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August 08 Fiestas Patrias, the End of My Thesis Interviews, and the Beginning of a Weeklong Race to the Finish Well. It had certainly not been my intention to abstain from blogging for week and a half, but my fizzled hard drive plus the time crunch of my last week in Peru produced that result.  Over the next few days, I'll try to play catch-up as best as I can. Tuesday, July 28 was Peruvian Fiestas Patrias. I had hoped to go out with some friends and do something "Peruvian" and patriotic that day, but all my friends are either a) about to give birth, b) deadly afraid of the swine flu epidemic, or c) working. Bah. So Kelsey and I made an American lunch of beef stew with cheddar cheese toast. So much for being Peruvian... But we did have paneton in the afternoon, so that kind of made up for the lack of peruanidad (Peruvianness) for the rest of our day.  Wednesday, I gave my computer to a Peruvian computer tech guy, and, five days later, he told me it couldn't be fixed.  But Wednesday, I didn't know that my computer couldn't be fixed. So I passed the day quite happily. The main order of business was finishing up my thesis interviews. The family of one of the interviewees had invited me over to their house for lunch that day. "We'll fix you arroz con pato (duck and rice)," they said. Well, they did serve me a two- or three-pound portion of that dish, but they also served me a huge bowl of chicken noodle soup and a large plate of cebiche. It was enough for at least 3 people, and, of course, they couldn't understand when I could not finish what I was served. "Our 17-year-old son finished his food," they said. Well, I am not a 17-year-old male...  But, like almost all highlanders, they were extremely gracious and hospitable, and by the end of the night, I was done with all of my interviews. They came out to 39 in total, plus 3 interviews centered around the history of the churches I conducted my research at. As I sped home in the combi that night, cool air streaming across my face from the crack in the passenger window, I exulted in my achievement--no more interviews! I was done! I thought about the little victory dance I had done in the church office after my 39th interviewee exited the room--now I could finally spend some time with my friends! Then it hit me--I only had one week left in Lima. One short week before I headed back to the States. Ipe... The next eight days I spent madly running around all over Lima trying to visit all the people I had promised to visit "one last time" and trying to do all the other "last minute" tasks I needed to complete before returning home. I spent Thursday morning with Kelsey and Gabi as I made chicken fajita salads for us all (again, at Kelsey's request), and then the Cooleys and I watched a movie in the early afternoon. I spent the rest of the day doing my shopping for Peruvian food to take home and making appointments with friends. They would start tomorrow, so I shall continue my tale tomorrow... TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://mariposadejesus2.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!7337EFAFA9BA19F3!4386.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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