in a cage in the back.

8. We jumped rope with a little Guatemalan family at a semi-sacred Mayan site.

9. To be continued. We really only came in to use the internet to escape a little kid whose been following me for about an hour. I think we lost him...