Waking up on the wrong side of the bed...

So, today I was rudely awoken by the sound of construction outside. Drilling and hammering is the harsh reality I wake up to just about every morning. The picture below is of my room (after a nice little tidying up). Catherine occupies the other half. It leads out into a courtyard which is shared by the four other apartments in the complex. Right beside our apartment they are renovating a multi-level apartment complex so it always seems noisy. One morning, Catherine even woke up thinking that the house was being bombed haha! So yeah, needless to say, I woke up on the wrong side of the bed!

So, anyway I met my community service group about midday to head to Don Basco School. However, the usual bus we took did not take us to the usual location. Instead it stopped, basically in the middle of nowhere and everyone got off.

The place was eye opening. I felt like we were in one of those commercials where the guy is walking along with a child in his arms asking you to donate just 60 cents a day for the child to eat. RJ described it well when he said it was like New Orleans after Katrina, trash everywhere, houses near collapsing, shanties, and a bleak terrain with not many trees. We definitely got a look at a different side of Montevideo.

We really didn't know what else to do, so we got on the bus again once it started up and headed back into Montevideo. So I was really aggravated at not being able to see the children who were probably waiting on our arrival and also at the fact that we had ridden about an hour and a half on the bus by this point.

So, to sum it up...my day lacked purpose, but I guess its just one of those days. Sorry to whine, but I just need a little sympathy every now and then lol! I hope tomorrow is a better day! My class is taking a field trip so I'm excited! Bonnnie Kate (Daniel's sister) is also visiting me tomorrow in Montevideo. It will be fun showing off the city to someone!