hola, 6am!

good morning, friends!

It is 10am where you are, but only 8 here. The room I'm staying in (there are 8 girls in our session and 1 boy) is full of bunkbeds and there are bright yellow walls and two big arching windows. I opened my eyes this morning at like 6 something and the sun was rising out of them...it was a nice thing to wake up to, and actually made me want to get up around 6 something!! (I guess it also still feels later to me...)

The house is still quiet right now. We had pancakes for breakfast and delicious coffee and some people are still sleeping. So, while things are calm (and because I won't be able to update today or tomorrow since we are traveling to Granada for the night), I thought I'd write a quick post.

To briefly fill you in, here are some things I already love about the Manna house/Nica in general:

1) geckos (who knew that these little guys could makes such loud noises? Seriously, it's so loud..like a high-pitched squeak, but also kind of hilarious.
2) the roof (I think I am going to spend all my time up there. We star-gazed last night and had bfast up there this morning. It's sooooo nice)
3) the library (there is this big collection of books people have left here, and there are so many good ones! I found The Irresistable Revolution, which I have been wanting to read but didn't bring with me, so that was exciting)
4) the breeze (I don't know if it's always this breezy in Nicaragua, but it feels so very goooooood)
5) the radio (on our night-time ride back to the house from the airport, we got a good feel for Nicaraguan radio...apparently, Justin Bieber is a big deal right now. I can dig that)