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Life Lately

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So the pattern I'm sensing among my posts is that they happen once a month! Truth be told, life in Guatemala has become very routine and steady for me. Between working and living in the city during the week, and spending the weekend in Antigua with my boyfriend, there's nothing that exciting to write home (or on this blog) about. It is a good life though, one I enjoy a lot, and here are a few tidbits and ponderings from life lately. Just like last year, I've been spending this year volunteering at UPAVIM, which is located in an impoverished community on the outskirts of Guatemala City. While I have become a little normalized to some things here (and there will be days where I don't even leave the roof until the weekend), the environment can be tough. Coupled with work which can be really taxing, life does gets exhausting, but one thing that makes everything a lot more positive is my fellow volunteers on the roof. Getting to go through daily life with them makes things