Survey Says…

Since it’s been a couple days since I least wrote I feel like I should provide you with some sort of an update but basically I’ve been camped out in my room the past few days. I’m currently in the process of compiling all my data and it’s taking a lot long than I expected. Apparently I was wildly optimistic about how quickly I could get this part done and should have known better the moment I sat down with my 14 interviews and realized that I had no idea what to do next. Now that I finally got it all sorted, I’m finally getting around to writing it all up in a way that hopefully makes sense. Oh and I’m making graphs! Though they certainly are not the most important feature of my research I got a little sidetracked and went a little crazy with the graph making.

So really that’s about all I have for now. I literally come out of my room three times a day for meals and then an additional time for a mid-afternoon walk. Tomorrow though I’ll have observations to do at the market, following which I’m going for a Spanish lesson. I figured that I’d make the most of my opportunity here and get a few more lessons in. I will leave you with my frustration of the day. Four women form the leadership team for the Tianguis and it has been apparent to me, even before I arrived here, that they don’t exactly like me. Helda had to fill out a ton of paper work to finally get them to okay my research, which apparently didn’t happen until a few days before I actually arrived in San Cristobal. Up until this point I’ve only interacted with one of the women and she is generally less than friendly with everyone. Anyway, Helda and I are trying to set up a time to for me to interview them before I take off next week. A few days after I arrived I was told that on Nov 26th (this Saturday), there would be a meeting and it was expected that I would share some of my findings. That’s all fine and good, so tonight Helda emailed the ladies to see if we could hold an interview after the meeting since everyone will be present. The only response I’ve gotten so far stated wanted to know why I didn’t tell them earlier that I was planning on presenting something because people aren’t going to be available Saturday. It’s not really a big deal, just a bit of added frustration for the evening but it’s probably the most eventful part of my day so far- which is sad.

On a super awesome note: Josh had a phone interview today and finds out sometime tomorrow if he’ll be packing up and heading up to Yellowknife. If you could keep him in your prayers that would be awesome. I’m really hoping that he hears good news tomorrow because I know he’d do a great job.

Oh and on an unrelated note, to answer Shari’s question: the temperature is generally in the low 20s during the day.

Spanish Word of the Day: Ermitaño/Ermitaña (Hermit)

Because that’s what I’ve become.

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