These are Carol BonteKoe's Peace Corps Adventures

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Sledding and ice skating

The kids in my village say they like sledding, yet we live in a FIELD!!! No where for kilometers and kilometers is there so much as an incline. I live in pretty much the flattest part of on of the most mountainous countries. When they say they like sledding they like having someone, normally me if I'm around, pull them on a sled. They also like ice skating. This includes holding onto the back of someone's coat while they walk along and they slide on the ice. Yesterday I had a line of 8 children latched on to my coat and they thought it was hillarous as I ran faster and faster on the ice. They thought I was playing but in reality I was just trying to shake 'em loose. Didn't work and my neighbors came out to watch the specticle and kept telling me they were impressed by how strong I was. "My, you'd let 8 children in a line be pulled be hind you that is impressive." I was too embarressed to admit that I was only pulling so many children cuz I wasn't strong enough to get away from them. So I smiled flexed my arm and kissed my bicep and went into my house to do some push-ups.

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Carol, that is hilarious...but you couldn't get away from 8 CHILDREN? So, basically what you're telling me is that you can kick the shit out of a grown man, take a beating from Max in our frontyard, and carry me and Rachael over your shoulders home from Crunchy's but you can't shake 8 children?! Carol, I am not impressed. You are supposed to be the strongest person I know (well you still are). Show those kids a lesson or two, but continue to have fun in the process:)
I miss you so much, everytime I look at the D12 picture I just can't help but smile and laugh at how obsurd it is....I hope you know that when I graduate it's going with me. I can't remember if you gave it to me but "it was a gift and I'm taking it with me". By the way, I am still bitter that you gave that movie to your bro instead of me...sad face.

Love ya girlie,
~Slutz

10:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

dude, i'm done with peace corps... heading home december 30th. i'll write you a letter detailing everything that happened... basically it sucks, hope you're having an awesome time there in the K...

7:04 AM  

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