Our New 4 Star Hotel

First off, let me just say, so much for Mariam ever posting anything to the blog. Ok, now I feel better.
We've been here over a week. It's getting easier to do things like go to the bathroom, ask where the bathroom is, and find out what's wrong with the hot water in the bathroom. Neither one of us has done any butt-pissing yet, either, so we might be over the hump. As you may have noticed from my uni-dimensional post, certain daily ablutions have earned more than their share of attention. Which is good. One of the reasons we travel is to shake things up a bit, to rattle the routine and reachieve an appreciation of those things we take for granted. Like ablutions. (I don't really know what that word means, but I like the way it rolls off the tongue. Actually, that's kinda what my life is like lately...).
We've settled in with our host family, which has been wonderful. It is the same family who hosted Andrew and Anne. There are many reminders of what a small world it is, actually. In the hostel we started out in, we met Aaron Bonner-Jackson's sister's boyfriend, Jacob. His name's Jake, my name's Jake. Aaron's from Lexington, I'm from Lexington. His sister worked at the Flick, my sister worked at the Flick. Eh? Then, one of the other students at our language school (Casa Xelaju, same one Andrew and Anne went to), who is a pediatrician, turns out to be from Lexington, KY. Lexington KY, Lexington MA. You smell what I'm stepping in? He taught at UK Med School for, like, ever, and now his daughter is going to be in my class next year. And he's starting a hospital in El Salvador, moving there in a few months, so that next summer Mariam and I can bop down and spend another few months doing awesomeness in Central America. Very exciting stuff.
Anyway, our family is great. Javier, the youngest son, is a source of endless amusement. We have about a gig of his cinematographic attempts from when he got hold of, and got behind, our camera last night. Quite a character. Anyway, I shouldn't burn up any more quetzales at the computer. Let's get Mariam to post next time, whaddya say?